Dollars and Sense
The Soviet Union built the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport to compete with the Anglo-French Concorde. The aircraft was nicknamed “Concordski” in the West. The...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1997, Russia unveiled the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut, one of the most unusual fighter aircraft ever built. The aircraft was built with forward-swept wings...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May 2024, a Pakistani Air Force J-10C fighter fired a Chinese-built PL-15 air-to-air missile at an Indian Air Force Rafale. It hit at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s H-20 stealth bomber program remains shrouded in secrecy. No prototype has been publicly displayed. No first flight has been confirmed. Yet the Pentagon’s...
Dollars and Sense
The F-35 Lightning II operates as a “flying computer.” It senses, gathers, and securely transmits critical battlefield data across multinational combat formations. All of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On March 27, 1999, during NATO’s Operation Allied Force, Serbian air defenses shot down a U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter over Yugoslavia....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s emerging 6th-generation stealth aircraft, designated J-36, has now appeared in public photography twice. The first set of images surfaced on Chinese social media...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird flying at 83,000 feet over the Soviet Kola Peninsula lost both Pratt & Whitney J58 engines simultaneously — and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As China’s 5th-gen, stealthy carrier-launched J-35 surges into the operational sphere, new reports indicate the People’s Liberation Army – Air Force may be accelerating...