Tensions in the sky! In this video, we break down dramatic footage of a U.S. Air Force F-35A and a Russian Su-35 getting ...
Europe is racing to rearm but running into a familiar problem: how smaller states can afford to operate heavy, U.S.-made ...
Newly obtained data shows the F-35 scored 95% vs. 33% for the Gripen in Canada’s fighter competition, confirming the jet as ...
Following the Trump administration’s announcement this month that it would move forward with an F-35 fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia, Washington may soon face renewed debate over ...
Sources suggest that Tehran aims to rapidly compensate for losses sustained during the June escalation with Israel. Over the ...
Following a Foreign Military Sale approval for 400 AIM-120D-3 missiles in April, Poland has now signed a contract for the weapons that will arm its F-35s.
Photos show that deliveries of Rafales to the Egyptian Air Force resumed, with the country planning a total fleet of 54 aircraft. Images appeared online ...
Inside The Middle East's Stealth-Fighter Fever. When the October War of 1973 erupted, Israel held a clear advantage over ...
On 5 November, China commissioned its third aircraft carrier, Fujian, at its home port in Sanya on Hainan Island in the presence of President Xi Jinping. Displacing 80,000 tonnes, the carrier is capab ...
Questions are being raised whether the Tejas light combat aircraft, like the MiG-21 before it, is an unreliable “flying ...
The defense partnership between India and Russia continues to expand. According to reports, Moscow and New Delhi are currently in discussions surrounding the potential joint production of the Sukhoi ...
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Flying coffins

IT takes courage to fly, whether as a pilot (or as a passenger) in a metal coffin, assembled, as the astronaut Alan Shepherd put it, “from hundreds of parts supplied by the lowest bidder”.