Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

"America's ground fighter's weapon has evolved from the World War I rifle that was able to kill out to 1,200 yards, to the present weapon capable of reaching a target at 300 meters, yet likely miss killing it," Major Thomas P. Ehrhart once cautioned. His sentiments reflect a century-long...

Can a single fighter jet turn Ukraine's air defense against Russia's top-tier air threats around? The F-16 Fighting Falcon's recent battlefield record would indicate otherwise. Within days, Ukrainian pilots flying the aircraft intercepted the majority of Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles in one massive strike, took out a Su-35 fighter...

It began with what appeared to be a catastrophic error. In December 2010, Japan's Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki merely burned its main engine for three minutes of twelve scheduled minutes, falling short of orbital insertion and entering a single solar orbit. For half a decade, the spacecraft circled the...