Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: China’s sixth-generation fighter effort is no longer theoretical. The piece argues that U.S. defense assessments now confirm at least two Chinese prototypes—often labeled...
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Synopsis: China’s sixth-generation fighter effort is no longer theoretical. The piece argues that U.S. defense assessments now confirm at least two Chinese prototypes—often labeled...
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Synopsis: The USS Abraham Lincoln’s rapid move from San Diego to Guam and now in the Philippine Sea places another U.S. supercarrier in the...
Key Points and Summary – Debate is growing over whether the United States should sell export variants of the B-21 Raider to close allies....
Synopsis: China’s anti-access strategy in a Taiwan war hinges on denying U.S. carrier strike groups access to the Western Pacific using massed missile fire....
Synopsis: China aired rare footage of a PLAAF war-gaming exercise simulating air combat between eight J-16 fighters and six Dassault Rafales in a tabletop-style...
Synopsis: China’s new J-35A stealth fighter was meant to rival the F-35, but Beijing’s export dream has stalled. Countries are still lining up to...
Synopsis: China used its September V-Day parade to showcase a new two-seat J-20S alongside the upgraded J-20A. Beijing says the extra cockpit is not...
Synopsis: China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is now a real factor in any high-end Western Pacific scenario, but the question is whether it can match...
Synopsis: The Navy is rebuilding sustained Indo-Pacific mass after years of Middle East rotations, pairing a forward-deployed carrier in Japan with additional surge forces....