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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,...
Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Reconnaissance, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space, Uncategorized, 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 has exceeded the speed of Mach 2.0. Some of them are research aircraft, some are military and some...
Experimental Aircraft, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Tech & Space, Uncategorized, 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...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, News, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space, Uncategorized
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...
History & Legends, Military Aviation, Photography, Reconnaissance, Tech & Space, UAV
During the 1950s the Americans saw a big need of having a reconnaissance aircraft to spy on the Soviets during the Cold War. They were trying to use old bombers and rebuilt RB-47s to complete the mission but the Russians had heavily improved their anti-aircraft...
Bomber aircrafts, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space, UAV, Uncategorized
The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air breathing jet that has ever flown was a masterpiece at its time of introduction in 1966. But now, almost 50 years later, the creater of the Blackbird – Lockheed Martin’s Skunkworks – might be building the next...
History & Legends, Military Aviation, Tech & Space, Uncategorized, World Records Aviation
The fastest air-breathing Aircraft To start with – there is a nice video of (former) Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson explaining the fastest plane in the world – Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Airplanes. They come in many different shapes and sizes, materials...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
The Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA – PAK FA means Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation – is a milestone in Russian aircraft production. From what we have seen of it it is believed to be a fifth-generation aircraft with stealth features, big internal...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, News, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been widely debated over not only since 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...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space
The American F-35 Lightning II built by Lockheed Martin has been under great debate for over a decade. The super-expensive development of the second US generation 5 fighter is currently projected to end at over $1 trillion, yes, with a “t”. Sure, it is...
Fighter Jets, Military Aviation, Tech & Space, UAV
There are a lot of very capable military forces in the world. You may think that the two greatest (biggest in terms of forces, not budget) ones should have very common features that have made them so very successful, but that is not it. Not at all. The US and Russian...
Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Stealth Fighter Jets, Tech & Space, World Records Aviation
USAF and RuAF Fleet strength Let’s start with a little bit of heroic (maybe slightly biased) videos from both sides. The Americans are further down. The US Air Force has since the end of the second world war been regarded as the supreme air force of the world,...
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