6th gen aircraft and now DeepSeek. Is China already 10 years ahead of USA?
The Chinese have the Chengdu J-36 built by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. They have one unit that flew at that Chinese airshow back in December 2024. This aircraft…
If a nuclear powered aircraft carrier was sunk in deep sea water, would the reactor be cooled enough by the sea, or would it explode?
The only time a nuclear reactor actually exploded was in Chernobyl. It happened because the operators broke a cardinal rule on thermal spectrum nuclear reactors: You NEVER, EVER…
It is estimated that the USA would lose up to 4 aircraft carriers and 900 aircraft if they attempted to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. Is it worth the humiliating defeat for a country not even in NATO?
First off, who estimated? It makes sense for the Chinese to estimate that, to attempt to dissuade America from defending Taiwan. Many Western media outlets might state that,…
Is it true that most Luftwaffe pilots would rather be sent to the Eastern Front than the Western Front?
I kicked up a bit of a storm previously by suggesting yes, Luftwaffe pilots preferred the East. The first reason was ‘neck-itch’ (halschmerzen), the desire of pilots to…