Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Although an icon, the F-14 Tomcat was plagued by “legitimate flaws” that made it a “logistical nightmare” for the...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The 1989 defection of Soviet pilot Aleksandr Zuyev provided the West with a “windfall” of critical intelligence on the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Fifty years after its 1974 debut, the F-14 Tomcat’s philosophy still defines air superiority. -Its “unmatched” 1,841-mile range and,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – European nations and Canada are “pushing away” from the F-35, motivated by a desire for “strategic autonomy” and political...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The X-44 MANTA was a “radical” 1990s Lockheed Martin concept for a “tailless F-22,” which would have used 3D...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s X-32 lost the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contract to Lockheed’s X-35 (the future F-35) due to “fatal design...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The UK’s F-35 program is being “undermined” by “disastrous” short-term budget decisions, according to a new report from Parliament’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-47 NGAD will be the most advanced U.S. fighter ever—long-range, stealthy, and teamed with drone wingmen—but its real...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force will retain select “Platinum” F-15C/Ds for homeland defense even as it fields more F-15E/EXs—because the Eagle...