Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force has requested a healthy five-year budget for research, development, and testing of the emerging 6th-gen F-47, a move that makes...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s air force is now decisively falling behind the West in the single most important fighter technology of the modern era: the Active Electronically...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-35 Lightning II is often called a “flying computer” for good reason—the stealth fighter’s most lethal capabilities come not from its airframe but...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The legendary F-14 Tomcat shot down five enemy aircraft during its 32-year career—and never lost a single Tomcat to enemy fighters in air-to-air combat....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s mysterious Chengdu J-36 sixth-generation combat aircraft is far larger than any traditional fighter—measuring roughly 75 feet long with three engines, no tail, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter is a complete shift away from traditional warplane design—commanding a distributed network of drones called Collaborative...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s two-seat J-20S stealth fighter has just transformed from a demonstrator into a “carrier killer” capable of hunting U.S. Navy supercarriers in the First...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-16 Fighting Falcon was originally designed as a humble daytime air superiority fighter—a lightweight dogfighter built around lessons from Vietnam, where heavier U.S....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Greece is preparing to leapfrog Turkey in a qualitative arms race that has been simmering for decades. By 2030, the Hellenic Air Force expects...