Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force is buying 267 F-15EX Eagle II fighters — up from 129. The Mitchell Institute’s research director, Heather Penney, and retired...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy truncated the Constellation-class FFG-62 frigate program from 20 ships to 2 ships in November 2025. The Constellation-class frigate’s cost climbed to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen E Swedish fighter can operate from highways, short runways, and austere bases. Most modern fighters require approximately 2-mile-long groomed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Philippine FA-50 light fighter reportedly scored a simulated “Fox 2” kill against a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor during Exercise Cope Thunder in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy formally entered the Trump-class nuclear-powered battleship in the Navy’s FY2027 30-year shipbuilding plan — replacing the long-running DDG(X) destroyer program with...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) hit approximately Mach 20 — about 13,000 miles per hour or 3.6 miles per second. DARPA claimed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In the rubble of key infrastructure losses to the U.S. military in the Middle East as a result of Iranian retaliation in Operation Epic...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
All 4 of the U.S. Navy Iowa-class battleships fought in the Korean War — sometimes called “The Forgotten War.” The USS Missouri hosted Japan’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy nicknamed the Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarine the “Black Hole” because sound around the Kilo-class submarine tends to “disappear.” The Russian...