So remember how Chief of Naval Operations Adm. jonathan Greenert announced in March that he was sending four Avenger-class minesweepers (technically they’re called mine countermeasures ships) to the Persian Gulf, just to “be sure … that we are ready” in case Iran tried anything weird aimed at cutting off a massive quantity of the world’s [...]
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China’s Second Stealth Fighter Flies
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
China’s second J-20 stealth fighter has officially taken to the skies, making China the third nation after the United States and Russia to operate multiple stealth aircraft (to be fair, only the U.S. has an operational fleet of stealth jets, China and Russia have only two prototypes apiece).
China’s Second Stealth Fighter Flies
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
China’s second J-20 stealth fighter has officially taken to the skies, making China the third nation after the United States and Russia to operate multiple stealth aircraft (to be fair, only the U.S. has an operational fleet of stealth jets, China and Russia have only two prototypes apiece).
Audio of an F-22 Pilot Getting Hypoxia
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
That’s right, someone recorded an F-22 Raptor pilot using the callsign Rocket 04 declaring an emergency after suffering hypocia-like symptoms while flying in the famous Red Flag combat excercises at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada earlier this year. Listen to the tape to hear Rocket 04 report his situation and request an immediate descent [...]
Pic of the Day: Foam Party!
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Yup, the ceiling-mounted fire suppression system at this Eglin Air Force Base hangar was set off by a welders spark; submerging an A-10 Warthog, an F-16 Viper and an F-15 Eagle sitting inside the massive hangar in foam in a matter of minutes, according to the guy who posted it on Reddit. Hope they had [...]
China’s Second Stealth Fighter Getting Ready for Its First Flight
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Just a quick update on China’s stealth fighter program. We’ve all seen the pictures that emerged recently of second J-20 stealth fighter, dubbed 2002, sitting alongside the first J-20, 2001, on the flight line at Chengdu — something that indicates a test flight imminent. Well, here are some pics showing good ole 2002 making a [...]
Does Israel Have Stealthy Black Hawks?
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Well, this is interesting. Former Pentagon senior policy analyst F. Michael Maloof claims there might be a lot more of those stealthy Black Hawk helicopters – the kind famoulsy used in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year — out there than has previously been reported. The best part of his claim; the [...]
Closing the Tech Gap: China’s Spaceplane
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
That’s right, the rumors appear to be true. Beijing is joining the United States as the only nations with reusable spaceplane designs that are actually conducting test flights. Beijing reportedly sent its Divine Dragon — or Shenlong — space plane aloft for a successful atmospheric test flight in January, 2011. The U.S. uses its two [...]
Video: China’s Two J-20 Stealth Fighters
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Happy Monday. Let’s start this week off with a new video showing China’s two J-20 stealth fighters sitting side by side on the ramp at Chengdu, China. Click through the jump to see the video of good ole J-20–2001 and J-20–2002.
Threats the White House is Watching
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
DT and some other members of the Military.com team had the opportunity this morning to sit down at the White House with Deputy National Security Advisor, Denis McDonough, and pick his brain for about 45 minutes. While much of the conversation focused on the strategy surrounding the fight against al Qaeda (he’s the guy in [...]