The Soviet defense ministry had the tendency of changing requirements during development of new weapon systems. For some years, they would maintain a particular requirement and then change it. Several times this meant that capable weapon systems were scrapped or their … Continue reading Ships of the Soviet Navy: Slava class
The Soviets knew that their arch rivals were developing a new nuclear powered attack submarine, first of which will be entering service in the early 1970s. The USN already had an impressive fleet of attack submarines which posed a massive … Continue reading Ships of the Soviet Navy: Udaloy class
The nuclear armed south Asian rivals have been at the state of pseudo war throughout the entire time of their existence. They have fought 3 major wars and 1 limited intensity conflict and peace between them is still far away. Interestingly both … Continue reading LCA Tejas vs JF-17 Thunder
INS Vikramaditya, the former Soviet heavy aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Gorshkov will take over as the flagship of the Indian navy after INS Viraat R22 retired in 2017. She started her life as an aircraft carrying cruiser named Baku. She … Continue reading Carriers of the Indian Navy: INS Vikramaditya
The USS Enterprise CV-6 had become a household name for the veterans of 2nd world war . The war bought her glory in the form of 20 Battle stars, Presidential Unit Citation and Navy Unit Commendation along with several other … Continue reading Carriers of the US Navy: USS Enterprise
Seeing F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18E Super Hornets on the carriers of the United States Navy is a very common sight. Originally introduced in the early 1980s, they have formed the backbone of the USN’s fixed winged aircraft fleet. The Soviet … Continue reading F/A-18 Hornet vs Su-33 Flanker
The United States Navy rules the world’s oceans with its 10 Nimitz class carriers. Each of these carries around 70 jets which is actually more than many air forces around the world. The carriers are ready to intervene in any … Continue reading Carriers of the US Navy: Ford class
