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When South Korea set out to build its first homegrown fighter, the United States refused to transfer four of the technologies it needed most,...
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When South Korea set out to build its first homegrown fighter, the United States refused to transfer four of the technologies it needed most,...
My best friend in the U.S. Army was a Special Forces officer with service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once, we had a conversation about...
America's sixth-generation F-47 may be the most advanced fighter ever built, and could cost up to $300 million each. But in a war over...
Landing a jet on an aircraft carrier at night, on a pitching deck in bad weather, is something many Navy pilots say frightens them...
During what was supposed to be his final flight aboard the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, former Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO) Richard “Butch” Sheffield experienced the...
In the 1950s, American engineers set out to build the ultimate weapon: a nuclear-powered cruise missile that could fly almost indefinitely, cross oceans, and...
The Space Shuttle is remembered as an engineering marvel, but this analysis argues it was also one of NASA's costliest strategic mistakes. Sold as...
In 1974 the CIA pulled off one of the most audacious operations of the Cold War. Using billionaire Howard Hughes and a cover story...
Exploring Venus is extremely challenging. A landing probe or lander must withstand crushing pressure, with atmospheric pressure roughly 90 times Earth’s, equivalent to being...
The YA-9, The Aircraft That Could Have Been The A-10: The Northrop YA-9 was the primary competitor to the Fairchild Republic YA-10 in the...