Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an air-breathing engine could fly...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force is significantly upgrading its “legacy” B-1B Lancer bomber fleet to bridge a “bomber deficit” until...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A look back at NASA’s X-43A, the unmanned experimental aircraft that holds the world record for the fastest flight...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Since the late 1980s, “SR-91 Aurora” has signified a rumored SR-71 successor: a stealthy, manned, hypersonic reconnaissance jet said...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The X-43A was a moonshot on a shoestring: three tiny, hydrogen-gulping darts flung off a B-52 and a Pegasus...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China-linked researchers claim hypersonic air-to-air missiles could down America’s new B-21 Raider, citing Mach-6 weapons with pulse engines that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China is building a layered kill web—PL-15 air-to-air missiles, HQ-9/22 surface-to-air systems, long-wave radars, KJ-500 AEW, and space-based ISR—to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – South Korea is developing an air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile to be carried by its new, indigenous KF-21 Boramae fighter...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia is escalating tensions with NATO by beginning production of its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile, with plans to deploy...