Modern fighter jets are designed to reach high altitudes quickly, giving pilots a major tactical advantage in combat. Rapid climb ...
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Why modern fighter jets stopped chasing top speed

You would think every new generation of fighter jet would be faster than the last. But that is not how modern air combat evolved. Earlier fighters were built in an era when raw speed was a headline ...
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Demonstration of the Sukhoi Su-57 ‘Felon’ stealth fighter jet of the Russian Air Force at MAKS 2019 in September 2019 in Russia. (Shutterstock/BeAvPhoto) Arguably ...