National Security Journal on MSN49m
USS Illinois: The Forgotten Iowa-Class Battleship The Navy Never Finished
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...
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Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Catastrophe Is About to Get Even Worse
Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers were once the largest and fastest surface vessels on Earth—feared symbols of Cold War ...