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The fastest (rocket-) plane in the World – X-15

Experimental Aircraft, 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...

Is the Russian Navy bigger than US’s?

Aircraft Carriers, 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. Even...

F-15 lands at 480km/h – One wing missing.

Fighter Jets, Uncategorized

Super sophisticated jets with state of the art technology worth millions of dollars might sound like fragile things. That one little misshapen will lead to a fatal crash. Well even though that might be it in some cases, it is not always. One example of this is when an...

NATO and Russia – back to Cold War?

Bomber aircrafts

Back on field one? 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 you...

Energy weapons – The weaponry of tomorrow is already here

Fighter Jets, Stealth Fighter Jets, 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...

Remarkable airplanes – #2: Lockheed U-2

Photography, Reconnaissance, 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...

The hidden Air Force

Fighter Flights, Fighter Jets

Switzerland is a weird 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 be...

Classifications of Naval Vessels

Aircraft Carriers, Naval, Uncategorized

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....

Sukhoi T-4 – The Russian Valkyrie

Bomber aircrafts

The American XB-70 Valkyrie was a one of a kind aircraft when North American Aviation displayed it for the first time. On the other side of the pacific, the other super power was building an own supersonic strategic bomber. This Soviet aircraft – the Sukhoi T-4...

Mach 3 Bomber Valkyrie

Bomber aircrafts, 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...