Hosted on MSN6mon
Ryan X-13 Vertijet: Created to Fight During a Nuclear War and No Runways
The X-13 was ahead of its time and led to the development of Hawker Harrier jump jets and the F-35B VSTOL. The vertical landing of a tail sitter may have inspired Elon Musk and SpaceX to try ...
Hosted on MSN11mon
The AV-8B Harrier Fighter Takes No Prisoners
Enter the Harrier jump jet. First developed for the British Royal Navy by Hawker-Siddeley, the single-engine fighter was the first to be able to conduct short takeoffs and vertical landings thanks ...
The National Interest19d
Trump’s War on Mexico’s Drug Cartels May Be the Harrier Jump Jet’s Final Mission
Until the Harrier is fully retired by the 2030s, the Trump administration is smart to task these aging but still deadly birds to possibly conduct counter-narcotic operations in Mexico. Last month ...