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As the "New Cold War" heats up, analysts are comparing China's Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" against the U.S. F-22 Raptor. On paper, the J-20...
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As the "New Cold War" heats up, analysts are comparing China's Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" against the U.S. F-22 Raptor. On paper, the J-20...
1,000 Jets by 2030: Inside China’s Plan to Mass Produce the J-20 Stealth Fighter Numerous public reports are exploding into publication about China’s ability...
Summary and Key Points: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program carries a staggering $2 trillion price tag, but expert Harrison Kass argues this figure...
The Real Reason the YF-23 Lost: It Wasn’t About Performance, It Was About Change For thirty years, the YF-23 Black Widow II has lingered...
F-16 In Ukraine: Right Jet, Wrong Tactics—How Viper Pilots Rewrote The Playbook Forty-two years after its maiden flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth-generation fighter...
GCAP—the Japan, UK, and Italy next-generation fighter effort—is gaining credibility as Europe’s rival FCAS program struggles with deadlines and stakeholder infighting. Reports suggest FCAS...
Despite being cut off from U.S. parts for decades, Iran’s F-14 Tomcat fleet remains a credible threat due to its blistering Mach 2.3 speed—significantly...
Often overshadowed by the F-15 and F-16, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II remains one of history’s most successful fighters. Designed as an affordable, lightweight...
Northrop and McDonnell Douglas’ YF-23 Black Widow II paired extreme low-observability with long-range speed, built around diamond-shaped wings, blended shaping, and S-duct intakes to...
China is positioning the twin-seat J-20S as more than an air-superiority stealth fighter, using the second cockpit to split workload and enable airborne command-and-control...