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WEBUSS 'Cabrilla' (SS 288) damages the escort carrier 'Taiyo' off Japan. 1944. San Marino declares war on Germany. 1948. Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars pleads innocent in Washington. 1950. Operation Magic Carpet: the Jews of Yemen are taken to Israel. 1960. the USS 'Enterprise' (CVN 65), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched ...
Armor: Israel Builds a Better Merkava - StrategyPage
WEBJan 31, 2023 — Merkava 4 has improved armor, a redesigned turret, 25 percent more powerful 1,500 HP engine and a top speed of 65 kilometers an hour. Merkava 4 is even more nimble and maneuverable than Merkava 3. Merkava 4 carries 48 rounds of 120mm shells and uses a 10-round electric powered drum for quick loading.
Special Operations: Ukraine Releases The Kraken - StrategyPage
WEBDec 9, 2022 — Kraken is the latest special operations force created to deal with the changing situation in Ukraine. This is a pattern that first appeared back in 2014 when the Russians sized Crimea in early 2014 and later went after two eastern provinces (Donetsk and Luhansk) collectively known as Donbas (Donets Basin). Donetsk had …
Submarines: Russian Doomsday Weapon - StrategyPage
WEBJan 26, 2023 — Submarines: Russian Doomsday Weapon. January 26, 2023: Russia’s mysterious special purpose 14,000/24,000 ton (on the surface/submerged) nuclear submarine Belgorod (K-329) has shown up again. Commercial satellite photos showed the Belgorod on the surface off the northeastern Russian coast, where several ports used by the Northern Fleet are ...
Forces: Size And Tripwires Matter - StrategyPage
WEBNovember 21, 2021: Poland recently announced it was doubling the size of its military to 300,000 troops, giving the largest force among the European NATO nations. The Polish military currently consists of 110,000 troops in the land forces and 40,000 in the air force (16,500), navy (7,000), special forces (3,500), military police (4.500) and ...
How To Make War Headlines - StrategyPage
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Strategic Weapons: Sentinel Replacing Minuteman
WEBNovember 29, 2023: The U.S. Air Force is trying to develop the new LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM to replace the LGM-30 Minuteman III. It seemed to be a straightforward task but was not the case. The 35-ton Minuteman III has a max range of 13,000 kilometers and can carry up to three nuclear warheads. Each of the warheads can be programmed to hit a ...
Artillery: Longer Range GLMRS Arrives - StrategyPage
WEBFeb 9, 2023 — Artillery: Longer Range GLMRS Arrives. February 9, 2023: The latest American arms shipment to Ukraine includes the recently developed longer-range GMLRS guided rockets. Ukraine has been asking for those since mid-2022. They were satisfied with the performance of ordinary GMLRS but found there were important targets beyond its 85-kilometer range.
Air Weapons: Quicksink and Quickstrike Destroy Shipping
WEBMay 14, 2022 — Air Weapons: Quicksink and Quickstrike Destroy Shipping. May 14, 2022: The U.S. Air Force and Navy have developed a cheap alternative to the torpedo called Quicksink. This weapon uses a modified version of the JDAM kits that turn an inexpensive unguided (“dumb”) bomb into a GPS guided bomb. …