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The Mach 3 US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Ran on a Fuel So Stable You Could Put Out a Match in It. Then They Had to Invent a Way to Light It.
18+ hour, 32+ min ago (1397+ words) The SR-71 Blackbird JP-7's real work was not burning. It was absorbing about 700 kilowatts of heat off the airframe and arriving at the burners already at 600 degrees Fahrenheit....
Russia Built a Titanium Hulled 'Golden Fish' Nuclear Submarine That Could Hit 44 Knots That Had 2 Reactors. The Goal Was to Hunt US Navy Aircraft Carriers
19+ hour, 41+ min ago (396+ words) At full speed the fastest submarine ever built, the K-222 (also known as the Papa-class or Project 661) was so loud it announced itself. The thing it relied on to escape pursuit was the thing that told pursuers where it was....
Sweden's Saab JAS-39 Gripen E Costs About $4,700 to $9,900 per Flight Hour Against $38,000 to $42,000 for an F-35A and Up to $68,000 for an F-22 Raptor. It Has No Stealth Airframe, and a Handful of Conscripts With 1 Technician Can Rearm It on a Public Road in Under 20 Minutes.
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (559+ words) A small country facing a much larger neighbor cannot outspend its way to air power. Everything about the JAS 39 Gripen follows from that one sentence....
How US Navy Nuclear Submarines Stay Underwater for Months Without Surfacing
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (476+ words) A nuclear submarine makes its own air and its own drinking water. The only two things that force it back to the surface are the food it can carry and the people aboard....
The US Air Force Retired the F-117 Nighthawk in 2008 and Never Stopped Flying It. The Service Now Says the Aircraft Will Stay in the Air Until 2034 — 26 Years After Its Own Retirement.
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (598+ words) The F-117 Nighthawk was retired in 2008. It is still flying, and the Air Force says it will keep flying until 2034 — longer in retirement than most aircraft serve....
The Dassault Rafale Fighter Costs About $16,500 an Hour to Fly and an F-35A Costs About $42,000. The Rafale Is Not Stealthy, and It Is Selling Better Than It Ever Has.
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (657+ words) A Rafale costs roughly $16,500 per flight hour against about $42,000 for an F-35A. Dassault's answer to stealth is not to hide — it is to out-network what it cannot outrun....
'A Mistake We Can’t Ever Fix’: The US Navy’s Seawolf-Class Submarine Shortage Makes Russia and China Smile as There Is No Fix
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (537+ words) Virginia-class production has run at roughly 1.1 to 1.2 boats a year since 2022 against a goal of two, while about 24 Los Angeles-class submarines remain in commission and continue to age out. If only the Navy had more Seawolf-class subs....
Russia's Kilo-Class 'Black Hole' Stealth Submarines Were Sold in Batches to Both China and Iran
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (125+ words) H I Sutton's assessment is that the Kilo-class 'black hole' submarines earned their reputation against extraordinarily noisy predecessors, and that without air-independent propulsion it is no quieter than modern Western conventional boats....
'I Would Take That Aircraft to the Ship Tomorrow': The US Navy Test Pilot Who Flew Boeing's X-32 Stealth Fighter Says It Was the Highlight of His Career
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (824+ words) The X-32 had a 55-degree delta wing, 20,000 pounds of internal fuel and about 50,000 pounds of thrust. Test pilots said it handled like an F/A-18. It lost on vertical landings....
The M1 Abrams SEPv3 Is the Best Tank on Earth Tanks to Countless Upgrades. But the Abrams Getting Too Heavy and Reached Its Limits
1+ week, 1+ day ago (510+ words) The M1 Abrams SEPv3 is the best tank on Earth at the moment. However, the Abrams is out of room to add any more upgrades and the M1E3 is here....