Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points: The F-22 Raptor has crossed a critical threshold, directly controlling an MQ-20 Avenger drone from its cockpit in a recent General Atomics...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – NASA Planned a Mach 15 X-43D. It Never Flew — and That Matters Now. -NASA’s X-43A proved that an...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Northrop Grumman’s YF-23 “Black Widow II” famously lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter contest to Lockheed’s F-22, but the story...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In February 2008, the B-2 “Spirit of Kansas” crashed seconds after takeoff from Andersen AFB, Guam, in what became...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – As the Pentagon races to field the B-21 Raider, F-47 NGAD fighter, SSN(X) subs and F/A-XX, Operation Midnight Hammer...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The B-1B Lancer was supposed to “go gentle into that good night,” but the Bone keeps refusing to retire....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born in the 1970s, the F-16 should be aging out. Instead, a sweeping Service Life Extension Program and F-35–grade...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 Blackbird was a titanium Mach 3 icon that could outrun missiles and deliver razor-sharp imagery from 85,000...