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...
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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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov finally put to sea for trials in 2025—after spending more than 25 years laid up in port at...
Uncategorized
In 1997, the U.S. military quietly purchased 21 Soviet MiG-29 fighters from the tiny Eastern European country of Moldova—not from Russia, but from a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2015, China shocked the defense world by signing a $2.5 billion deal to buy 24 Russian Su-35 fighters from Moscow—the first foreign customer...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia unveiled the Su-75 Checkmate stealth fighter in 2021 as a low-cost, single-engine alternative to America’s F-35—pricing it at $25-30 million, compared with the...
The Treaty
Almost four years ago to the day, a Russian oligarch was recorded on an audio tape as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin was...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s MiG-35 Fulcrum-F was supposed to be the bridge fighter that carried Moscow’s air force into the stealth era—a Mach 2.25 multi-role workhorse with...