Quest for hybrid machine which could perform both helicopter and aircraft role was long and dates back to the Cold War. V-22 pushed forward limits of human airplane design. It is a crown jewel of hard work and high people and material cost. This machine can perform landing and take-off from very small and nasty places in which standard transport airplanes can only perform parachute drops. Amongst all it can reach up to 560 km/h in flight, carry 27 tons of cargo and reach up to 7,900 meters of height. United States Army had been given excellent machine.

Antonov An-225

Mriya (”Dream”) is one of a kind airplane. Truly remarkable piece of equipment, this airplane is big enough to carry spaceship modules and aircrafts. The worlds heaviest fixed wing aircraft this machine will surely catch your attention while flying by due to it’s size and beautiful shape. Unfortunately only one aircraft has been completed so far due to the dissolution of Soviet Union. As it can carry 640 tons of cargo with 850 km/h and 4,000 km of range this aircraft is constantly in service since many companies require heavy-load cargo being delivered around the globe. It should be noted that this aircraft require 3,500 meters of airstrip to take off.

Boeing AH-64 Apache

Vietnam war proved the point that combat helicopters are due to prove their effectiveness in the battle. From AH-1 Cobra to AH-64 Apache it was a long road of development. Main purpose of this interesting helicopter is tank and vehicle hunt, forward observe, gunship for close support etc. Armed with 30mm cannon and assorted missiles/rockets this helicopter is also well known for it’s strength and sturdiness, as well as silent approach (lesson learned from UH-1 “Huey”). Used in many conflicts through the last century this helicopter with 300 km/h speed and combat radius of 480 km will remain in the United States Army as well as in certain other armies around the globe.

Kamov Ka-52

The “Alligator” is direct descendant of “Crocodile” – Mi-24 Hind. Strong gunship, versatile, well armed and with it’s distinct shape Kamov 52 will surely prove it’s effectiveness in the future. Rather strange design with two main rotors and without tail rotor it provides 315 km/h and 545 km of range for it’s pilot. Even though Kamov design bureau went through difficult time during dissolution of the Soviet Union this helicopter surely proves that Russian weapons industry goes strong on the international market. Amongst all Russian Army received remarkable helicopter.

Eurocopter Tiger

European Union is not simply political and economical community. Strong military industry is being developed to provide armies with quality weapon systems. Amongst them it’s place hold Eurocopter Tiger, designed to supplement ground troops as a gunship and full-time combat helicopter. Sophisticated and versatile it provides 300 km/h and service range of 800 km. It’s armed with single 30mm cannon and assorted air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles which fortify it’s strength and combat value. Sure a machine to prove it’s worth in the future.

Mikoyan MiG-35

Mikoyan 35 represents classical and battle-proven MiG design. Excellent maneuverability, strong weaponry, extraordinary capabilities. This multirole fighter sure is crown jewel of years of development. From the first MiG-s like 15,17, and world-famous MiG-21 to the MiG-29 and 35 many lessons of the wars and conflict were learned. This airplane is expensive and good 4++ generation jet fighters. It can reach up to 2.25 Mach and 17,500 meters of height armed with assorted missile systems.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Airplane that pushes the limit. Old quest for speed, maneuverability, stealth capabilities has had full and strong impact in this airplane design. Sharp lines, in-board weapons and high-tech top electronics: it is good enough to participate in Star Wars. It is a continuation of well proven F-22 Raptor. This airplane sure is a pride of American airplane engineering. With 1.6+ Mach top speed and 18,000 meters top height it is yet to prove it’s combat effectiveness in the future.

Eurofighter Typhoon

Joint enterprise of European aircraft manufacturers. Has distinctive shape and capabilities, good enough to provide countries of European Union with strong and top-quality jet multirole fighter. 2 Eurojet engines can produce enough power for airplane to reach 2 Mach in speed and 19,800 meters flight ceiling. Carries wide array of missiles and bombs and often participate in air shows and happenings. It is yet to replace older weapon systems and air designs and serve European air safety in the future.

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor

The F-22 is an air-superiority fighter with improved capability over current Air Force aircraft. From the inception of the battle, the F-22’s primary objective will be to establish air superiority through the conduct of counter air operations. The F-22 also has an inherent air-to-surface capability. A combination of improved sensor capability, improved situational awareness, and improved weapons provides first-kill opportunity against the threat.

Sukhoi PAK FA

“Future Airborne Complex – Frontline Aviation”. New design of Sukhoi bureau, already world-wide well known with it’s fighter and bomber designs. In recent years Russia has taken large steps forward in upgrading and researching new aviation. Some lessons are taken from general idea of stealth aircraft. Armament is internal in bays. This multirole aircraft is intended to replace array of older aircrafts. It can reach 2+ Mach and is armed with currently secret modern avionics.

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He invented the first remote control, and began researching wireless communications. Around the turn of the century, Telsa made he considered his most important discovery even though no one has ever heard about it, it isn’t discussed in classrooms, and it doesn’t appear to have any practical applications except for James Bond villains. They were called terrestrial stationary waves, and what that basically means is that you can a) transmit electrical current using the Earth as a conductor, and b) you can cause the Earth to vibrate on a frequency, much like a tuning fork. I’m sure you can see where this is going. Try to name five non-mad-scientist uses for such a discovery. Powering streetlights without wires? Yeah, OK, that’s pretty cool. Beaming lethal destruction around the globe? Whoops! Manipulating the weather? Controlling earthquakes? Tesla saw great possibilities for his TS waves, including creating a worldwide integrated system of centralized control and distribution electronics, stock tickers and all manner of not-yet-invented communications technology, with provisions for secretly encrypted point-to-point transmissions. It was around this time that the government began to really take an interest in Nikola Tesla. In his quest to test the limits of the terrestrial waves, Tesla began a period of extensive experimentation. during which he developed the Tesla Coil, a method for delivering high-voltage current which is still used in many TVs and other applications today. Using the coil, Tesla asked himself: If the Earth can conduct electricity, and the electricity vibrates around the world in waves through the planet, just how much electricity can the Earth hold? A reasonable question! He could think of no better way to answer that question than by dumping as much electricity as he could generate into the ground, just to see what would happen. Many a bad science fiction movie has opened with this sort of premise. Fortunately, the outcome of Tesla’s tests were more of an inconvenience than a cataclysmic world-ending event. Well, depending on your perspective anyway. The area around his experiement became electrified, but not enough to kill anyone, and there were some very impressive bolts of man-made lightning which stopped when he blew up the town’s generator and caused a blackout over several miles. There might have been one other small side effect. At almost exactly the same time that this experiment was taking place, a mysterious explosion rocked a remote section of Siberia, to the tune of about a 15-megaton blast (40 years before the first Atomic Bomb test).

The explosion has never been satisfactorily explained, although it is commonly dismissed as a meteor or comet impact (a claim which doesn’t quite add up with the measured damage on the scene). Interestingly, Tesla had claimed he was trying to use to wave to send a communication to an Arctic expedition that can supposedly be located along a straight line path between Tesla’s lab and the site of the explosion. During all this, Tesla was also pushing ahead with his investigation of the uses of radio waves, particularly to remotely control robotic devices, an area in which the Serbian made great breakthroughs. His research into radio either ran parallel to Guglielmo Marconi, or Marconi ripped him off. The outcome was that Tesla was gipped out of the Nobel Prize in favor of Marconi, who won the official title of “inventor of radio” in the history books. Tesla’s inventions and discoveries also formed the basis of modern robotics, radar, most forms of wireless communications, loudspeakers and more. Few of these breakthroughs are credited to the inventor, even today. As lousy in business as he was talented in science, Tesla sank into bankruptcy and many of his projects went down with him. For years, he struggled to get by and bring his ideas to fruition, but his ideas had taken a turn toward the decidedly strange. He became obsessed with interplanetary communication, for which he was derided (even though, years later, his work is now integral to space exploration and the search for intelligent life in the universe). He also began to make some interesting claims about his abilities and the power of his inventions. He told people he possessed the scientific wherewithal to split the Earth in two, and he told the New York Times he had invented a death ray which he called the “teleforce,” which could melt an airplane’s engine from a range of 250 miles. The Times, noting the massive spending on defense and military issues in the build-up toward World War II, pointed out that on a cost-benefit basis (and based on Tesla’s track record), it was well worth the risk of failure to fund the project. Nevertheless, the “teleforce” was never adopted… publicly. The “teleforce” claim would haunt the United States for decades to come. According to Tesla, he had designed a system through which a series of beam transmitters could create an impenetrable energy shield around the country. Starting to sound familiar? It was the first “Star Wars” proposal, and Tesla’s claims (never verified publicly) formed the blueprint for almost all future discussions of the “Strategic Defense Initiative”. Tesla was clearly ahead of his time, a problem which would haunt his entire career. His inventions and patents for remote operation of robotic devices, for instance, were stunningly advanced but largely ignored at the time. The military inexplicably failed to understand the usefulness of remote-controlled attack vehicles and torpedoes until after Tesla’s patents had expired. Even then, they began researching it over from scratch, rather than working with his established techniques. The end result was military technology nearly identical to Tesla’s inventions, but developed literally decades later and at many times the cost. Tesla never made a dime off of the discovery of the radio-controlled automation that today is the basis of a multibillion dollar aerospace specialty, responsible for the CIA drone assassin planes used in the War on Terrorism, and in every generation of the Mars lander probes.

After his death in 1943, the FBI raided Tesla’s home and seized all of his scientific notes, to the tune of hundreds of pages. While a pretty fascist act, it’s kind of understandable in light of his claims. Tesla’s heirs eventually won the release of some of the material, but it’s unknown how much is still classified or “lost.” Conspiracy theorists are enamored of Tesla for obvious reasons, and there is a lot of speculation about that “death ray” and other aspects of his research. One of the most popular theories is that Tesla’s terrestrial stationary waves and “death ray” research form the basis of the HAARP Project, an alleged top-secret U.S. government experiment to control the weather and beam fiery death from the skies against enemies of the state.

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