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Summary and Key Points: When the Soviet Union launched the MiG 1.44 (MFI program) in the late 1970s, the goal was to field a...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Dassault Rafale F5 is the most recent iteration of the Rafale, which is currently under development. It gives the aircraft’s avionics a thorough...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force originally planned to build 381 F-22 Raptors. Only 187 were built. Approximately 120 are combat-ready today....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: In 2009, Defense Secretary Robert Gates capped F-22 Raptor production at 187 aircraft — far below the hundreds originally planned...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: In March 2013, two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom IIs scrambled to intercept an American MQ-1 Predator drone flying surveillance...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s MiG 1.44 stealth fighter prototype flew for the first time on February 29, 2000 from the Gromov Flight Research...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In November 2009, an Emirati pilot flying a French-built Mirage 2000 notionally shot down a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor during a joint wargame...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Lockheed Martin’s $11 billion F-22 Raptor 2.0 upgrade adds stealth-compatible conformal external fuel tanks and infrared search and track pods on the outer wings...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Lockheed Martin unveiled an F-22 Raptor 2.0 configuration at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Warfare Symposium in Denver this February, featuring a new...