Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Strip away the memes, and the Boeing X-32, or what would have been the F-32, appears to be a...
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Key Points and Summary – Northrop’s F-20 Tigershark began as the F-5G: a single-engine, low-cost export fighter with an F404 engine, APG-67 radar, Sparrow...
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Key Points and Summary – In the Navy’s 1970s hunt for a new fighter, Vought and General Dynamics proposed the Vought Model 1600—an F-16...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s carrier-borne J-35/J-35A is being touted by state media as having a palm-sized radar cross-section thanks to shaping and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – With the A-10 Warthog retiring, debate flares over close air support and whether a “stealth Warthog” could survive modern...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In May 2025, Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen E flew with “Centaur,” an embedded AI agent, conducting beyond-visual-range engagements and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Israel’s “Super Phantom” was a deep modernization of the F-4E intended to rival fourth-gen fighters and bridge budget and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Canada’s long-running F-35 debate is reaching a decision point. -Ottawa has contracted 16 of 88 planned F-35As, with costs...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Imagine the U.S. Air Force with 750 F-22s. Air superiority would be overwhelming, but the force would be poorer,...