Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-15EX and Su-35 are top-tier 4.5-gen upgrades with very different philosophies. Boeing’s F-15EX leans into beyond-visual-range dominance: an...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Stealth bombers like the B-21 Raider still work—but the game is changing. -Quantum radar remains lab-bound, hampered by range...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor is built to seize air dominance: very low observability, supercruise, and thrust-vector agility give it first-shot/first-kill...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Forget low-altitude carpet bombing—the B-52 bomber’s future is as a standoff “missile truck” that slings precision weapons from outside...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider is deliberately smaller than the B-2—roughly a 132-ft wingspan vs. 172 ft, a lower MTOW...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Ryan X-13 Vertijet was the Air Force’s 1950s answer to runway vulnerability: a tail-sitting jet that hovered on...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The XB-70 Valkyrie was the U.S. Air Force’s bid to outrun Soviet defenses: a six-engine, compression-lift bomber built for...
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Key Points and Summary – With a second B-21 now flying, the Air Force and Northrop Grumman are leaning hard into cost control and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Beloved for saving troops in Desert Storm and the war on terror, the A-10 Warthog is finally headed for...