Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing aircraft ever built, famously “flew back in time” during trans-Pacific missions from Kadena...
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Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing aircraft ever built, famously “flew back in time” during trans-Pacific missions from Kadena...
Summary and Key Points: The F-22 remains a top-tier air superiority fighter, but modernization is constrained by physics and architecture. -Designed with tightly integrated...
Synopsis: The B-1B Lancer was born as a Cold War nuclear penetrator, built for speed, low-level flight, and deep strikes against Soviet defenses. -After...
Summary and Key Points: President Donald Trump is openly floating Iran regime change while ordering the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to...
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: 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: France’s Dassault Rafale has become one of the most successful Western fighter exports, now flown by nine countries across Europe,...
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...