Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – An “elephant walk” is a minimum-interval takeoff readiness drill that once proved the Strategic Air Command could launch bombers...
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Key Points and Summary – An “elephant walk” is a minimum-interval takeoff readiness drill that once proved the Strategic Air Command could launch bombers...
Key Points and Summary – The A-12 Avenger II was conceived as a stealthy, carrier-based strike aircraft to replace the A-6 Intruder and survive...
Key Points and Summary – The Pentagon says China is developing the H-20, a long-range stealth bomber expected to carry conventional and nuclear weapons...
Key Points and Summary – China’s A2/AD bubble is forcing the Air Force to bet on the B-21 Raider as the only bomber built...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s PAK DA “Poslannik” is pitched as a flying-wing stealth bomber to replace Tu-95s and Tu-160s, carrying Kh-102 cruise...
Key Points and Summary – The Air Force plans to keep 76 B-52s flying into the 2050s through the B-52J upgrade, but engine, radar,...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s decision to restart production of the Tu-160 as the modernized Tu-160M2 is more than a nostalgia move—it’s a...
Key Points and Summary – The B-21 Raider is often framed as the B-2’s replacement, but its real value goes far beyond dropping bombs....
Key Points and Summary – This piece dissects the Air Force’s ambitious ten-year plan built around the F-47 NGAD and B-21 Raider, plus ‘Super’...
Key Points and Summary – The B-21 Raider is defying the usual Pentagon script: it remains on schedule and broadly on budget as it...