Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: 5 Worst Fighter Planes to Ever Fly -Early jet-age fighters often arrived quickly, ambitiously, and underdeveloped. -The MiG-21 became a...
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Summary and Key Points: 5 Worst Fighter Planes to Ever Fly -Early jet-age fighters often arrived quickly, ambitiously, and underdeveloped. -The MiG-21 became a...
Summary and Key Points: China is ramping up stealth aviation, fielding hundreds of J-20s and moving the newer, twin-engine J-35A toward production. -That sets...
Synopsis: China’s newly revealed J-35A stealth fighter appears to blend familiar design cues with unanswered questions. -Externally, it shows classic low-observable shaping and a...
Summary and Key Points: China’s carrier program is accelerating fast, with the Fujian already in sea trials and reporting suggesting a fourth “supercarrier” could...
Summary and Key Points: U.S. airpower in the Western Pacific depends on a small set of forward bases that are visible, targetable, and vulnerable...
Synopsis: The Xi’an H-20 stealth bomber remains a strategic paradox in 2026: a high-priority threat that has yet to achieve operational reality. -While its...
Summary and Key Points: As Washington sends a second carrier group to the Middle East, the key question isn’t negotiations with Iran but whether...
Summary and Key Points: A Taiwan contingency would put U.S. aircraft carriers in a far harsher environment than 1996. China’s A2/AD network—anti-ship ballistic missiles,...
Summary and Key Points: U.S.–China tensions spiked after U.S. Coast Guard forces boarded an oil tanker, Skipper, in international waters near Venezuela, detaining roughly...
Summary and Key Points: China’s new two-seat J-20S is built for combat, not training—pairing a pilot with a mission-systems officer to run sensors, electronic...