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Russia’s Huge but Aging Typhoon-Class Submarines – Russia’s Typhoon-class submarines still hold the title of the largest submarines on Earth today. They are ultimately...
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Russia’s Huge but Aging Typhoon-Class Submarines – Russia’s Typhoon-class submarines still hold the title of the largest submarines on Earth today. They are ultimately...
Today’s geopolitical competition among the U.S. with its allies and China and Russia has the hallmarks of a Cold War 2.0. International structure undergirded by...
Having just penned an article on Sweden’s Saab 37 Viggen and noting therein its unique claim to aviation history fame, I reckon that one...
In a 19FortyFive article I wrote today on the subject of the legendary Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, I made a note of the fact that...
X-20: A Short History – Hypersonic weapons are all the rage these days, but the United States once had a hypersonic space plane that was...
Happy 50th BRRRT-Day to the A-10 Warthog – On 10 May 2022 (1 week ago today as I type these words), the Fairchild Republic...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” was a true speed demon. No interceptor ever really had a chance of catching it. During the aircraft’s nearly 25...
The Los Angeles-Class submarines, while old compared to today’s standards, are still the spine of the U.S. Navy‘s undersea fleet. And they had one...
Though the Mirage 2000 bears a superficial resemblance to the dynasty of Dassault’s “delta-winged” fighters that preceded it, the aircraft featured marked advances over the earlier Mirages...
Saab JA 37 Viggen, a Short History – Sweden sought to maintain absolute neutrality during the Cold War but ensure if war with Russia...