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Key Point and Summary – Russia’s MiG-41, or PAK DP, is billed as a sixth-generation stealth interceptor meant to replace the MiG-31 with hypersonic...
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Key Point and Summary – Russia’s MiG-41, or PAK DP, is billed as a sixth-generation stealth interceptor meant to replace the MiG-31 with hypersonic...
Article Summary – Today’s tailless, 6th-generation stealth fighters did not appear from nowhere. Lockheed Martin’s X-44 MANTA, conceived in 1999 as a “tailless F-22,”...
Key Points: This piece asks what the U.S. Air Force would look like if it had fielded 750 F-22 Raptors instead of fewer than...
Article Summary – Chinese state TV now touts the J-35 carrier fighter as nearly matching the F-35’s stealth, claiming a radar cross-section smaller than...
Article Summary – The F-105 Thunderchief, or “Thud,” began life as a supersonic nuclear striker before becoming the U.S. Air Force’s primary fighter-bomber over...
Article Summary – China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon is more than a knockoff stealth jet. -This piece breaks down five core strengths: a low-observable airframe...
Article Summary – South Korea’s F-15K “Slam Eagle” is far more than a rebadged U.S. F-15E. Reengineered around the peninsula’s unique threat environment, it...
Article Summary – China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon is known for Mach 2 speed and stealth, but it also hides a very different role: high-capacity...
Article Summary – The Eurofighter Typhoon and Russia’s Su-57 Felon would almost certainly meet if a NATO–Russia air war ever broke out. -On paper,...
Taiwan’s F-16V jets add near–5th-gen sensors and range, but 66 fighters face China’s massive J-20 fleet and missile arsenal. Is that really enough to...