Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s X-51A “Waverider” was a hypersonic tech demonstrator built with AFRL, DARPA, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to validate...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – “Beast Mode” lets the F-35 carry up to 22,000 pounds by adding external weapons to its internal bays, massively...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After losing the 6th-generation F-47 NGAD contract to Boeing, Lockheed Martin is not protesting. Instead, CEO Jim Taiclet is...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-35 program is under renewed fire as its total lifecycle cost estimate has ballooned past $2 trillion. -A...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-35 naval stealth fighter achieved a significant milestone in September 2025 by successfully conducting catapult launches from the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor, though technologically dominant, suffers from a “fatal flaw”: its tiny fleet size. -The U.S. Air Force’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The futuristic YF-23 (or what would have been the F-23) Black Widow II lost the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor, the world’s most dominant fighter, is a ghost of the fleet America intended. -The U.S. Air...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The “Package Q” air raid over Baghdad in 1991, the largest F-16 mission in history, serves as a critical...