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⏩Indian government  Maths on the Rafale Deal ⏩NDA’s Rafale deal is better than UPA’s ⏩Break-up of the Rafale deal Since there was a lot of wrangling over Rafale deal yesterday at Defence Express, it prompted us to delve into the economics of purchasing 36 Rafales. After searching various sources and …

⏩Here’s how the US is preparing for a possible Russian attack in Europe ⏩30-30-30-30 readiness plan. ⏩Fresh US tanks, troops flow into Europe. ⏩NATO chief urges allies to hike budget. ⏩ Keeping carrier strike group in Europe The Pentagon is increasingly focused on Russian deterrence in Europe, and additional U.S. …

China unveils unmanned ‘Dark Sword’ UCAV stealth combat drone ⏩Image emerges of China’s stealthy Dark Sword UCAV ⏩Builds in 12 years after first model was shown in 2006 ⏩Just couple of months earlier USA’s X-47B had taken to skies. An image of a full-scale model or technology demonstrator of the …

on Oct. 4, 1989, a B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB performed a successful emergency landing on lakebed runway #33. The crew was uninjured and the bomber suffered only slight damage to the underside of the nose. The bomber landed at Edwards AFB after an increasingly desperate 12-hour flight in which …

The beautiful main image of this article feature the famous photo of an SR-71 Blackbird‘s performing a super low flyby. The story behind this event is quite interesting and is explained by Brian Shul in his book Sled Driver. “I was flying the SR-71 out of RAF Mildenhall, England, with …

Here are comparison  videos of USS Gerald R Ford vs HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft carrier    The USS Gerald R. Ford from the United States and the HMS Queen Elizabeth from the United Kingdom. The Ford-class Supercarrier has a length of 1,106 feet while the Queen Elizabeth-class Supercarrier clocks in at …

The zero-length launch system or zero-length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) It was a system whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft were intended to be placed on short-burn duration, often solid-fuel, “drop-away” rocket booster units, deployed with mobile launch platforms. The U.S. Air Force, the Luftwaffe, and the Soviets’ …

ATLAS-I stands for  Air Force Weapons Lab Transmission-Line Aircraft Simulator It is a top-secret testing facility, code-named Trestle, was built close to Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), on the southeast of the city of Albuquerque in New Mexico. ATLAS-I was a matchless testing contraption for the effects of electromagnetic pulses …

The incident took place on 5 September 2005 The reason of the crash was the pilot landing the Sukhoi Su-33 at too great a speed due to which  arresting cable broke That causes the arresting gear to fail under the great strain it was put under. As you can see, the …

An electric plane powered by Siemens has crashed in southern Hungary, killing both pilots aboard The Magnus eFusion aircraft was flown as part of an inauguration for Magnus’ new headquarters, but crashed near the airport after performing several circuits The eFusion is still a prototype, but Magnus, based in Hungary, …