Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force is significantly upgrading its “legacy” B-1B Lancer bomber fleet to bridge a “bomber deficit” until...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Despite the B-21 Raider’s progress, the U.S. Air Force still needs the B-1B Lancer into the 2030s as a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – As Russia awaits its delayed PAK DA stealth bomber, it is heavily upgrading its Tu-160 “Blackjack,” a non-stealthy bomber...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The B-1 bomber program was famously canceled in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter, who deemed the supersonic nuclear bomber...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A 100-aircraft B-21 Raider fleet is a dangerous minimum. Recent B-1B “boneyard” revivals highlight how thin America’s bomber force...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born as a Cold War nuclear penetrator, the B-1B Lancer was canceled, revived, and ultimately recast as a premier...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The B-1B Lancer is getting Load Adaptable Modular (LAM) external pylons that reopen six long-dormant hardpoints and add up...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force is reviving the B-1B Lancer with Load Adaptable Modular external pylons and refurbished jets pulled...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The B-1B entered service in 1986 as a fast, low-level penetrator with a huge payload and terrain-following radar. -But...