Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s Chengdu J-36/JH-XX and Shenyang J-50/J-XDS prototypes have already flown, prompting claims that Beijing is winning the sixth-generation fighter...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s stealth push just jumped: the J-35 is beginning carrier ops, while purported 6th-gen prototypes—J-36 and J-50—have surfaced. They...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – New satellite imagery (Aug/Sept 2025) reveals China has moved its two 6th-generation stealth fighter prototypes, the “three-engine” J-36 and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – This analysis argues that the B-21 Raider, while the most advanced bomber ever, is not a “museum piece” yet,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s rapid, iterative development of its J-36 6th-gen fighter—with a second, drastically redesigned prototype appearing in less than a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A second prototype of China’s three-engine Chengdu J-36 has appeared near CAC’s Chengdu airfield, roughly ten months after the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s 6th-generation fighter prototype, the J-36, is still in the early, experimental stages of development, as evidenced by a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Fresh close-ups of China’s tailless J-50 (J-XDS) prototype reveal key sixth-gen traits: a broad, diamond-shaped nose, diverterless intakes, F-22-style...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force’s F-47—a sixth-generation NGAD fighter—has entered production at Boeing, with leaders targeting a first flight in...