Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Northrop Grumman is preparing to “flex” production of the B-21 Raider at Plant 42 to meet a rapidly growing U.S....
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Summary and Key Points: Northrop Grumman is preparing to “flex” production of the B-21 Raider at Plant 42 to meet a rapidly growing U.S....
Summary and Key Points: Chinese scientists, writing in Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica, claim their new PADJ-X software can replicate and optimize the performance...
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: 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: China’s airpower modernization has produced multiple stealth fighters, but its long-range bomber force remains the weak link. The H-6 fleet—upgraded...
Summary and Key Points: General Stephen L. Davis, Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, has categorized the PLAAF as a “regional bomber force...
Summary and Key Points on the Air Force’s Stealth ‘Gap’ Problem: A new Mitchell Institute report warns that current Pentagon plans for 185 F-47s...
Summary and Key Points: China’s long-rumored H-20 stealth bomber is “coming soon,” yet U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command chief Gen. Stephen Davis remains...
Summary and Key Points: The JH-XX (or JH-36) represents China’s ambitious move into medium-range stealth strike capability, designed to complement the strategic H-20. -First...
Summary and Key Points: The Mitchell Institute’s latest report, “Strategic Attack: Maintaining the Air Force’s Capacity to Deny Enemy Sanctuaries,” calls for doubling the...