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The Soviet Oscar-class was built for one purpose: to destroy American aircraft carrier battle groups. A 24,000-ton, twin-reactor behemoth carrying 24 supersonic P-700 Granit...
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The Soviet Oscar-class was built for one purpose: to destroy American aircraft carrier battle groups. A 24,000-ton, twin-reactor behemoth carrying 24 supersonic P-700 Granit...
The Air Force long treated the F-15EX Eagle II as a bridge to an all-stealth force. Now it has more than doubled the planned...
For over a decade, China's J-20 had a fifth-generation airframe and a fourth-generation problem: it couldn't get the engine it was designed for, flying...
South Korea's K2 Black Panther was built to defend the Korean peninsula — and became the hottest tank in Europe almost by accident. When...
Rafale Won Europe’s Fighter Competition–and the Eurofighter Typhoon Shows Why: For years, military aviation enthusiasts have debated which fighter is superior: the French-built Rafale...
Turkey's Altay was meant to prove the country could build its own main battle tank and shed its reliance on foreign armor. Then a...
Before the SR-71 became a legendary spy plane, the Air Force nearly turned it into a missile-armed interceptor — the YF-12, fitted with fire-control...
The F-117 Nighthawk, the world's first stealth aircraft, was officially retired in 2008 — yet a portion of the fleet still flies classified missions...
The SR-71 Blackbird remains one of the fastest aircraft ever built, and its speed came down to two of the strangest engines ever flown....
The U.S. Navy needs 66 attack submarines. By 2030 it may have 46 — it's retiring them faster than its two overstretched shipyards can...