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The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine all-weather stealth fighter aircraft developed and produced for the United States Air Force (USAF). As a product of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack, electronic warfare ...
Pugachev's Cobra maneuver is one of the tests for supermaneuverability, here performed by an Su-27. Supermaneuverability is the capability of fighter aircraft to execute tactical maneuvers that are not possible with purely aerodynamic techniques. Such maneuvers can involve controlled side-slipping or angles of attack beyond maximum lift.
In Viet Nam, in July 1968, the US Army began centralized training in-country. The 9th Infantry Division established one of the first in-country Sniper Schools. The course, run by Major Willis Powell, lasted 18 days with the failure rate being 50%. In December 1968, a full complement of seventy-two snipers were ready for action.
To be replaced by the XM250, winner of the Next Generation Squad Weapon Program [21] M240: 7.62×51mm NATO: General purpose medium machine gun Belgium United States: Belt-fed [22] M2A1: 12.7×99mm NATO (.50 BMG) Heavy machine gun United States: Mounted on vehicles or tripods. [citation needed] Designated marksman rifles and sniper rifles; Mk 14 ...
Mako (missile) The Lockheed Martin Mako missile, as displayed at Sea Air Space Expo 2024. The Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile is a stand-off hypersonic missile developed by Lockheed Martin and CoAspire, specifically designed to fit in the internal weapons bay of the F-35A/C and F-22A. [1] It is the first hypersonic weapon compatible with ...
USMC Precision Weapons Section 7.62×51mm NATO: Short-stroke piston (semi-auto) United States: 2001 USMC M16 SAM-R: USMC Precision Weapons Section 5.56×45mm NATO: Direct impingement (semi-auto) United States: 2001 Brügger & Thomet APR: Brügger & Thomet: 7.62×51mm NATO.308 Winchester.338 Lapua Magnum: Bolt-action Switzerland: 2003 Yirtiji 7.62
AN/ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pod on an F/A-18 Super Hornet. F-4 Phantom shown from an ATFLIR Targeting Pod. The AN/ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) is a multi-sensor, electro-optical targeting pod incorporating thermographic camera, low-light television camera, target laser rangefinder/laser designator, and laser spot tracker ...
Squad automatic weapon Soviet Union: PKM: 7.62×54mmR: General-purpose machine gun Soviet Union: KPV: 14.5×114mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: DShK: 12.7×108mm: Heavy machine gun Soviet Union: M2 Browning.50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: Sniper rifles PSL: 7.62×54mmR: Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle Socialist Republic of ...