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Russia’s MiG 1.44 5th-generation fighter prototype flew for 18 minutes total during its single test flight. The MiG 1.44 was built to compete with...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-22 Raptor has struggled with readiness rates throughout its service life, with numbers in recent years particularly troubling. Readiness has been a perennial...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-22 Raptor is the only U.S. 5th-generation fighter that cannot be legally exported. U.S. Congress banned F-22 exports in 1998 via the Obey...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-35 Lightning II is sometimes derided for being a lesser version of the F-22. It is smaller, slower, and less maneuverable than the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1997, Russia unveiled the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut, one of the most unusual fighter aircraft ever built. The aircraft was built with forward-swept wings...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May 2024, a Pakistani Air Force J-10C fighter fired a Chinese-built PL-15 air-to-air missile at an Indian Air Force Rafale. It hit at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Britain’s Global Combat Air Program faces a 10-week funding deadline. The current bridge funding for GCAP — the 6th-generation stealth fighter shared with Italy...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
At the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in February 2026, Lockheed Martin publicly displayed a production-representative scale model of what it informally...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2024, a research team led by Professor Zhang Dong at China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University — one of China’s premier military-aerospace research institutions —...