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U.S. Navy

August 16, 2015

The Secretive Spy Sub of the U.S. Navy

No, the U. S.

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Defense Budget

August 14, 2015

F'd: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World's Worst New Warplane

From all the recent sounds of celebrating coming out of Washington, D. C.

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Space Warfare

August 7, 2015

Boeing and DARPA Aim for Mach 10

Boeing’s Phantom Works has scored a $6. 6-million contract to continue working on a hypersonic drone aircraft as part of a program overseen by the...

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Air Warfare

July 27, 2015

Navy Doesn't Seem to Care That the F-35 Can't Dogfight

In trials off the California coast in January 2015, a 1980s-vintage U. S.

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Air Warfare

July 8, 2015

The New H-6K is China's B-52

Beijing’s new bomber flies farther, carries more than older modelsâ?? —â??

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Air Warfare

July 8, 2015

F-105 was the F-35 of the Vietnam Era

The U. S.

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Air Warfare

July 6, 2015

USAF Promised the F-4 (and F-35) Would Never Dogfight

The aerial dogfight was not supposed to happen. On May 20, 1967, eight U.

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Air Warfare

July 5, 2015

One Analyst Predicted the F-35's Dogfight Failure

During mock dogfights over the Pacific Ocean in January, a U. S.

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U.S. Marine Corps

June 30, 2015

America's Got Useful Ships Just Lying Around

U. S.

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U.S. Air Force

June 29, 2015

Test Pilot Admits the F-35 Can't Dogfight

A test pilot has some very, very bad news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The pricey new stealth jet can’t turn or climb fast enough to hit an...

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