Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most novel aircraft of the Cold War. The reconnaissance jet operated at 85,000+ feet at Mach 3+...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-22 Raptor has struggled with readiness rates throughout its service life, with numbers in recent years particularly troubling. Readiness has been a perennial...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1981, General Dynamics began flight testing the F-16XL — a radical “cranked-arrow” delta-wing variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon with approximately twice the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Three Key Points: The U.S. Army’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request includes just 19 XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicles — the latest...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) — the lead ship of a new class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered fast attack submarines —...
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Paramount Pictures formally confirmed Top Gun 3 at CinemaCon in April 2026, with Tom Cruise officially returning, Jerry Bruckheimer back as producer, and Ehren...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Northrop’s Tacit Blue stealth research demonstrator made its first flight from Groom Lake — better known as Area 51 — in 1982, eventually making...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s MiG 1.44 was developed by Mikoyan in the 1980s and 1990s as the Soviet Union’s answer to the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran, destroyed most of Tehran’s F-14 Tomcat fleet — the only F-14s flying anywhere outside...