Did you know a Soviet physicist is behind all of America’s stealth?
Pyotr Ufimtsev was a scientist associated with a number of prestigious universities and labs in Moscow. Listen to a few of the institutions he was a…
How the legendary B-2’s stealth actually works
The B-2 Spirit is one of the most clandestine and rare planes in the world. Only 21 were ever built, and they reportedly have a stealth profile similar to that of a large bird despite their 170-foot wingspan. And they’re invisible to many infrared …
4 Reasons why Russia’s new alleged new MiG is a bunch of bunk
Russian aircraft company Mikoyan, famous for producing MiGs used as target practice in 80s movies, is producing a new future fighter for the Russian military. The company claims its new…
That time a warship pretended to be an island
Sometimes in life, the guy with the drunken, so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas hits one out of the park and saves the day. This is clearly what happened in 1942 aboard the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, the last Dutch warship standing after the <…
You have to see Boeing’s awesome ‘Bird of Prey’ stealth aircraft
In the early 1990s, stealth aircraft technology was still coming into its own. The United States had developed the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, but there was still more work to…
Move over stealth, America needs faster jets to beat China
As the United States reenters the realm of great power competition, America needs to maintain its technological edge in stealth, but would benefit from a renewed emphasis on speed in combat aviation……
How stealthy are the world’s subs?
There used to be a rough ranking system for people who followed sub warfare. The best diesel submarines are the most quiet when they aren’t running their diesel, followed by the best nuclear submarines, followed by crappy and older subs.
But…
In first, Air Force flies B-1 Bomber with externally mounted stealthy cruise missile
The U.S. Air Force just proved it can externally mount an advanced stealth cruise missile on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, a step forward in plans to have…
This Russian pilot just flew their stealth fighter like a convertible
Recently surfaced images and a brief video show Russia’s premier stealth fighter, the Su-57 Felon, flying without the canopy enclosure for the aircraft’s cockpit. While there isn’t a great deal of information available to go along with the footag…
This video provides interesting details about the iconic F-117 jet
As we have explained in posts we have published recently, F-117s continue to zip through the Nevada skies despite being officially retired in 2008. Actually, the iconic stealth jet is doing probably much more than “just flying around”. The most re…