Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
German Eurofighter Typhoon pilots “shot down” several F-22 Raptors during the 2012 Red Flag Alaska exercises. The F-22 Raptor was still relatively new at...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On July 4, 1974, the CIA dropped a giant mechanical claw nicknamed “Clementine” three miles to the floor of the Pacific Ocean to lift...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China has reportedly test-fired its YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from a Type 055 destroyer, with leaked footage emerging in December and the South China...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On October 3, 1967, U.S. Air Force pilot William “Pete” Knight flew the X-15A-2 to 4,520 miles per hour — Mach 6.7 — setting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has been publicly discussing the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” — a hypersonic reconnaissance and strike aircraft designed to fly at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, reportedly capable of traveling at more than Mach 20 while maneuvering laterally and vertically through the atmosphere, was placed...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1960, nine years before he walked on the moon, a 30-year-old test pilot named Neil Armstrong applied to fly the X-20 Dyna-Soar —...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On October 4, 1957, Avro Canada unveiled the CF-105 Arrow — a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor capable of climbing to 50,000 feet, the most...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
For the first time outside Japanese territory, Japan fired a Type 88 anti-ship missile during the Balikatan exercise on the Philippine island of Luzon,...