Conceputal Armor For Modern Ships

Modern navies have all but abandoned armor for ships.   ComNavOps has demonstrated the fallacy in this approach.   The overall…

Why Battleships?

In a past post (see, " Why Not Battleships? ") we reviewed the arguments against a modern battleship and were unable to…

Survival On The Modern Battlefield

The lethality of the modern land battlefield argues against the survival and effectiveness of unprotected infantry.   Indeed, it …

Weapons Armor

We previously discussed the general need for and benefits of armor.  Now, let’s look a bit closer at the specific case of armorin…

Marines and Armor

The Marines have always had a love-hate relationship with armor and its close cousin, firepower – embracing it when combat occurr…

Time Stands Still

Time Stands Still ! We have witnessed phenomenal advances in military technology since WWII. Aircraft are jet powered and can …

Armored Ship Misconceptions

It’s obvious from the preceding post (see, "Fitzgerald Collision" ) that there is a lot of misguided and incorrect thou…