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The F-22 Raptor is equipped with a variety of weapons to engage air and ground targets. It is a highly advanced multi-role fighter with a wide range of weapons that allow it to engage a variety of targets with great precision and effectiveness. Video Source:  Out Of Your Mind Here are some more detailed descriptions of the weapons used by the F-22 Raptor: AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles. The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range, heat-seeking missile that can be used to engage other aircraft within visual range. The F-22 can carry up to six AIM-9 missiles, which are mounted on wingtip stations. The AIM-120 AMRAAM is a medium-range, active-radar guided missile that can engage other aircraft beyond visual range. The F-22 can carry up to eight AIM-120 missiles, which are mounted on internal weapons bays. GBU-32 and GBU-39 bombs The GBU-32 is a 1,000-pound, precision-guided bomb that can be used to attack ground targets. It is fitted with a JDAM kit, which allow...

The F35 Lightning II is a Lockheed Martin aircraft, first introduced in 2015. The F-22 Raptor, on the other hand, was first introduced in 2005 by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.  Most of the airframe and weapon system for F-22 was developed by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, while Boeing Defense, Space & Security contributed to the development of wings and integration of avionics and training systems.  Video Source:  Out Of Your Mind In 1991, the US Air Force declared Lockheed and Pratt Whitney as the winners of the program. That was how the F-22 Raptor was born. Now let us take a quick look at the specifications of F-22. F-22 Raptor is a twin-engine, stealth tactical fighter developed exclusively for the United States Air Force. The aircraft was originally designed as an air superiority aircraft but it also has other capabilities like electronic warfare, signal interception, ground attack, etc. F-22 is a fifth-generation air superio...

          Seventy years after its first flight on April 15,1952, the B-52 Stratofortress is still considered the most capable bomber ever to have served in the United States Military or that of any western country, with the aircraft having been produced from 1952 to 1962 and seen extensive improvements to its performance made both during that time and since. Video Source:  Out Of Your Mind 1. Relevancy .            The B-52 was conceived in the immediate aftermath of a successful strategic bombing campaign against Japan. Air Force planners wanted a long-range strike aircraft that wouldn’t require forward bases to accomplish their missions the way B-29s had needed bases in the Mariana Islands.  The design of the B-52 gradually evolved during its early design phase into a swept-wing aircraft with eight jet engines that could fly many thousands of miles without refueling. Its range today is stated at 8,800 miles whe...

               The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been widely debated over not only since its first flight in 2006. The project has cost over 1 trillion dollars so far and is expected to reach over 1.5 trillion during its lifetime. But an aircraft costing this much money can hardly be what people say about it: Rubbish, Lemon, can’t do what airplanes did 50 years ago etc. The reason for this is that it may have been reviewed in a questionable way; when people are comparing it to other aircraft they might not compare it in the right way. This article will try to outline what the F-35 really is and why it might be better than some critics say. Video Source:  Out Of Your Mind                That idea was to use a single airframe for the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C, which will all be used in different parts of the US military – among others the Marines and the Navy. The idea behind that strategy...

Video Source:  Out Of Your Mind The Osprey has supported land and maritime combat and land war for many years since its arrival more than 10 years ago; its mission success has inspired the Pentagon to continually upgrade the aircraft for service as far as into the 2050s and beyond.  The longevity and expected service-life of the Osprey has, for many years, been supported by a wide range of sustainment and modernization efforts including aerial refueling and advanced digital networking. There is also the possibility of further arming the platform and the Navy has been working to engineer and deploy its own variant of the Osprey. The CMV-22B Navy variant, in development now for several years, is intended to replace the current role of the carrier-launched C-2 Greyhound aircraft.   The military services who operate the Osprey have, over the years, added a Digital Interoperability technology to network the aircraft, its crews and other air and ground nodes to transmit combat ...

Video Source:  Out Of Your Mind The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s armor branch for more than thirty years. Heavily armored, powered by a gas turbine engine and equipped with a powerful 120-millimeter gun, the M1 has proven an adaptable tank capable of fighting from the rolling hills of southern Germany to the deserts of Iraq. And yet the tank appeared to be a failure at first, caught in a tug-of-war of competing, varied interests that threatened to sink the project completely. In the late 1960s, the U.S. Army began the search for a new main battle tank. The M48/M60 series of tanks had reached a design dead end, and the Army desired a clean-sheet design to incorporate new technologies, including a gun-fired antitank missile. The Pentagon initially tried to cooperate with West Germany on a new tank, MBT-70, but the project was sunk by technical problems and cost overruns. The development of the M1 Abrams is a classic study into how competing requ...