The Su 25 was engineered as a rugged close air support aircraft, built around heavy armor, redundant systems, separated engines, and field repairability. Its titanium armored cockpit, survivability ...

Both the Russian and American aircraft are entering the end of their useful service lives, as ground anti-air defenses grow increasingly sophisticated. In the 1970s, the US Air Force unveiled the ...

The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) was a grueling counterinsurgency conflict that tested the limits of—and ultimately broke—Soviet military might. Amid the rugged Hindu Kush mountains, where ground ...

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