The Top Ten fastest planes in the World Before we start – here is a nice video showing you the 10 fastest planes in the world: There are very many aircraft that have exceeded the speed of Mach 2.0. Some of them are research aircraft, some are military and some...
Super-sophisticated jets with state-of-the-art technology worth millions of dollars might sound fragile. One might assume that a single mishap would lead to a fatal crash. While that may sometimes be true, it is not always the case. One example of this is when an...
High energy lasers capable of taking out missiles and enemy aircraft from great distances. That’s what the weapons are in Star Trek in the 23rd century. But that’s not the only place where you will find lasers because they can be found here, on earth, today. Lockheed...
Switzerland is an unusual country. A few examples? In the case of nuclear war, the Swiss have bunkers capable of fitting more than 100% of the country’s population – it is the only (paranoid enough) country to be capable of doing that. Swiss highways can...
The new Mikoyan interceptor The Russian military aircraft design bureau Mikoyan Gurevich has since the 1940’s been building many famous military aircraft, some of which were exceptionally fast. Two of these are the MiG-25 and the MiG-31, capable of speeds exceeding...
The Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA – PAK FA means Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation – is a milestone in Russian aircraft production. From what has been seen, it is believed to be a fifth-generation aircraft with stealth features, big internal weapon...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been widely debated since well before its first flight in 2006. The project has cost over 1 trillion dollars so far and is expected to reach over 1.5 trillion during its lifetime. But an aircraft costing this much money can...
The American F-35 Lightning II built by Lockheed Martin has been under great debate for over a decade. The development of the second US 5th-generation fighter is currently projected to cost over $1 trillion — yes, with a “t.” It is certainly expensive, but is it worth...
There are a lot of very capable military forces in the world. One might expect the two largest (in terms of forces, not budget) to share many common features, but that is far from the case. The US and Russian militaries have focused on entirely different priorities...
Before the Moskvas… Russia and former USSR have since the 1960’s been one of the world’s most active aircraft carrier builders. Only the US, UK, Japan, and France have had more of these vessels controlling their waters. Right after the Second World War, many...
The Nimitz aircraft carrier. An enormous source of destruction, capable of delivering hundreds of tons of explosives to its enemy in under an hour, but it’s much more than that. Its 100,000 tons of steel, 18 floors below deck, and impressive 332-metre length amount to...
The aircraft carrier is widely known to be a weapon of tremendous power but its shape and size are unlike anything else, and its features remain surprisingly unknown to most people. That is the reason why in this article we will look into the exterior of this...
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