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China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Has Just 1 Mission

China’s H-20 long-range stealth bomber is nearing operational status, a development that will fundamentally reshape the strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific. -Western skepticism of the program is ...
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The B-1B Lancer Might Soon Fire Hypersonic Missiles

The U.S. Air Force is breathing new life into its aging B-1B Lancer bombers by equipping them with new external pylons, a ...
If the Defense Department decides to increase production of the Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber it will require further investment by Northrop Grumman ...
Traveling around 4,000 miles per hour, a hypersonic bomber could theoretically depart from a base in the continental U.S. to hit targets across the Pacific or Atlantic in just 90 minutes.
At a trillion dollars, this year’s defense budget request is big — and a record-setting $179 billion is just for research and development.
B-21 Raider: America’s Future Stealth Bomber Takes Flight. The B-21 Raider is currently being flight-tested, with hopes that the new stealth bomber will be operational in the early 2030s.
The hypersonic bomber prototype is envisioned as a “Y-plane” concept. It is an experimental design potentially leading to engineering and manufacturing development (EMD). It will use a turbine-based ...
Stealth destroyer 1st to carry hypersonic missiles that travel 5 times the speed of sound — with testing imminent. News. By Peter Ray Allison published 13 December 2024 ...
Hypersonic weapons travel beyond Mach 5, five times the speed of sound, ... Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship. By Associated Press. Facebook. Twitter.
Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship The USS Zumwalt is seen at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Credit: AP/Gerald ...
Stealth destroyer will be home for first hypersonic weapon on a U.S. warship The USS Zumwalt is seen at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
Stealth Destroyer to Be Home for 1st Hypersonic Weapon on a US Warship The USS Zumwalt is seen at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo ...