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Netherlands Looks To Replace F-16s Earlier Than Proposed The Air Force's F-16 fighter aircraft may last much longer than the Defense Ministry is currently claiming. Defense Ministry statistics show that the oldest aircraft will not reach their maximum number of permitted flying hours in 2010, but only in 2020. |
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26.12.2001|
The AC-130 Spectre gunship : like an airborne tank The latest round of attacks on al-Qaida and the Taliban regime saw an old workhorse being used in a new war over Afghanistan skies : the AC-130 Spectre gunship, based off the C-130 cargo aircraft design and beefed up with a heavy weapons package. |
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21.10.2001|
Mobile phone signals 'could make stealth weapons obsolete' Billions of pounds of stealth warfare weaponry could be rendered obsolete by a system which uses existing mobile phone masts. According to researchers hi-tech, stealth fighters and bombers can be located using mobile signals and then shot down. |
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17.06.2001|
Predator UAV : The New Tank Killer The Air Force's Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle made history as it successfully launched live Hellfire missiles helping it evolve from a non-lethal, reconnaissance asset to an armed, highly accurate tank killer. |
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12.05.2001|
VECTOR team completes first flight period for X-31 The X-31 thrust-vectored technology demonstrator successfully completed its first flight period for the VECTOR test program. First flown in the early 1990s for the Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability program, the X-31 is now being used to explore applications of thrust vectoring for extremely short takeoff and landing. |
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29.04.2001|
Is the war over for Britain's big battle tanks? Since its introduction on the Somme in 1916, the tank has been regarded as the master of the battlefield. But with the increasing sophistication of modern weapons, especially the attack helicopter, its influence has declined, according to military experts. |
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18.04.2001
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