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Key Points and Summary – The Pugachev Cobra Maneuver is a dramatic airshow stunt where a pilot abruptly pitches the nose of a fighter...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – On a spring night in 1989, Soviet fighter pilot Aleksandr Zuyev staged one of the Cold War’s boldest defections—stealing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The MiG-35’s failure was a predictable outcome of its flawed concept. A warmed-over MiG-29, the jet was plagued by...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After the Soviet collapse, advanced weapons were stranded across new states. In 1997 the United States quietly bought 21...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s MiG-35 fighter set out to fix the MiG-29 Fulcrum’s weaknesses: more fuel, a digital cockpit, modern weapons, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Navy veterans of the F-14 Tomcat recall why the jet still inspires: variable-sweep wings, big fuel and big missiles,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Time the U.S. Air Force Bought a Squadron of Russian MiG-29s Key Points and Summary – Following the Soviet Union’s collapse, the U.S....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s MiG-35 fighter, once hyped as a “fourth-generation-plus” replacement for the MiG-29, has been a commercial and military failure....