Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Built in secrecy at Area 51 in the 1990s, Boeing’s YF-118G “Bird of Prey” was a low-cost stealth demonstrator...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s anti-ship “kill chain” couples DF-21D/DF-26B/DF-17 salvos with satellites, OTH radars and scouts to push carriers outside strike range....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Su-47 Berkut was Sukhoi’s forward-swept, fly-by-wire testbed—not a frontline fighter. -First flown in 1997, the lone prototype combined...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-47 NGAD is pitched as a true leap: a long-range, Mach-2-plus stealth “quarterback” that commands swarms of Collaborative...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force will pare back F-35 purchases through 2028, citing Block 4 upgrade and TR-3 computing delays, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s twin-seat Su-30SM “Flanker-H” is a 4+-generation multirole fighter derived from the Su-27 family. -Powered by two AL-31F turbofans,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Space Force is funding Gravitics ($60M via SpaceWERX) to prototype an “orbital carrier”—a maneuverable platform pre-positioned in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2013, two Iranian F-4 Phantoms moved to intercept a U.S. MQ-1 Predator flying in international airspace. After a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The UK’s Ajax recon vehicle has reached initial operating capability with the Queen’s Royal Hussars and Household Cavalry—years late...