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Before the SR-71 became a legendary spy plane, the Air Force nearly turned it into a missile-armed interceptor — the YF-12, fitted with fire-control...
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Before the SR-71 became a legendary spy plane, the Air Force nearly turned it into a missile-armed interceptor — the YF-12, fitted with fire-control...
The SR-71 Blackbird remains one of the fastest aircraft ever built, and its speed came down to two of the strangest engines ever flown....
The JAS 39 Gripen was designed to be everything the F-35 isn't: cheap to fly, simple to maintain, and able to operate from a...
The Leopard 2 is widely considered one of the best tanks ever built — world-class armor, firepower, mobility, and fire control, fielded by more...
America has the Abrams, Germany the Leopard 2, Britain the Challenger — and Italy has the Ariete, the tank NATO forgets and often mocks....
The M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 get the glory. France's Leclerc — lighter, faster, with a six-second autoloader and advanced composite armor — quietly...
All five of Britain's Astute-class nuclear attack submarines are sidelined in port at once, awaiting maintenance the Royal Navy lacks the dry docks and...
The F-22 Raptor is considered by many to be one of the most advanced aircraft currently in service. Despite being built in the 1980s...
Each U.S. Navy Ohio-class SSGN guided-missile submarine carries up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles. Each U.S. Navy Ohio-class SSGN has 22 missile tubes —...
The Soviet T-54/55 tank series was called the “AK-47 of tanks.” More than 100,000 Soviet T-54/55 tanks were built. The Soviet T-54/55 tanks served...