Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
China's Y-20 "Chubby Girl" cargo aircraft is being converted into a aerial tanker capable of refueling J-20 stealth fighters, J-16 strike jets, and H-6N...
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China's Y-20 "Chubby Girl" cargo aircraft is being converted into a aerial tanker capable of refueling J-20 stealth fighters, J-16 strike jets, and H-6N...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer and Pentagon contractor, revisits the 2012 RED FLAG Alaska exercise in which German Luftwaffe Eurofighter...
Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a damning Pentagon assessment revealing the F-35's TR-3 software upgrade was "predominantly unusable" throughout 2024, delivering zero new...
The delay in 6th-generation fielding is a pragmatic acknowledgement of the "industrial saturation" at play in 2026. With major programs like the B-21 Raider...
In the skies over Iran today, the F-35 is doing far more than dropping bombs. It is functioning as a penetrating sensor node, a...
The F-47 NGAD doesn't just improve on the F-35 — it rethinks what a stealth fighter is. A blended wing-body with no vertical structures...
Jack Buckby, British defense researcher and analyst based in New York, reports on a damning Pentagon Director of Operational Test and Evaluation assessment finding...
The development of the ACP represents a significant pivot for Canadian defense policy. Traditionally reliant on U.S. "off-the-shelf" technology, Canada is now moving to...
Harrison Kass, a defense journalist and former U.S. Air Force pilot selectee, evaluates the high-stakes technological duel between 5th-generation stealth and the S-400 Triumf....
Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, a former U.S. Army Infantry officer and artificial intelligence expert, evaluates the S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile system when...