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War Is Boring
From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, exploring how and why we fight above, on and below an angry world
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War Is Boring
Mar 31, 2017
The F-35 Is a $1.4 Trillion National Disaster
The JSF is a terrible fighter, bomber and attacker — and…
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War Is Boring
Mar 31, 2017
Burt Rutan’s Light Attack Plane Was Too Radical for the U.S. Military
Army and Air Force generals…
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Mar 30, 2017
Is the U.S. Air Force Ready for a New Light Attack Aircraft?
Flying branch begins search for its next…
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Mar 28, 2017
Britain’s Bizarre ‘Fleet Shadower’ Showed Up at the Wrong Time
Slow-flying battleship spotters were…
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Jan 22, 2017
The Not-So-Secret Way to Kill a Stealth Fighter
Combine phased array radars with big missiles
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Jan 7, 2017
It’s Not Every Day You See an F-16 and Russian Su-27 Dogfight Above Area 51
Photos reveal rare combat…
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Dec 28, 2016
The ‘Snatch Method’ Was One Crazy Way to Make a Glider Fly
During World War II, speeding aircraft…
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Dec 27, 2016
Could the U.S. Air Force’s T-X Eventually Turn Into a New Light Fighter?
Trainers have built-in…
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Dec 23, 2016
Donald Trump Thinks He Can Beat the F-35
It’ll take more than a tweet to cut, let alone kill, the…
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Dec 23, 2016
The Supermarine Nighthawk Was a Bizarre, Zeppelin-Hunting Flop
A young designer who later built the…
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