Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – General Dynamics’ F-16XL was a radical F-16 derivative for the SCAMP/ETF push to replace the F-111: a lengthened fuselage...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet remains the carrier wing’s backbone, but a war with China would pit it against the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Grumman’s “Super Tomcat 21” was the Navy’s road not taken after the A-12 collapse and the NATF sticker shock....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The NATF-23 envisioned a carrier-capable YF-23 Black Widow II to replace the F-14: stealth shaping, internal bays, strengthened gear,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy argues F/A-XX is essential alongside—not instead of—the F-35C. -A sixth-gen strike fighter with ~25% more range (projected...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-35 is really three aircraft—A, B, and C—with a fourth, Israel’s custom F-35I Adir, proving how adaptable the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-20S formal debut signals a shift in PLAAF doctrine and what looks like an actual ‘secret weapon’ of...
Dollars and Sense
Key Points and Summary – F-47 Delay Due to Strike? – Boeing’s St. Louis walkout by 3,200 machinists has entered a second month with...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – First seen over Chengdu in December 2024, the rumored J-36 shows a tailless diamond-double-delta planform, no verticals, and—most striking—a...