Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, the “Father of the U.S. Air Force,” was a visionary who argued that air power...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NATO’s reputation for cutting-edge airpower masks a roster of troubled jets that stumbled through the jet age’s steep learning...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-4 Phantom II began as a U.S. Navy fleet defender and became the West’s do-everything jet: fighter, bomber,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Even if the faster, stealthier YF-23 Black Widow II had won the competition against the F-22, it still would...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Lockheed S-3 Viking was the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based submarine hunter for three decades, evolving into a multirole jet...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA and Grumman’s X-29 was a 1980s–90s technology demonstrator that flipped convention with forward-swept wings and canards to probe...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-111 Aardvark grew from the 1960s TFX drive to field a fast, long-range strike jet. -General Dynamics’ swing-wing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A proved an audacious idea: use a scramjet—a jet that breathes air at supersonic speeds—to fly near Mach...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The B-58 Hustler was the world’s first operational Mach 2 bomber, built when the Air Force believed speed and...