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Key Points and Summary – The F-35 Lightning II is simultaneously NATO’s most capable fighter and its most controversial. Critics highlight soaring costs, poor...
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Key Points and Summary – The F-35 Lightning II is simultaneously NATO’s most capable fighter and its most controversial. Critics highlight soaring costs, poor...
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Izumo-class “helicopter destroyers” are becoming true light carriers, able to operate the STOVL F-35B and extend airpower beyond...
Key Points and Summary – Europe’s Future Combat Air System faces a make-or-break decision as Germany, France, and Spain near an end-of-2025 deadline to...
Key Points and Summary – Europe and key allies are already looking past fifth-generation aircraft toward what comes next: a sixth-generation fighter “family of...
Key Points and Summary – The F-117A Nighthawk pioneered operational stealth and proved its value in early conflicts, from its 1989 Panama debut to...
A Stealth A-10 Warthog Misses the Point The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, affectionately known as the “Warthog,” has been one of the most...
Key Points and Summary – China’s PLAAF appears to have brought the two-seat J-20S into operational service, marking a notable shift in how Beijing...
Key Points and Summary – USS Thresher’s sinking on April 10, 1963—during deep-dive trials off Cape Cod—remains a defining cautionary tale for the U.S....
Key Points and Summary – Washington surged naval power across the Western Pacific this week, sailing two aircraft carriers and an amphibious assault ship...
Key Points and Summary – The Army’s campus-style dining overhaul is expanding beyond five pilot installations and into the training pipeline, with plans to...