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A Russian Fighter Just Shot Down a Ukrainian Jet From 118 Miles Away " Without Ever Leaving Russian Airspace
4+ min ago (778+ words) A Russian fighter reportedly shot down a Ukrainian Mi G-29 from 118 miles away " without leaving Russian airspace. If confirmed, it's one of the longest air-to-air kills ever....
China Is Now Building the World's Largest Transport Aircraft Faster Than the U. S. or Russia " Because It Finally Fixed the Engine
26+ min ago (933+ words) The WS-20 turbofan ended China's dependence on Russian engines " and Y-20 B production is now outpacing both the U. S. and Russia on heavy transports. Chinese state news recently released footage from a PLAAF exercise, showing the largest assembly of heavy strategic transport…...
In 1985, an American Fighter Jet Climbed Straight Up and Shot Down a Satellite 345 Miles Above the Pacific. It Has Never Been Done Again.
45+ min ago (310+ words) Maj. Doug Pearson's F-15 zoom-climbed to Mach 1. 22 and launched a missile that destroyed a satellite 345 miles up. No aircraft has done it since....
After walking on the Moon, the Apollo 11 crew spent three weeks locked in quarantine " in case they'd brought back lunar germs " and greeted the world through glass.
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (469+ words) After walking on the Moon, the Apollo 11 crew spent three weeks locked in quarantine in case they'd brought back lunar microbes " celebrating Armstrong's birthday behind glass. Decades later, historians argue the whole thing was more reassuring theater than real protection....
The Royal Navy Just Hit Zero " Not a Single British Attack Submarine Is at Sea While Russian Subs Prowl the North Atlantic
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (812+ words) Not a single Royal Navy attack submarine is at sea " while Russian subs prowl the North Atlantic. Eighty years ago, Britain ruled the waves....
In 1971 a Soviet capsule landed on target, outwardly perfect " but when recovery crews opened the hatch, all three cosmonauts inside were dead, killed by a single valve.
2+ hour ago (225+ words) In 1971 Soyuz 11 landed on target in Kazakhstan, outwardly perfect. There was no fire, no explosion. But when recovery crews opened the hatch, all three cosmonauts were dead " killed in seconds by a small pressure valve that opened 168 kilometers too early....
Air Power Just Failed Its Biggest Test: What the Iran War Proved About Winning Wars
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (377+ words) The Iran war was as close to a pure air campaign as America has fought, and James Holmes " who holds the J. C. Wylie Chair at the U. S. Naval War College " reads it the way Wylie would have: devastation from the air is…...
China Commissioned This 12, 000-Ton Destroyer in March. By June It Was Off Japan's Coast and Tokyo Was Scrambling to Shadow It.
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (403+ words) The Dongguan entered service in March. Its first Pacific deployment sent it through the Miyako Strait past Okinawa " with Japanese forces shadowing the whole way....
The Era of Strong U. S. Support for Taiwan Is Ending " and Not Just Because of Trump
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (194+ words) Denny Roy: three structural forces " China's buildup, a hollowed industrial base, and a shifted Overton window " may outlast any president....
America's New Trump-Class Battleship Already Costs $17 Billion " and Congress Fears It Will Starve the Aircraft Carriers to Get Built
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (822+ words) Nuclear propulsion sends the Trump-class ship to Newport News " a yard already behind on every Ford-class carrier, sharing one reactor supplier with the subs....