Good point, I forgot the 30kW is (almost certainly) output power level, not input.

Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!

Ah, is that the SBX-1 (Sea Based X Band Radar)? Didn't know Pearl Harbor was its home port, although I guess Hawaii makes sense.

I used to live in the Natick Village condos, not far from the Army Research Center. Great to see some cool micro tech coming out of there.

Hopefully the F-35B STOVL takeoff distance is shorter than the allotted length of the carrier deck(s). I've read about the decks having to be specially reinforced to handle the ultra-hot exhaust of the engine. So if an F-35B tried to land in a Walmart parking lot, would it melt all the asphalt within the landing…

Putin has a black belt in judo, he's just trying to feel out Obama's center of gravity in case the opportunity arises in the future.

Great article and fighter/jet photos by your friend Ivan (is he a Crazy Ivan?), Tyler. Absolutely love the pics and stories you do (including the F-35C in the other post). Interesting that the J-31 has two engines, I assume because China can't create a single engine with enough thrust. But at least two engines give…

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