Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-22N “Sea Raptor” was the U.S. Navy’s carrier-suitable derivative of the Air Force’s F-22. -It aimed to replace...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force once eyed 700+ F-22 Raptors to dominate Cold War skies, but production ended at 186 operational...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived in 1999, Lockheed Martin’s X-44 MANTA proposed a tailless, stretched-delta derivative of the F-22 that ditched vertical and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – ‘First shot–first kill’ defines the F-22 Raptor’s mission: stealth, speed, vectoring and upgraded sensors/weapons (3.2B, AIM-9X/120, AESA, new comms/computing)...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – U.S.–Iran antagonism did not begin with this June’s B-2 strikes. In 2013, after Iranian jets harassed U.S. MQ-1 flights...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – That dramatic “smoke” around the F-22 isn’t a sci-fi cloaking device—it’s a vapor cone. -During high-G or near-transonic maneuvers...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A head-to-head comparison between the upgraded F-15EX and the F-22 Raptor concludes that stealth remains the decisive factor in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Despite playing a vital role in escorting B-2 bombers during the “Operation Midnight Hammer” strikes on Iran in June...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force faces a potential “air superiority gap” due to the small size and maintenance issues of...