Danish Navy’s Knud Rasmussen-class Patrol Ships Are Built for Icy Greenland Waters
It takes a special kind of patrol vessel to protect Denmark’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the rugged …
International Militaries
Tide-class Tankers Will Support Royal Navy Ships Around the World
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new class of tanker will be known as the Tide class, drawing upon a name associated …
The Royal Navy’s New Type 26 Frigate
The Royal Navy’s new class of frigate, the Type 26, will be capable and flexible. With a common hull that …
Iron Dome: Game-changer Around Gaza
Since the beginning of what the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is calling Operation Pillar of Defense on Nov. 14, 2012, …
The Fall Edition of Defense Now Available to Read Online
Over the past few weeks, printed copies of the fall edition of Defense have been delivered to the desks of …
Lend-Lease to Russia: The Persian Corridor
Of all the competing top priorities President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill grappled with, the most vexing was …
The Luftwaffe Almost Downs Jimmy Doolittle
On Nov. 5, 1942, as the Torch convoy steamed through a gale, Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff …
Cuban Missile Crisis: Black Saturday, Agreement, and Lessons Learned
When the sun rose over the Eastern Time Zone on Oct. 27, 1962, the events that would almost cause a …
P-51 Mustang’s Switch to Merlin Engine Made it the World-beater of World War II
Even experts on World War II don’t always remember hearing about an American fighter named the XP-78.
But almost every …
Absalon Class Littoral Support Ships
Denmark’s two flexible support ships carry a lot of combat capability, and a lot of room for imagination. The Absalon …