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U. S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Have A Range Problem It May Not Be Able To Fix " And China Is Betting Everything On It
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (847+ words) A carrier's striking reach is not the range of the ship. It is the combat radius of the aircraft on its deck, and those numbers are smaller than most people assume. Set those numbers against the threat. To put an…...
We Made a Mistake We Can't Ever Fix: The U. S. Air Force's B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Shortage Makes Russia and China Smile
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (984+ words) The B-2 was conceived in the late Cold War, in the early 1980s, as the answer to a specific and daunting problem: how to penetrate the dense Soviet air-defense network and hold Moscow's most hardened targets at risk with a bomber the…...
The U. S. Was Retiring Its B-1 and B-2 Bombers: Now It's Paying $1. 7 Billion to Fly Them Into the Late 2030s
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (1516+ words) The U. S. Air Force spent years planning to retire the B-1 and B-2. Now it's pouring $1. 7 billion into keeping both airborne into the late 2030s " because the B-21 meant to replace them is arriving too slowly, and in numbers many warn won't be enough. The…...
The F-20 Tigershark Was Everything America Now Says It Needs in a Fighter " and It Died Without a Single Order
7+ hour, 58+ min ago (915+ words) The F-20 Tigershark was fast, cheap, and easy to maintain " exactly the fighter the Pentagon says it wants today. It never got a single order, killed by a shift in US arms-export policy....
Mi G 1. 44: Russia Built Its Answer to the F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter " It Flew Once, for 18 Minutes, and Never Again
7+ hour, 58+ min ago (468+ words) The Mi G 1. 44 was the Soviet Union's answer to the F-22 " but it flew just once, for 18 minutes, in 2000, after the country that built it had already collapsed....
The J-20 Isn't Built to Dogfight American Fighters " It's Built to Kill the Tankers and AWACS That Keep Them Flying
7+ hour, 58+ min ago (877+ words) For years, discussion of China's J-20 stealth fighter centered on whether the jet was a true peer to the American F-22 or F-35. But that debate may now be irrelevant, with production becoming the more important factor. Satellite imagery and intelligence assessments suggest…...
North Korea Capsized Its New Destroyer on Live TV Before Kim Jong Un: Now It's Building Warships Twice the Size
9+ hour, 40+ min ago (28+ words) Righted in two weeks, rearmed, and a third hull on the way " with suspected Russian help. The ship Kim Jong Un called a "criminal act" isn't finished yet....
China Built Ten 13, 000-Ton Cruisers in Five Years While the U. S. Navy Retires Its Last Ones: The Per-Ship Edge Is Gone
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (659+ words) Beijing calls its largest warship a destroyer. Washington calls it a cruiser. At 13, 000 tons and 112 launch cells, the Type 055 is bigger and better-armed than anything in the U. S. surface fleet " which is exactly why neither navy wants to file it where…...
China Is Building Aircraft Carriers Faster Than Anyone Since WWII " But It May Not Have Enough Ships To Protect Them
10+ hour, 45+ min ago (612+ words) Building that screen is harder and slower than building the carrier itself, and it is the part where China is furthest behind. Beijing can launch hulls at a staggering rate, but escorts, anti-submarine capability, attack submarines, and at-sea logistics cannot…...
Germany Let Its Army Wither for 30 Years " Now It Wants to Become Europe's Arsenal
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (805+ words) In response to the largest, most deadly war in Europe in over eighty years, as well as persistent pressure from American President Donald Trump, countries across the continent are bolstering their military capabilities, hedging against further aggression from Moscow. One…...