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The Soviet military developed its first swing-wing fighter in the late 1960s as an answer to the American F-4 Phantom. The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23...
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The Soviet military developed its first swing-wing fighter in the late 1960s as an answer to the American F-4 Phantom. The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23...
The 1999 India-Pakistan Nuclear Crisis: The Kargil War- For years, there was a conceit that no two states with nuclear weapons have ever directly...
XF-90, a Short History: In 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force issued a requirement for a “penetrating escort” jet that could accompany comparatively ponderous B-29...
China’s J-10 Fighter, Explained in 5 Minutes: The J-10 “Vigorous Dragon” is a mainstay of China’s effort to modernize its large fleet of single-engine jet fighters, with 350 already in...
P-38 Lightning, the Best Plane of the Second World War? – In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps called for proposals for an interceptor capable...
Delta Force To the Rescue: By 2004, US troops in Iraq knew that the success of their invasion and defeat of Saddam Hussein‘s forces the...
Tupolev Tu-144: A 2 Minute History – Early in the afternoon of July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590 crashed upon takeoff at the Charles de...
Jagdtiger, Why It Failed: To some minds, bigger is always better—but size can create is many new problems as it solves. Midway through World War II, Nazi...
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A 5 Minute Explainer: How The Machine Gun Changed Military History – Ask any infantrymen in a line company about the value of a...
Three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 10, 1941 the battleship era truly ended. All eight of the U.S. Navy’s battleships...