Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber is affectionately known to its homegrown aircrews as “Bely Lebed,” which translates to “White Swan,” whilst the NATO...
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In 1998, Congressman David Obey introduced a single-page amendment that quietly prevented America’s most advanced stealth fighter—the F-22 Raptor—from ever being exported abroad. Japan...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is required by law to maintain 11 aircraft carriers—more than the combined fleets of China, the UK, France, India, Spain, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1991, Dick Cheney pulled the plug on a triangular flying-wing stealth bomber that the U.S. Navy had spent $5 billion developing—an aircraft so...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
F-47 NGAD U.S. Air Force Fighter Will Be a True Game Changer Like Nothing That Has Ever Flown An intriguing, mysterious, and reportedly extremely...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Could the USS Gerald R. Ford Be Sidelined for A Year Or More? The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78),...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In January 2025, Brazil announced that it would return a number of its long-stored M60A3 tanks to operational service rather than immediately replacing them...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Cracking the Hull: The Precise Engineering of Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Refueling Refueling a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is among the most complex industrial tasks in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
B-1B Spotted Carrying ARRW Hypersonic Missile: The U.S. Air Force has publicly released imagery for the first time showing a B-1B Lancer carrying an...