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We Broke the Limits: The SR-71 Blackbird Was Flying a Mile Every 1. 6 Seconds in a Wartime Emergency
9+ hour, 52+ min ago (694+ words) In an early scene in the 2022 movie Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise's Maverick pilots a Lockheed Martin Darkstar, taking it all the way to Mach 10. The Darkstar from the film was inspired by certain Lockheed designs that never got past…...
1, 200 Missile Cells Gone: The U. S. Navy Can't Replace the Ticonderoga-Class Cruisers. China and Russia Are Smiling
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (793+ words) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser was the heaviest-armed surface warship the United States ever sent to sea. By the close of 2029, every one of them will be gone. The Navy is in the middle of decommissioning the entire class. Fourteen have…...
The SR-71 Pilot Who Flew Both the U-2 and the Blackbird Describes a Single-engine Emergency that Turned Real
11+ hour, 2+ min ago (683+ words) Lionel "Stormy" Boudreaux is described on his website as "one of only 12 pilots who flew operational sorties in both the U-2 and the SR-71." He once wrote about which of the two fighter planes he liked flying the best, ultimately concluding,…...
China Plans to Triple Aircraft Carrier Fleet by 2035
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (835+ words) Norfolk Naval Shipyard welcomed USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) for a Planned Incremental Availability Jan. 11. In addition to equipment maintenance, this availability will improve ship safety along with communications and combat system upgrades. According to recent reports from U. S. officials, China intends…...
We Lost the Nuclear Weapons: Fire Consumed and Sank a Russian Titanium Attack Submarine That Now Leaks Radiation
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (838+ words) In April 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire in its engineering compartment during a routine patrol off Norway's Bear Island. The blaze spread faster than the crew could contain it, the electrical system failed, the reactor shut down, and…...
At Least 300 Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighters Are in PLAAF Service " and the U. S. Has Never Examined One Up Close
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (1044+ words) As China's fifth-generation airpower continues to grow, the United States is once again trying to understand an adversary aircraft it has never seen in combat. China's Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" has been in service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force…...
U. S. Air Force F-22 and F-35s Found A Sneaky Way to "Fight" J-20 and Su-57 Stealth Fighters
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (660+ words) Pentagon "Red Teaming" has enabled many developmental breakthroughs by allowing platforms, emerging technologies, networks, and weapons systems to be tested against representative models of the most advanced threats. The idea, which aligns with a form of wargaming, is to identify…...
The S-3 Viking Was Built To Kill Russian Submarines from Aircraft Carriers " And It Was Retired Just Before The U. S. Navy Needed It Again
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (849+ words) For three and a half decades, the Viking did that job. It also did a dozen other jobs along the way " tanker, electronic spy, surface-attack jet, presidential transport, mine hunter. When the Navy finally retired the type in 2009, it took…...
France's Nuclear Libre Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for the U. S. Navy
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (1118+ words) PANG Aircraft Carrier from France. Image Credit: Creative Commons. She is also not coming until 2038. This is what France is building, why it is building it, what the Charles de Gaulle did to earn her replacement, and the question that…...
The U. S. Army's New M1 E3 Next-Gen Tank Combines Robotic Wingmen, Lasers, and AI to Counter Drone Warfare
19+ hour, 59+ min ago (995+ words) Drone attacks from the air, top-down anti-tank guided missiles, hit-and-run ambushes from dispersed groups of armed soldiers, and long-range enemy missiles and tank rounds. are a few of the threats the Army's new M1 E3 60-ton tank will need to address." The…...