The AIM-7 Sparrow didn’t become famous because it worked perfectly. It became famous because the missile kept getting better. That distinction matters. The Sparrow began as an ambitious attempt to ...

A bomb can be built to hit hard. The BLU-109 Bomb was built to get inside. That difference explains why this weapon has lasted for decades. The BLU-109 bomb is a 2,000-pound-class hard-target ...

The F-15C Eagle was built around one goal: air superiority. Its formula was straightforward. Two powerful engines, a large wing, a strong radar and enough weapons to engage targets at different ranges ...

A missile does not have to be the biggest weapon in the launcher to be the most interesting. The PAC-3 missile takes a very different approach to air and missile defense. Instead of relying mainly on ...

Anduril’s FQ-44 Fury is one of two Increment 1 CCA designs selected for production. The other is General Atomics’ FQ-42 Vengeance. In June 2026, the Air Force awarded both companies engineering, ...

A trainer jet is not supposed to become one of Asia’s most interesting military aircraft families. The KAI T-50 Golden Eagle did exactly that. Developed by Korea Aerospace Industries with Lockheed ...

The JAS 39 Gripen was built around a simple Swedish idea: one fighter should do several jobs, take off from places a large air base cannot, and get back into the air quickly. That sounds ordinary ...

A propeller-driven aircraft can train pilots for modern fighter jets. That sounds strange until you see what the Pilatus PC-21 is actually built to do. The PC-21 isn’t a faster version of a basic ...

The Ilyushin Il-20 first appeared decades ago, yet NATO fighters were still being sent to identify the aircraft in 2026. In March, Norwegian F-35s shadowed an Il-20M flying in international airspace ...

In today’s rapidly evolving geopolitical environment, nations increasingly prioritize robust defense systems capable of countering threats from aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, and ballistic ...

A missile doesn’t need to be the fastest weapon in the sky to be dangerous. The Norwegian Naval Strike Missile (NSM) proves the point. It flies at high subsonic speed, carries a roughly 125 kg warhead ...

In recent years, and especially amid the latest escalations in Gaza, global outrage has intensified over what many international observers, human rights groups, and governments have described as ...