Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers project impressive, coalition-ready power, but their value clashes with the Royal Navy’s most pressing demands near...
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Summary and Key Points: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers project impressive, coalition-ready power, but their value clashes with the Royal Navy’s most pressing demands near...
Summary and Key Points: Stealth reshaped modern airpower by enabling aircraft to slip into defended airspace with far lower detection risk—but it came with...
Summary and Key Points: F-35 Heading North? Canada’s fighter replacement saga is tightening into a political and financial trap. -While Ottawa publicly reviews whether...
Summary and Key Points: Boeing’s YF-118G “Bird of Prey” was a one-off stealth technology demonstrator built to test radar-defeating shaping and cheaper ways to...
Summary and Key Points: Israel’s F-35I Adir is a rare exception to the standard export model: rather than procuring a standard F-35A with limited...
Summary and Key Points: The Air Force is extending the F-16’s relevance into the 2040s by pairing structural life-extension work with modern sensors and...
Summary and Key Points: Israel used its F-35I Adir during the 12-day fight with Iran, but the campaign is framed as a networked operation...
Summary and Key Points: As of February 13, 2026, the U.S. Air Force has officially denied reports that it received F-35 fighters with “empty...
Synopsis: As of February 2026, Canada is weighing a high-stakes pivot toward a “mixed fleet” of F-35 Lightning IIs and Saab JAS 39 Gripen...
Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, Canada is navigating a “mixed-fleet” future for the RCAF amid strained relations with the Trump administration....