Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union built its Sierra-class submarines from titanium—a metal so difficult to weld that workers had to wear spacesuits inside hermetically sealed argon-filled...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber is affectionately known to its homegrown aircrews as “Bely Lebed,” which translates to “White Swan,” whilst the NATO...
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In 1998, Congressman David Obey introduced a single-page amendment that quietly prevented America’s most advanced stealth fighter—the F-22 Raptor—from ever being exported abroad. Japan...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
F-47 NGAD U.S. Air Force Fighter Will Be a True Game Changer Like Nothing That Has Ever Flown An intriguing, mysterious, and reportedly extremely...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Could the USS Gerald R. Ford Be Sidelined for A Year Or More? The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78),...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Cracking the Hull: The Precise Engineering of Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Refueling Refueling a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is among the most complex industrial tasks in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
It’s a Cold War-era bomber developed in the 1970s, but the Russians aren’t giving up on it. The MACH 2 Tu-160M Blackjack strike aircraft...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The United States once had to hold its breath on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. There were delays and cost overruns. Accidents plagued...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force’s decision to deploy F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to the Philippines for Exercise Cope Thunder 26-1 has been described in different...