Meet the Yak-38: During the Cold War, the Royal Air Force developed the Harrier “Jump Jet,” an aircraft that went on to be a favorite of Hollywood. As Harrison Kass, writing in December of last year ...
Runways are undesirable locations for military aircraft. Being tied to miles of concrete gives jet aircraft a built-in vulnerability as well as restricting their flexibility. At sea, it is extremely ...
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How the Soviets tried to rival the British Harrier
We examined how the Soviet Union attempted to match the Harrier with its own VTOL fighter and why the Yak-38 never lived up to that ambition. From its flawed engine layout to limited range, weak ...
Summary and Key Points: The Yak-41 (Yak-141) was a Soviet attempt at creating a supersonic VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, developed in the 1980s but ultimately shelved after the... The ...
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