Military Technology

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A tailless aircraft. The Dassault Mirage IIIEX experimental fighter-bomber. France
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  Contents: Editor's Foreword: In 1988, the final variant of the Mirage III fighter took to the skies. This aircraft, representing the final ...

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Yuri Pasholok: The Quiet Monopolist of the American Tank Industry
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The story of Harry Knox, an American automobile manufacturer who was, in fact, a key figure in the development of American tanks If there’s one thing ...

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The U.S.'s Record-High Military Budget for 2027—Where Will the 1.5 Trillion Go?
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  The Donald Trump administration has released a draft defense budget for fiscal year 2027 — and not only does U.S. military spending rise to a record ...

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Curtiss F6C Hawk floatplane fighters. United States
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An article by Alexander Chechin from the MODELIST-CONSTRUCTOR website, dated November 11, 2019. In the late 1920s, the American company Curtiss, known ...

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Air defense towers are making a comeback in Ukraine. What lies behind these new guardians of the sky?
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The history of stationary air defense fortifications dates back to World War II, when unique engineering structures known as “Flaktürme” were built in the ...

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An Unexpected “Make-Shift Air Defense” System for the Russian Army. What If We Combined R-77 Air-to-Air Missiles with an “Ural” Truck?
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In 2024, the practice of employing air defense systems saw the emergence of a concept for adapting air-to-air missiles for ground-based launch. Specifically, ...

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It Flies, But It's Not Quite an Airplane: Why the U.S. Is Testing the Squire Drone-Type Ground-Effect Vehicle
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Sometimes new systems seem strange not because they are experimental, but because they bring back old ideas in a new form. That’s exactly what the Squire ...

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Is the "Manul" IFV getting closer to mass production, or not?
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We have previously written about the promising Russian “Manul” IFV, which is essentially a combination of the long-delayed “Kurganets” and the BMP-3. It seemed ...

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Yuri Pasholok. Improvisation on an Industrial Scale
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An article by Yuri Pasholok from the WARSPOT website, dated July 20, 2016. Improvised armored vehicles first appeared during World War I, but they were ...

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New Developments in Russian Aviation Technology: A Specialized AEW&C Aircraft That Surpasses Anything Else in the World
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In the current context of naval force development, improving the effectiveness of aerial surveillance and target acquisition systems has become a pressing ...

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