Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is now the world’s largest by hull count—and Beijing’s shipbuilding capacity is reportedly 230 times that of the United...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Boeing X-32 was a stealth fighter that flew 66 times, hit Mach 1.6, and carried 20,000 pounds of internal fuel—a serious contender to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China is reportedly developing a stealthy medium-range bomber called the JH-XX or JH-36—a tailless, delta-winged aircraft with three engines that could strike Taiwan, Guam,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Army was developing an upgraded M60A4 main battle tank that would have featured enhanced armor, improved fire control, and a refined engine/transmission—a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
NASA’s X-43A scramjet aircraft hit Mach 9.64 at 110,000 feet in November 2004—and that record for an air-breathing aircraft still stands more than two...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is the world’s fastest fighter jet at Mach 2.5—and it can carry an absolutely staggering 29,500 pounds of weapons...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union built its Sierra-class submarines from titanium—a metal so difficult to weld that workers had to wear spacesuits inside hermetically sealed argon-filled...
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...