Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: China’s J-35A is being presented as a new fifth-generation stealth fighter with “first-detection” and “first-strike” advantages, including the ability to...
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Summary and Key Points: China’s J-35A is being presented as a new fifth-generation stealth fighter with “first-detection” and “first-strike” advantages, including the ability to...
Summary and Key Points: China’s submarine force is expanding and modernizing, shifting from older designs toward domestically built boats across SSBN, SSN, diesel-electric, and...
Summary and Key Points: A CCTV video on China’s UAV development spotlighted familiar drones—then pivoted to a far more radical concept: the “Luan Niao,”...
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s 2025 assessment suggests China could field as many as nine aircraft carriers by 2035, signaling Beijing’s ambition to...
Summary and Key Points: A new Mitchell Institute report argues current Air Force procurement plans risk leaving China with operational “sanctuaries” during a Taiwan...
China’s pressure campaign around Taiwan is increasingly centered on grey-zone operations and blockade rehearsals, raising the prospect of a quarantine designed to strangle imports...
Synopsis: The United States is bolstering its presence at Japan’s Misawa Air Base with additional F-35 fighters, a strategic move designed to extend the...
Synopsis: The J-35 is China’s latest fifth-generation stealth fighter, designed as a medium-weight, multi-role platform to complement the heavy J-20 and operate from the...
Synopsis: The proposed Trump-class warship, informally dubbed USS Defiant, is framed as a 35,000-ton “battleship,” but the argument here is that it’s closer to...
Summary and Key Points: Russia and China both want next-generation stealth bombers—China with the H-20 and Russia with the PAK DA—but both programs are...