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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - "The Beast"

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                    Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities . Role :  Stealth multirole fighter Manufacturer : Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Developed from : Lockheed Martin X-35 Produced : 2006 - present First flight : 15 December 2006; 13 years ago (F-35A) Number built : 535+  as of July 2020 Unit cost : F-35A: US $77.9M (lot 14); F-35B: US $101.3M (lot14); F-35C: US $94.4M(lot14) Status : In service Do you know your F-35 ABCs ? There are three versions of the F-35 Lightning II, each with unique capabilities tailored to execute customers' diverse missions. The Multi - variant,  Multirole  5th  Gener...

S-500 missile system ("beyond the imagination")

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S-500 missile system ("beyond the imagination") Place of origin :  Russia Designer :  Almaz - Antey Operational range :  600 km (370 mile) Produced :  2014 - present In service : 2025  (planned)            Russia's newest S-500 Prometheus mobile air and space defense complex is expected to enter service this year (2020).The Defense Ministry is allegedly planning to order five S-500 complexes capable of intercepting ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The long-range high intercept S-500 complex with extended ballistic missile defense capabilities is planned to enter operational readiness in 2016. The S-500 will be capable of simultaneously engaging up to 10 targets traveling at speeds of up to seven kilometers per second, which is an approximate speed of intercontinental ballistic missile nuclear warheads entering the atmosphere.The killing range of the complex is reported to be 600 kilometers, while the altitude of a target engaged c...