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Brent M. EastwoodThe National Interest |
Key Points: Overall, the Su-27 remains one of the best fourth-generation fighters, with excellent range and weapons capacity. Its lack of stealth...
A Big Mistake? After its retirement in 1999, the SR-71 Blackbird—a high-speed reconnaissance aircraft—was considered for reactivation following...
It Was Going to Fail: The MBT-70 was a joint tank project initiated in 1963 by the United States and West Germany to develop a next-generation main...
A Total Failure: The XB-70 Valkyrie was an experimental U.S. nuclear bomber developed in the 1950s and 1960s as a potential replacement for the...
What You Need to Know: The B-21 Raider bomber, seen as a crucial component in deterring China, is designed to penetrate advanced air defenses and...
What You Need to Know: Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is known for thick black smoke emissions due to its outdated Mazut...
What You Need to Know: The FB-22 concept, a bomber variant of the F-22 Raptor, proposed by Air Force Secretary James Roche in the early 2000s,...
Big Fail: The Kiev-class hybrid aircraft carriers were the Soviet Union’s attempt to counter U.S. naval dominance during the Cold War. Designed...
What You Need to Know: In June 2010, the U.S. Navy conducted a rare display of strength in response to China’s missile testing, surfacing three...
What You Need to Know: The USS America, a storied Cold War aircraft carrier, went down in history after being used in a unique 2005 Navy test to...
What You Need to Know: The A-12 Avenger was a proposed stealth bomber developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1980s to replace the aging A-6E Intruder....
What You Need to Know: The USS America (CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier commissioned in 1965, showcased exceptional resilience throughout...
What You Need to Know: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought an edge in undersea warfare by designing the Lira-class (Alfa) submarines with...
What You Need to Know: The Alaska-class battlecruisers were conceived by the U.S. Navy in the 1930s to counter Germany's fast and powerful "pocket...
What You Need to Know: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter program to develop a next-generation stealth...
What You Need to Know: The Montana-class battleships were the pinnacle of U.S. battleship design during World War II, intended to surpass the Iowa-...
What You Need to Know: The A-12 Avenger was the U.S. Navy’s ambitious stealth bomber project in the 1980s, designed to replace the A-6E Intruder...
What You Need to Know: Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is a unique hybrid vessel, combining aircraft-launching capabilities...
What You Need to Know: The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a groundbreaking Cold War fighter jet developed to protect Canada from Soviet bombers. With...
What You Need to Know: In August 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk suffered two massive explosions during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea,...
What You Need to Know Now: In 2005, the USS America (CV-66), a veteran Cold War aircraft carrier, was intentionally sunk during a live-fire SinkEx...
What You Need to Know: Japan's Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, embarked on a one-way mission during the final stages of World War...
What You Need to Know: The Su-47 Golden Eagle was Russia's ambitious attempt to create a fifth-generation fighter jet to rival the U.S. F-22...
What You Need to Know: The De Havilland Sea Vixen was a British twin-engine, twin-boom fighter aircraft with an unconventional design, featuring an...
What You Need to Know: In October 1986, the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-219 sank approximately 700 miles off the coast of Bermuda after a...
What You Need to Know: The sinking of the Kursk submarine in August 2000 stands as one of the worst naval disasters in Russian history. During a...
What You Need to Know: The X-20 Dyna-Soar, developed by the U.S. Air Force and Boeing from 1959 to 1963, was designed to be a pioneering hypersonic...
What You Need to Know: The Soviet Alfa-class submarine, featured in Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, was a technological marvel during the...
What You Need to Know: The USS America (CV-66), a classic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served from 1965 to 1996, was sunk during a live-fire...
What You Need to Know: After the 9/11 attacks, there was serious consideration of bringing the retired SR-71 Blackbird back into service to provide...
What You Need to Know: The F-14 Tomcat, known for its iconic portrayal in Top Gun, was a beloved aircraft among Navy aviators during its three...
4 Points You Need to Know: The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets, a Mike-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, was a technological marvel featuring a...
What You Need to Know: The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets, a technological marvel of the Cold War, met a tragic fate in 1989. As the deepest-diving...
Summary and What You Need to Know: China's J-16D electronic warfare (EW) fighter jet, based on the J-16, aims to challenge U.S. air dominance,...
Summary and Key Points: The Ryan X-13 Vertijet was a pioneering aircraft developed in the 1950s that could take off and land vertically without a...
Summary and Key Points: In June 2010, the U.S. Navy surfaced three Ohio-class guided missile submarines (SSGNs) in the Western Pacific and Indian...
Summary and Key Points: The Russian T-95 main battle tank, developed in the late 1980s and 1990s, was an advanced prototype with a powerful 152mm...
Summary and Key Points: The concept of a "sub-carrier," a submarine capable of launching drones from a flat-top deck, is closer to reality than...
Summary and What You Need to Know: Delta Force, officially known as the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), is...
Summary and Top 3 Points You Need to Know: Sweden’s Gotland-class submarines, equipped with advanced air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems, have...
Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The fastest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, apart from the Space Force’s X-37B, is the F-15E Strike Eagle,...