Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-16 was supposed to be retired in favor of the F-35. Instead, Lockheed Martin gave the 40-year-old Fighting Falcon airframe a 4.5-generation upgrade...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force just resurrected a B-1B Lancer bomber from the legendary “Boneyard” desert storage facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona—a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia is once again boasting that its much-hyped S-500 Prometheus surface-to-air missile system can track and shoot down American F-35 Lightning II and F-22...
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
The U.S. Air Force’s ambitious B-52J upgrade program—the modernization effort that will keep America’s iconic Cold War bomber flying into the 2050s—just took a...
Dollars and Sense
The U.S. Air Force just made a stunning reversal on the A-10 Warthog—the legendary close-air-support aircraft that was supposed to be retired by 2028...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The idea of a massive, Vietnam-era bomber surging 100 years into the future, retaining sustained relevance and effectiveness, might bewilder the masses in the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The People’s Republic of China’s Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter may outrange the United States Air Force’s F-22 Raptor and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was widely panned as a Pentagon failure—a Robert McNamara-era boondoggle that the U.S. Navy outright rejected and the Air...