Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s MiG 1.44 5th-generation fighter prototype flew for 18 minutes total during its single test flight. The MiG 1.44 was built to compete with...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-22 Raptor has struggled with readiness rates throughout its service life, with numbers in recent years particularly troubling. Readiness has been a perennial...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-22 Raptor is the only U.S. 5th-generation fighter that cannot be legally exported. U.S. Congress banned F-22 exports in 1998 via the Obey...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1997, Russia unveiled the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut, one of the most unusual fighter aircraft ever built. The aircraft was built with forward-swept wings...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May 2024, a Pakistani Air Force J-10C fighter fired a Chinese-built PL-15 air-to-air missile at an Indian Air Force Rafale. It hit at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Yakovlev Yak-141 was the world’s first supersonic VTOL aircraft. The Soviet Union built four prototypes between 1987 and 1991. It was designed to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s H-20 stealth bomber program remains shrouded in secrecy. No prototype has been publicly displayed. No first flight has been confirmed. Yet the Pentagon’s...
Dollars and Sense
The F-35 Lightning II operates as a “flying computer.” It senses, gathers, and securely transmits critical battlefield data across multinational combat formations. All of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On March 27, 1999, during NATO’s Operation Allied Force, Serbian air defenses shot down a U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter over Yugoslavia....