Sidearms change more slowly than many other military tools. Even as optics, suppressor interfaces, polymer frames, and modular fire-control systems have become standard talking points, a small group of older combat pistols continues to hold value inside specialized formations. The reason is less about nostalgia than fit. Elite units...

The Eurofighter Typhoon occupies an awkward but important place in modern air combat. It is not a stealth aircraft, it arrived after the Cold War had already reshaped European procurement, and it now flies beside fifth-generation platforms that were designed for a different kind of fight. Yet the Typhoon...