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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier and 2 Nuclear Attack Submarines by Evading a Fleet of Warships and ‘Penetrating the Screen’
7+ hour, 59+ min ago (1028+ words) A nuclear submarine cannot switch off its reactor, which means coolant pumps, a steam plant and reduction gears are always turning. A diesel-electric boat shuts down its engines underwater and runs on batteries alone. At low speed the noise it…...
The F-111B Was Supposed to Be a US Navy Aircraft Carrier Fighter. It Exceeded 80,000 Pounds, Needed a Wingspan 7 Feet Wider Than the Air Force Version Just to Slow Down Enough to Land, and the Navy Walked Away in May 1968.
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (485+ words) McNamara ordered the Air Force and Navy to buy the same aircraft to save money. The two services needed opposite things, and the compromise could not land on a US Navy aircraft carrier. That's why the F-111B failed....
45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (717+ words) More than 3,000 workers in Norfolk built the battleship USS Alabama around the clock and finished in 30 months — nine months ahead of schedule. She was decommissioned after four and a half years....
China Bolted an Electromagnetic Railgun to the Bow of a Type 072III Landing Ship in December 2017 and Has Kept It at Sea Ever Since. The US Navy Spent About $500,000,000 Over 15 Years, Never Got Its Gun to Sea at All, and Cancelled the Program in July 2021.
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1350+ words) The American railgun needed a new barrel after about two dozen shots. Chinese researchers claim 120 consecutive rounds without a failure. That one number is the whole argument....
A Swedish Gotland-Class Diesel Submarine Worth About $100,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The $6,000,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan was ‘Sunk’.
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (605+ words) The story is that the US Navy leased the Gotland-class submarine after a Swedish submarine embarrassed a US Navy aircraft carrier. The agreement was signed 9 months before that exercise, for $17,500,000....
A 16-Inch Shell From an Iowa-Class Battleship Weighed 2,700 Pounds and Reached 24 Miles. The Tomahawk the US Navy Bolted On in the 1980s Weighed 992 Pounds and Reached 1,553 Miles.
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (692+ words) The heyday of battleships as the “capital ships” of surface warfare is sadly long gone. However, at least in the case of the Iowa-class fast battleships of the United States Navy, the retirement of these battlewagons certainly wasn’t due to…...
The Royal Navy Confirms the USS Dallas Conducted Simulated Torpedo Attacks on Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious in 2013. It Has Never Released the Detection Timeline, the Firing Solutions, or the Umpire's Assessment.
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (714+ words) HMS Illustrious had 4 escorts, 3 anti-submarine helicopters and advance warning. The USS Dallas still reached simulated torpedo range in the Gulf of Oman in 2013....
$850,000,000 Australian Submarine 'Sank' a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier By Evading US, Japanese, Canadian, Chilean, Korean, and British Forces — 6 Navies — and Photographed the Supercarrier
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (598+ words) The Royal Australian Navy’s Collins-class of diesel-electric submarines entered Australian service in the late 1990s. It replaced the Oberon-class, which was less capable than its counterparts in the Royal Navy and U.S. Navy. The new class was controversial from the start....
A Canadian Oberon-Class Diesel Submarine Built in the 1960s and Worth About $80,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The Umpire Declared the $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Sunk.
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (717+ words) The Canadian Royal Armed Forces maintains a modest navy compared to the United States. However, even with a significantly smaller budget and a smaller overall size, any navy with decent submarine capabilities can pose a credible threat. However, there have…...
China Has About 21 Type 039 Yuan-Class Attack Submarines, Each With 6 533mm Torpedo Tubes. They Do Not Have to Chase a US Navy Carrier Strike Group — They Can Sit in a Chokepoint and Wait for It.
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (527+ words) China operates around 21 Yuan-class attack submarines with air-independent propulsion. They do not need to chase American carriers. They can wait in a chokepoint on battery power....