Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In March 2025, President Donald Trump and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin announced that Boeing had won a $20 billion...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s MiG 1.44 was developed by Mikoyan in the 1980s and 1990s as the Soviet Union’s answer to the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1982, Northrop quietly flew a stealth aircraft so radar-invisible the U.S. Air Force later said its radar cross-section was smaller than a bat’s....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In the late 1950s, the U.S. spent $800 million building a Mach 3.1 strategic bomber that could cruise above 70,000 feet and outrun every...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s own computer simulations show that a single J-20 Mighty Dragon has less than a 10% chance of defeating an F-22 Raptor in combat....
Dollars and Sense
Lockheed Martin Just Won an $11.4 Million Contract to Upgrade Israel’s F-35I Adir — Funded by Israel
In March, an Israeli F-35I Adir shot down an Iranian Yak-130 over Tehran — the first time an F-35 stealth fighter ever destroyed another...
Dollars and Sense
The F-47 stealth fighter will have a 1,000-mile combat radius — nearly double that of the F-22 — and is built for the Indo-Pacific....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The United States Air Force’s current B-21 Raider procurement target of 100 aircraft would translate into approximately 50-60 mission-ready bombers at any given time....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2011, the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon made its first flight. Years later, the aircraft officially entered service with the Chinese military, cementing the...