Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points –The F-35 Lightning II’s combat radius of approximately 670 nautical miles, while not critically short, is increasingly viewed as a limitation, especially...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – China’s Shenyang J-35A stealth fighter, a significantly revamped evolution of the earlier underpowered FC-31 export concept (first seen 2014), has been...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The US government’s overarching control of spare parts, software, and upgrades for the F-35 Lightning II is causing significant alarm among...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The SR-72 “Darkstar,” Lockheed Martin’s secretive successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, aims for Mach 6+ hypersonic speeds for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The long-held US military assumption of air superiority faces significant challenges, particularly from China’s rapidly expanding J-20 stealth fighter fleet. -While...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23 “Flogger,” a variable-sweep wing fighter designed in the late 1960s to succeed the MiG-21, became the most...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – China’s new J-35A stealth fighter, a land-based derivative of the carrier-capable J-35 and earlier FC-31, is designed to be a crucial...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The US Air Force’s B-52J Radar Modernization Program (RMP), crucial for keeping the bomber viable into the 2050s, has triggered a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The 1950s were a golden age in the aerospace industry. With the development of the jet engine, engineers were constantly testing the boundaries of...