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The Su-27’s Legacy for the Russian Air Force
Powering the Su-27 are two Saturn AL-31F turbofan engines, each producing over 27,500 pounds of thrust with afterburners. These engines give the Flanker a top speed exceeding Mach 2.35 (around 1,550 ...
The Tu-160 heavy bomber is one big warbird. It has been a stalwart for Russia since the 1980s, serving first the Soviet Union ...
Look closer at the Tupolev Tu-154, the Soviet workhorse jet known as "Careless" and affectionately referred to as Tupe.
Russian leaders were intensely proud of having the largest tank fleet in the world for over fifty years. While the Red Army largely disintegrated in the early 1990s, the army sought to keep as many of ...
Norway's proximity to the USSR in the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases.
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Why Russia’s Su-33 Naval Jet Never Took Off
Conceived at the height of the Cold War, the Su-33 was meant to challenge the U.S. Navy’s dominance. Instead, it became a niche asset in a shrinking Russian fleet.
Failing to stand up to bullies only leads to larger and costlier conflicts. If Mr. Putin succeeds, it will embolden other ...
The Soviet Union – the reason they were built in the ... After the war, the Royal Norwegian Air Force then used its mountain hangars to protect its fighter planes from a possible Soviet attack.
MT. VERNON, Ill. (WSIL) -- Airport officials shared some photos of a 1950s era plane which stopped by the Mt. Vernon Airport ...
# One notably critical headline in the British press said that Trump was “blowing up the world order” and leaving Europe’s leaders “scrabbling”. The article beneath it suggested he was the first US ...
US Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark on Friday of not having done enough to protect Greenland, when he visited the ...