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Key Points and Summary – Strip away the memes, and the Boeing X-32, or what would have been the F-32, appears to be a...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Two nearly-forgotten prototypes—the workhorse-aimed X-32 and the shadowy, long-reach YF-23—took very different bets on air combat. -In a real...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s X-32B, the Joint Strike Fighter contender that lost to Lockheed Martin’s X-35 (now the F-35), survives in just...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Boeing X-32 had one mission: beat the X-35 (what we know as the F-35 today). And yet, it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s X-32, the Joint Strike Fighter competitor to Lockheed Martin’s X-35, is often dismissed as a meme. -Up close—and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – This analysis explores why Boeing’s X-32 lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to the aircraft that became the F-35....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – This analysis explores the common reasons why two of America’s most famous prototype aircraft, the YF-23 and the X-32,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Boeing X-32 is famous for being one of the “ugliest” fighter jets ever designed, often compared to a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
PUBLISHED on August 13, 2025, 8:04 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s experimental X-32 prototype was famously unattractive, but plans for...