Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Reconnaissance, Stealth Fighter Jets
Construction of weapons is one of the world’s biggest industries, annually 1.735 trillion $US is spent on weapons over the globe. The biggest weapon companies are non-surprisingly situated in the US and Russia, two of the former Cold War enemies. Now, in 2014,...
Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Reconnaissance, Stealth Fighter Jets, World Records Aviation
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...
Aviation World, Experimental Aircraft, History & Legends, Military Aviation, World Records Aviation
There have been countless aircraft capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Some have reached twice that, and a few as high as three times the speed of sound. But there is one rocket plane to rule them all. An aircraft that was introduced in 1959, flew so...
Aircraft Carriers, Military Aviation, Naval
The American Navy is thought of as the world’s most powerful, far greater than any other naval force. But now some sources hint at Russian Navy could be bigger soon – even as soon as in 2020, Russia will have one of the biggest naval forces in the world....
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation
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...
Bomber aircrafts, Military Aviation
Back to square one? The Russia–NATO conflict More and more Cold War power dynamics can be seen in Europe. Yet again – we are reminding that the “End of History” thesis of Fukuyama couldn’t be more wrong – compare the article here. Below...
Aviation World, Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, News, Stealth Fighter Jets
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...
Aviation World, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Photography, Reconnaissance, UAV
During the 1950s the Americans saw a pressing need for a reconnaissance aircraft to spy on the Soviets during the Cold War. They had been using old bombers and modified RB-47s, but the Russians had significantly improved their anti-aircraft defence systems and...
Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation
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...
Aircraft Carriers, Military Aviation, Naval
Usually, we cover the air – in this blog post we’ll do a short “water excursion”. There are many different ships in the world’s navies today. They all have different applications and some classifications are exclusive to certain countries....
Bomber aircrafts, Military Aviation
The American XB-70 Valkyrie was a one-of-a-kind aircraft when North American Aviation first displayed it. On the other side of the world, the other superpower was building its own supersonic strategic bomber. This Soviet aircraft – the Sukhoi T-4 – is the...
Bomber aircrafts, Military Aviation, Uncategorized
We have seen many military aircraft (and a few civilians) capable of flying at supersonic speed. Few have flown faster than Mach 2 and even fewer have gone past the three-times-the-speed-of-sound level. But the aircraft that you will be reading about in this article...
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