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Su-57 Could Soon Have a Robot in the Cockpit

Russia’s new Su-57 stealth fighter is reportedly undergoing unmanned testing. The Sukhoi Su-57, codenamed “Felon” by NATO, is a large twin-engine stealth fighter in the same rough class as the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor. The claim could well be true but should be taken with a grain of salt.

According to RIA Novosti, an arm of the Russian state media services, the Su-57 is flying unmanned at an undisclosed location in Russia. Novosti cites an unmanned source that claims that the fighter is flying with a pilot, but the pilot is merely monitoring the aircraft’s systems.

Top 5 Potential New Clients For The F-35

Entering service from 2014, when the F-35B platform first joined the U.S. Marine Corps, over 3000 of the Lockheed Martin F-35 are expected to be built over a decades-long production run, and while the fighter is still far from ready for medium or high-intensity combat it has the potential to be a highly capable aircraft once current performance issues are solved. The aircraft was designed as a lighter and cheaper counterpart to the F-22 Raptor

Marines Rack Up Kills in the Air

Marines racked up kills in the air as well as on the ground.

The common image of the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam is a scene with Leathernecks on the ground, holding off—and beating back—a larger enemy force. But Marines in Southeast Asia who fought their country’s battles did so, as the Corps’ hymn states, not only “on land and sea” but also “in the air.”

Your Marine Corps

The force design plan has led to the Corps eliminating tanks, a future reduction in traditional tube artillery, along with a restructure of Marine Corps infantry to make it smaller, lighter, and more mobile. (Cpl. Brendan Custer/Marine Corps)

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China Shocked : F-15EX Fighter

How Powerful the New F-15EX Fighter jet.

Boeing’s F-15EX is the most cost-effective, ready, advanced solution to meet U.S. Air Force capacity requirements and add the capability to the fleet. Driven by Boeing’s active production line, the next-generation jet enables pilots and mechanics to transition in a matter of days as opposed to years while delivering unmatched total life cycle costs. The U.S. Air Force is buying brand new Eagles to fly alongside the F-22 and

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God, Country, Corps

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Aces From the North

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nguyen 388 The MiG-17 was flown by only a few of the North Vietnamese aces, including Bay. (NASM photo 7A33704)

Many of my trips to Vietnam have run together in my memory, including some of the 180 I made in McDonnell F-4 Phantoms during what the Vietnamese call “the American war.” But once I took in 1997 will always remain distinct. On that trip, I met North Vietnamese ace Nguyen Van Bay (pronounced “win von by”).

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Aces of South Vietnam

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The Pentagon Papers

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National Archives Pentagon Papers Index

[Part I] Vietnam and the U.S., 1940-1950

[Part II] U.S. Involvement in the Franco-Viet Minh War, 1950-1954

[Part III] The Geneva Accords

[Part IV. A. 1.] Evolution of the War. NATO and SEATO: A Comparison

[Part IV. A. 2.] Evolution of the War. Aid for France in Indochina, 1950-54

[Part IV. A. 3.] Evolution of the War. U.S. and France's Withdrawal from Vietnam, 1954-56

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The Genius of North Vietnam's War Strategy

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The long-awaited airing this past September on PBS of The Vietnam War, directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, brought the sights, sounds, and whirlwind of emotions of the most divisive conflict in 20th century American history roaring back into the national conversation after a long hiatus. Reviewers have rightly praised the film for many things, especially its ideological evenhandedness and its careful attention to the experiences of America’s adversaries, both the handful of communists who were the chief architects of North Vietnam’s victory, and the millions of ordinary Vietnamese who served the revolutionary cause as soldiers, spies, or political cadres.

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China claims F-22 and Rafale have “No Chance” against the J-20!

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July 30, 2020

Chinese state-run media is challenging the United States and India, claiming that the J-20 “stealth fighter” is more than a match for American F-22 Raptor and India’s newly-acquired Rafale.

Two articles regarding the J-20’s capabilities -posted on the same day- were featured in the South China Morning Post and the Global Times, media outlets that ultimately fall under control of the Chinese Communist Party.

While articles praising military hardware are not uncommon for any nation, the two articles regarding the Chengdu J-20 were rather pointed in their own ways.

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PLA Female snipers in field operation

chinese lady snipers

Female snipers wearing Gillie suits look through rifle sights at mock targets during a tactical operation in the woods in mid-August. Assigned to a brigade under the PLA 80th Group Army, they are participating in risky subjects including long-distance raid, camouflage reconnaissance, wildness survival, and others. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhang Deyi)

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The State of the North Korean Military

Kim Min-Seok

The North Korean military has numerical superiority over South Korean forces, but an extended campaign would likely expose the inferior quality of many of its military forces.

by Kim Min-Seok, Published March 18, 2020

Long gone are the days of the late 1950s and 1960s, when North Korea held an economic and technological edge over its neighbor to the south, an edge that was also reflected in the military balance between the two sides.¹ Since then, economic mismanagement, the 1991 collapse of Pyongyang’s Soviet benefactor, and decades of accelerated South Korean economic growth have gradually closed and then reversed this gap. Today, the Republic of Korea (ROK) is far wealthier than the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and this prosperity divide also has a number of military implications.²

North Korea's Air Force: A Threat or a Total Joke?

The North Koreans have only a handful of modern aircraft—the most capable of which are Pyongyang’s fleet of 35 or so Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrums. Other relatively modern planes in Pyongyang’s inventory include 56 MiG-23 Floggers and 34 Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot close air support aircraft. However, the overwhelming majority of Pyongyang’s arsenal is made up of 1950s and 1960s vintage machines.