21 Heavy Shells Failed to Sink This Monster
In January 1915, the German battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz came within moments of exploding after a British shell ignited propellant fires[…]
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Tag: naval
The Radical Plan to Save New Zealand’s Navy
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is facing a critical turning point as it navigates severe structural challenges, including aging[…]
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Hitler Called Him the Most Dangerous Man in the World
David Stirling was never supposed to become a military legend. Expelled from Cambridge, drifting through life as an adventurer, gambler,[…]
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Top 5 SSK Submarines and Other Questions
Covert Shores (H I Sutton) Questions & Answers. Including the Top-5 SSK submarines, USS Jimmy Carter, X-form rudders and why[…]
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The Ticonderoga Class Dilemma: Too Costly to Save, Too Powerful to Retire
Ever since its introduction, the Ticonderoga class cruisers – Ticos – have formed the core of the US Navy’s surface[…]
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Why the Royal Navy Stopped Building Ships
The Royal Navy was once the definitive symbol of British power, yet the fleet has reached a historic low that[…]
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The Great Battleship Debate | John Konrad of gCaptain and Zach Cooper of AEI
Is the battleship making a comeback, or is this the dawn of a new class of “Large Surface Combatant”? In[…]
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What you need to know about the KSS-III Submarine
South Korea’s impressive KSS-III (Dosan Ahn Changho class) submarine gets the covert Shores treatment. This is a really interesting and[…]
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The Team Behind Flight Operations Onboard USS Wasp (LHD 1)
Lt.j.g. Eduardo Aceves, air bos’n assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), discusses the rates involved in[…]
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Kitty Hawk Class: Why the US Navy MUST Bring Back This Non-Nuclear Carrier
The Kitty Hawk Class supercarriers were four conventionally powered aircraft carriers of the United States Navy during the Cold War.[…]
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