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Can America Build Missiles as Fast as It Uses Them? For most of the last century, one of America's greatest military advantages wasn't a particular airplane, ship, tank or missile. It was the ability to build more of them. During...
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The Drone War Has Arrived: How the U.S. Military Is Fighting Back For decades, American air defense was primarily designed around expensive threats: fighter aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. The weapons built to destroy those threats were correspondingly...
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The U.S. Air Force’s Newest Air-Launched Weapons: What’s Coming to the Fight For decades, the image of American airpower was relatively straightforward: fighters carrying air-to-air missiles and precision-guided bombs, while bombers hauled large quantities of conventional weapons deep into enemy...
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The B-1B Lancer: America's High-Speed Conventional Strike Bomber Still Packs a Punch When people think about America's bomber force, the stealthy B-2 Spirit or the legendary B-52 Stratofortress usually come to mind first. Yet there is another aircraft that has...
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How Dangerous Is Iran’s Military Today? A Look at Tehran’s Remaining Combat Power Iran’s military has been the subject of contradictory claims for decades. Iranian officials routinely describe their armed forces as capable of defeating any invader, while their opponents...
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