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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.
17+ hour, 6+ min 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....
Russia Spent Nearly 30 Years and $2,320,000,000 Rebuilding Just 1 Nuclear Battlecruiser. It Just Went to Sea Armed With Mach 8 Hypersonic Missiles
1+ week, 4+ day ago (681+ words) Withdrawn in the late nineties after a short career, the Kirov-class ship waited years for a contract, then years more for funding. The hull was taken back to bare metal and rebuilt around a new digital command system. That’s the…...
Russia's 'Black Hole' Kilo-Class Submarine Is Now Being Replaced: New Lada-Class Submarine Is Being Built
1+ week, 5+ day ago (385+ words) The Kilo-Class 'Black Hole' Replacement: With or without a Russian-made AIP system, though, the Lada-class is clearly an important system for the Russian Navy....
The US Navy S-3 Viking Was Built to Hunt Soviet Nuclear Submarines. It Never Fired at One, Fought Everywhere Else, and Retired With Half Its Life Left.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (278+ words) The S-3 Viking hunted Soviet submarines for 15 years without firing at one, then became the fleet's tanker, a spy, and Navy One. Retiring it still stings....
The Russian Navy's Akula-Class Nuclear Submarines Dumped the Titanium Hull to Try and Beat the US Navy's Best Stealth Subs
3+ week, 5+ day ago (35+ words) Project 971, NATO’s Akula-class, closed the Soviet quieting gap with the U.S. Navy. The USSR’s collapse froze the class mid-build. As of August 2026, Russia still has hulls. It does not have a ready fleet....
A Russian Navy Titanium Nuclear Attack Submarine Smashed Into a US Navy Nuclear Submarine 47 Days After the Soviet Union Collapsed
3+ week, 6+ day ago (493+ words) Nuclear submarines USS Baton Rouge and K-276 collided 47 days after the Soviet collapse, exposing Cold War surveillance, sonar limits and nuclear risk....