Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The B-52's survival in a 2026 high-threat environment is entirely dependent on its Standoff Range. By launching stealthy cruise missiles from outside the enemy's...
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The B-52's survival in a 2026 high-threat environment is entirely dependent on its Standoff Range. By launching stealthy cruise missiles from outside the enemy's...
Dr. Andrew Latham, a professor of international relations and non-resident fellow at Defense Priorities, evaluates the strategic "second life" of the B-52 Stratofortress. As...
Despite being a septuagenarian "Stratosaurus" with neither stealth nor supersonic speed, the B-52 remains a cornerstone of Operation Epic Fury, striking including ballistic missile...
The arrival of the B-52 Stratofortress over the Iranian battlespace on March 4, 2026, serves as a loud, eight-engine declaration of the current tactical...
Synopsis: The B-52 Stratofortress remains the Air Force’s most combat-tested bomber, and the upcoming B-52J aims to push the platform into a new era....
Key Points and Summary – The B-52J is a re-engined, digitally modernized B-52H designed to keep the Stratofortress relevant into the 2050s and beyond....
The U.S. Air Force is once again breathing new life into a relic of the Cold War. The legendary B-52 Stratofortress, first flown in...
The Air Force has had one constant in the past 70+ years, the B-52 bomber. The B-52J is a proposed upgrade to the B-52...
By 2035, the last of the fleet of B-52H Stratofortress bombers are scheduled to be re-engined as part of a major fleet upgrade, which...
The B-52H, Still Serving Sixty-four Years Later: The US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of various missions. It can...