Can Fighter Aircraft Hunt Down Tanks? It’s Complicated
Specialized anti-armor aircraft date back to World War II—but not all planes are well-equipped to…
Tag: Cold War
Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Isn’t as Advanced as Western…
The JAS 39 Gripen was designed for simplicity and ease of use—giving it a niche among air forces…
How the B-1B Lancer Bomber Came Back from the Dead
The B-1 Lancer program was curtailed in the 1970s as an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. That…
The 10 Most Commonly Exported Fighter Jets
One nation historically dominated the fighter jet export market: the Soviet Union, whose simple,…
How the Soviet Union’s Mi-8 Helicopter Took Over the…
The Mi-8 is far more cost-competitive than Western counterparts, and focuses on redundancy and ease…
Why America Built Only One Plane Out of Titanium
Titanium is fantastically expensive, and difficult to fabricate, relative to other materials—meaning…
The US Military Once Had a Much Bigger Presence in…
At its height, the United States operated 50 military installations in Greenland—and once had…
How China’s Nuclear Obfuscation Could End the World
China has intentionally chosen to hide its nuclear doctrine as a core part of its…
Here’s What Trump Means By Calling For ‘Peace Through…
Peace through strength, defined by 'hard-nosed realism' over the 'utopian…
The US Air Force Once Blew Up a Satellite—Just to Prove…
The Air Force’s ASM-135 missile test in 1985 was the first kinetic destruction of a satellite in…
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