Rafale plays, Su-30 wins

Rafale plays, Su-30 wins

The paradox of tender wars: why the Rafale is doomed to constantly lose to the Su-30...
US Army E-6B Mercury communications and control aircraft

US Army E-6B Mercury communications and control aircraft

The Pentagon has various types of communications aircraft at its disposal. A special place in this fleet is occupied by E-6B Mercury aircraft, involved in the strategic nuclear forces control system....
ADM-160B MALD decoys in Ukraine

ADM-160B MALD decoys in Ukraine

Ukrainian formations use American-made ADM-160B MALD decoy missiles. With their help, they are trying to disguise the use of other weapons, but the effectiveness of such measures...
French AASM bombs for Ukraine

French AASM bombs for Ukraine

France promised the Kyiv regime AASM guided bombs. The announced plans provide for the monthly supply of several dozen such products....
Popular Mechanics: 5 Strangest Military Helicopters

Popular Mechanics: 5 Strangest Military Helicopters

The publication Popular Mechanics examined the global helicopter industry from the point of view of design and aesthetics. Based on this comparison, here is a list of the five strangest helicopters ever...
Su-30MKI: and again dancing with elephants

Su-30MKI: and again dancing with elephants

The Indian modernization program for Su-30MKI fighters will make the aircraft non-Russian. This is what they think in India, but is it true?...
Post-war use of jet fighters by the Third Reich

Post-war use of jet fighters by the Third Reich

In the post-war period, captured German jet fighters became the subject of study and copying. For example, in the USSR, the Su-262 fighter was created on the basis of the Me 9. The only country where the Me 262...
Potential of the Turkish Baykar Kemankeş rocket

Potential of the Turkish Baykar Kemankeş rocket

The Turkish company Baykar Tech is preparing a promising aircraft rocket, Kemankeş, for serial production. This product is intended for use on UAVs and has a number of interesting features....
Boeing 747 AAC: the aircraft carrier that never took off

Boeing 747 AAC: the aircraft carrier that never took off

The concept of a winged aircraft carrier has not left designers alone since the very moment the aircraft appeared. Among the many unrealized concepts, the Boeing 747 Airborne Aircraft Carrier project stands out...