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What the B-21 and H-20 Actually Change for Indo-Pacific Airpower Working paper — Indo-Pacific series | August 2026 _____ Team InfinIdea On the night of 21 June 2025, seven B-2 Spirits left Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, flew more than thirty hours round trip, and dropped fourteen 30,000-pound GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on Iran's Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites. It was the first combat use of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, and by the Pentagon's own accoun

Modular Rifle Design: A Technical and Operational Deployment Assessment Prepared by Team InfinIdea | 2026 Comparative reference platforms: AK-15 (7.62×39 mm) and HK416 (5.56×45 mm NATO) Author's note: The assessments in this analysis reflect the author's own study, judgment, and open-source research. They are not derived solely from, nor necessarily endorsed by, the manufacturer's official published materials. The Czech Republic developed the CZ Bren-2 in 7.62x39 mm caliber t

A Case Study in the Convergence of Unmanned Maritime and Ground Systems in the Russo-Ukrainian War _______ Team InfinIdea July 14, 2026 On July 13, 2026, Ukraine's 123rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade announced what it described as the world's first known combat mission combining an unmanned surface vessel (USV) with an armed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV): operators piloted a naval drone across the Black Sea to the Russian-occupied Kinburn Spit, where it released a mach

The typical battleship emerged in an era when naval power was defined by the capability to lob heavy projectiles over long distances and also ensure own survival in the process. For decades, the battleship reined the surface combatant hierarchy, mounting the huge guns and the thickest of armor, designed to engage enemy fleets in conclusive sea shootouts. By the late interwar period and into World War II, this concept had reached its zenith. The US Navy typified the idea of th

In the early years of the Cold War, nuclear-tipped air-to-air missiles were comprehended as an effective way to destroy enemy bomber formations. Both the U.S. and the erstwhile Soviet Union developed weapons like that. Some Soviet-era air-to-air missiles were designed with dual conventional and nuclear warhead capabilities in line with Cold War doctrines. However, Russia never officially accepted the existence of nuclear warheads for air-to-air missiles. The U.S. Air Force al

F-117 NIGHTHAWK Hero of the first Gulf War (1990/91) but, shot down on 27 March 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the World’s First Operational Stealth Aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk was developed in response to the urgent US national requirement for a jet fighter that could operate completely undetected by the enemy. By the Skunk Works style, it was indeed developed rapidly and with complete secrecy. It was officially retired in 2008. According to “ The Aviationist

Copyright by Wayne Avellanet 2024 A Flying Saucer, or flying disc, is an ostensibly disc-shaped Unidentified Flying Object (UFO). Described over the ages by numerous stories, stories and wall arts, UFOs or flying saucers always created a stark image of a disc shaped object piercing through the horizon with unbelievable speed and maneuverability. The well-conceived flying machine was thought to carry extra-terrestrial beings. However, despite many encounters and even claimed

Spherical Tank (Kugelpanzer) Warfare frequently drives innovation, of which all may not always work out. Bizarre tank prototypes for tanks are not unusual. At the beginning of the 20th century, futurists and engineers were hard at work thinking about the shape a fighting machine ought to take. Even the engineers settled on a shape later known as "tank" in the 1940s. Numerous exceptionally unconventional tank design solutions came up with the potential future belligerents. Thi

The VA-111 Shkval and its offsprings are super-cavitating torpedoes formerly developed by the Former Soviet Union (FSU). They are allegedly capable of speeds in exceeding 200 knots (370 km/h or 230 miles/h). The Shkval rocket torpedo has a remarkable character. Its unbelievable speed, innovative design and strident appearances draw attention. Designed to equip Russian submarines, it is unlike anything in Western service. And Iran allegedly possesses this torpedo. Shkval