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The Belgians must have known that the French planned to fight their next war with Germany almost entirely on Belgian territory. The...

Sable and Wolverine were far more useful as training platforms than in any kind of combat capacity. It would have been easier and faster...

That looks like the kind of quasi-aerospike that Stoke is building. The article says five engines on the first stage, but the diagram...

The dysfunction in the French Army was such that the first German breakthrough that could get to operational depths would collapse the...

Because the Chinese would be unable to contribute to a large ground campaign except in Korea, they would be unlikely to create a...

What the British needed was a single theater-level air defense commander (like a JFACC) and battle staff (like a US CAOC) to coordinate...

If they are anything more than a security unit, like the Air Force Security Police units that used Cadillac Gage armored vehicles in...

The F-105 is a monster compared to the F-104 or Mirage III. Aircraft Empty MTOW (kg) F-105 12 tons 24 tons F-104 6.4 tons 13 tons...

Considering the amount of stuff soldiers like to carry around in the desert, like water, food, and ammunition, the unpowered wheel on...

It doesn't work that way. Tank guns fire unitary ammunition and artillery pieces use separate ammunition with a variable number of...

This sounds a lot like the LCS without the speed requirement, so maybe it ends up designated as an FF or FMS (frigate minesweeper)...

If we can offload the LCS program's anti-small boat role to helicopters and we don't actually need to worry about ASW because the Burkes...

All of the Osprey and Avenger class mine hunters were commissioned in the late 1980s and early 1990s, so they shouldn't have been...

If you're going to drop the speed requirement, why do you still need the trimaran? Is this a role that you could do with the...

If you look at these three requirements, you end up with three different types of ships. The FAC could be something like the Ambassador...