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Why Do Modern Fighter Jets Still Have Guns?

In the era of sophisticated long-range air-to-air missiles, cannons on aircraft may seem quaint—but they still serve a vital ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a significant upgrade of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s joint ...
Modern warfare is in the process of being rewritten and the biggest shift isn’t a new tank, fighter jet, or missile system.
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818 ...
Modernization Plan Demonstrates the Growing Market Need for Advanced Screening Technologies Like Liberty Defense’s High-Definition Advance Imaging Technology (HDAIT) and HEXWAVE™ System ...
Oil became the dominant fuel for transport, industry, and the military from roughly World War I onwards. Following this ...
Paveh cruise missile - 'Iranian Tomahawk' with a range of 1,650km, low-flying terrain-hugging, TERCOM-DSMAC dual guidance, ...
Discover India`s indigenously developed `Gaurav` Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB). Achieve 100km accuracy with silent, stealthy ...
How China gained control of 90% of rare-earth refining while the U.S. abandoned Mountain Pass mine, creating dangerous ...
Technology has completely transformed the cockpit. Modern fighter jets like the F-35 family – which includes the F-35A, F-35B ...
SLBMs can be launched from underwater nearly anywhere in the world—and are incredibly difficult to intercept, making them ...
According to the 2025 Global Firepower report, the USA ranks first, Russia second, China third, India fourth, and South Korea ...