Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The X-51 Waverider’s 2013 flight—air-launched from a B-52 and accelerating to Mach 5.1—remains the longest air-breathing hypersonic run on...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force plans to keep 76 B-52s flying into the 2050s and buy 100 B-21 Raiders, but the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – At first glance, the U.S. Air Force looks overstretched: old fleets, tight budgets, sliding deliveries. Look closer and it’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – An unclassified Air Force plan says the service needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about a 22% jump from the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – An unclassified, 10-year plan obtained by Breaking Defense says the Air Force needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about 300...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The nearly three-month-old strike by 3,000 Boeing machinists in St. Louis is now officially delaying the U.S. Air Force’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force’s ambitious B-52J modernization program, intended to keep the bomber flying until the 2050s, is in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s X-51A “Waverider” was a hypersonic tech demonstrator built with AFRL, DARPA, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to validate...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-35 naval stealth fighter achieved a significant milestone in September 2025 by successfully conducting catapult launches from the...