Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Takeaways – The B-1B Lancer was born as a low-level nuclear penetrator aimed at the Soviet Union, then reinvented as America’s high-capacity precision...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Takeaways – The X-44 MANTA never left the drawing board, but its ideas still loom over future air-dominance planning. -Conceived as a tailless...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-47, the crewed centerpiece of America’s NGAD program, is being built to control packs of Collaborative Combat Aircraft,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Operation Midnight Hammer has turned the “old” B-2 Spirit into Washington’s hottest bomber again. -In a stealth strike against...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The YF-23 “Black Widow II” lost the 1991 Advanced Tactical Fighter fly-off to what became the F-22 Raptor and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-35 Lightning II is often praised as a stealthy, sensor-fused “flying computer,” but its track record reveals five...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary and Key Points – The F-14 Tomcat and F-16 Fighting Falcon were built for different wars inside the same Cold War. -The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force has twice turned to the Arizona “boneyard” in 2024 to revive B-1B Lancer bombers, pulling jets...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – The F-35 program’s lifetime cost is now projected at roughly $2 trillion when you add acquisition and decades of sustainment. -That...