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The M1 Abrams Tank Has a Math Problem
The math for the M1 Abrams is simple: the tank is now too old to keep getting upgrade after upgrade. Still, the tank has had ...
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Poleski) The M1 Abrams first saw combat during the Gulf War, where it played a pivotal role in Operation Desert Storm . The tank's advanced technology, including its ...
Over the six-week campaign, F-15Cs were credited with a whopping 34 confirmed air-to-air kills, accounting for the bulk of ...
Still, the Bradley proved quite successful in the 1991 Gulf War, destroying more Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles than the ...
U.S. Army is accelerating development of its next-generation main battle tank, the M1E3 Abrams, with the goal of fielding a lighter, more adaptable platform by the early 2030s. Spearheaded by Army ...
If the effort works to drastically reduce the tank's modernization timeline, it could be applied to other efforts, the Army's ...
(Pfc. Luciano Alcala/US Army) Instead of traipsing blindly through the byzantine labyrinth that is the regular defense acquisition process to modernize its nearly 40-year-old M1 Abrams tank ...
(Florida Department of Corrections via AP) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for execution in Florida on May 1. Hutchinson was ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for execution in Florida, the fourth death ...