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Russia’s Admiral Nakhimov—the massive Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser originally designed to hunt American aircraft carriers during the Cold War—is finally undergoing sea trials after a...
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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...
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
Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian military commander and a Member of Parliament, has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to use tactical nuclear...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the only man in history to survive an SR-71 Blackbird disintegrating around him at Mach 3.18...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s mysterious MiG-41 PAK DP interceptor is supposed to be the country’s answer to America’s F-47 NGAD and China’s J-36—a sixth-generation fighter capable of...
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
Russia just made the call to retire the Admiral Kuznetsov—the country’s lone aircraft carrier and one of the most embarrassing warships in modern naval...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2012, a Russian Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range missiles patrolled the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks—and the United States didn’t...