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Europe's flagship joint fighter program, FCAS, has collapsed over a Franco-German feud. France's answer: pour its money into the Rafale F5, an upgrade so...
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Europe's flagship joint fighter program, FCAS, has collapsed over a Franco-German feud. France's answer: pour its money into the Rafale F5, an upgrade so...
Russia's Su-57 Felon was billed as a fifth-generation rival to the F-22 — but it's spent the Ukraine war launching missiles from the safety...
The best tank in the world right now isn't the most advanced — it's the cheap, 50-year-old Soviet T-72. The argument: modern war is...
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 U.S. is pouring billions into a handful of exquisite warplanes — the $300-million F-47 and the $700-million-plus B-21 Raider. But this analysis argues...
The F-22 Raptor is famous for its stealth, but its two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines are just as remarkable: 70,000 pounds of combined...
The United States and Iran can probably keep the shooting stopped for 60 days — but only if neither side mistakes the pause for...
India spent roughly 40 years turning the Tejas into a combat fighter — and in 2026, around 30 finished jets sit grounded, waiting on...
France has named its next aircraft carrier the France Libre, after Charles de Gaulle's wartime Free French movement — and it will be nearly...
The United Kingdom’s Vanguard-class submarines are the Royal Navy’s persistent, continuous nuclear deterrent force at sea. A class of just four boats, one of...