Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s rapid, iterative development of its J-36 6th-gen fighter—with a second, drastically redesigned prototype appearing in less than a...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Tupolev Tu-160 “Blackjack,” the world’s largest and fastest (Mach 2.05) military aircraft, was the Soviet Union’s rival to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In one of the greatest ironies of the Cold War, the U.S. had to secretly buy the titanium needed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – While the F-22 Raptor is lauded as the premier air superiority fighter, its legacy is tarnished by “fatal flaws,”...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-72 “Darkstar” is envisioned as a Mach-6, air-breathing ISR platform—but could it strike? -Hypersonic speed complicates weapons separation,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov’s 2016–17 deployment to Syria marked Russia’s first carrier-based combat operations. Sailing with a heavy escort, the ship...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group, likely to be soon near Venezuela, is neither a token counternarcotics gesture nor...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s M1E3 Abrams and Russia’s T-14 Armata aim to redefine the main battle tank for the drone-saturated battlefield. -The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen is rugged, affordable to sustain, and designed for dispersed ops—qualities Ukraine prizes as it rebuilds...