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7 Dec 2023
Air & Space Power

F-35C: The U.S. Stealth Fighter That Can Do Anything

The F-35C variant, designed for carrier-based operations, features catapult take-off, arrested landing, robust landing gear, and a 1,200 nm range.
9 minutes
7 Dec 2023
Technology & Innovation

Self-healing concrete patches up cracks with dormant bacteria

Concrete is vulnerable to the elements. But now, researchers have developed a concrete embedded with self-repairing ‘BioFibers’.
3 minutes
7 Dec 2023
Technology & Innovation

The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class Stealth Destroyer: Armed with Hypersonic Missiles?

$154.8 million is being spent replacing the Zumwalt’s 155mm twin gun system with the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapon system.
9 minutes
6 Dec 2023
Military History

The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet

Almost five decades ago, Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko of the Soviet Air Defence Forces landed in Japan and announced he wanted to defect to the West.
20 minutes
6 Dec 2023
Air & Space Power

How the Air Force Might Be Planning to Fight China's J-20 Stealth Fighter

China's J-20 is arguably the most formidable counter to America’s own F-22 and F-35 fifth-generation fighters.
4 minutes
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7 Dec 2023
Air & Space Power

F-35C: The U.S. Stealth Fighter That Can Do Anything

The F-35C variant, designed for carrier-based operations, features catapult take-off, arrested landing, robust landing gear, and a 1,200 nm range.
9 minutes
7 Dec 2023
Technology & Innovation

Self-healing concrete patches up cracks with dormant bacteria

Concrete is vulnerable to the elements. But now, researchers have developed a concrete embedded with self-repairing ‘BioFibers’.
3 minutes
7 Dec 2023
Technology & Innovation

The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class Stealth Destroyer: Armed with Hypersonic Missiles?

$154.8 million is being spent replacing the Zumwalt’s 155mm twin gun system with the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapon system.
9 minutes
6 Dec 2023
Military History

The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet

Almost five decades ago, Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko of the Soviet Air Defence Forces landed in Japan and announced he wanted to defect to the West.
20 minutes

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