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The F-47 NGAD doesn't just improve on the F-35 — it rethinks what a stealth fighter is. A blended wing-body with no vertical structures...
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The F-47 NGAD doesn't just improve on the F-35 — it rethinks what a stealth fighter is. A blended wing-body with no vertical structures...
Iran has more than 5,000 naval mines and a doctrine built around closing the Strait of Hormuz — and the U.S. Navy's only minesweeping...
Russia's PAK DA was supposed to be the world's second stealth bomber — a subsonic B-2 rival capable of striking deep into European airspace....
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Robert E. Kelly of Pusan National University explains that three weeks into the Iran War, Donald Trump faces a...
Summary and Key Points: Defense expert Brandon J. Weichert explains that the U.S. Navy is fighting a 21st-century war with a fleet designed in...
The U.S. Army's M1E3 Abrams trades heavy armor for speed, silence, and hybrid power — a direct response to the drone-dominated killing fields of...
Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a 30-hour fire aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in the northern Red Sea, displacing over 600 sailors from...
The deployment of the Charles de Gaulle is a calculated gamble that highlights the "Single-Point-of-Failure" in French strategic autonomy. In the 2026 landscape of...
The deployment of the Type-12 to Kyushu represents a fundamental change in the Japanese security architecture. For decades, the "Shield and Spear" arrangement left...
The 2026 defense paradigm is shifting away from pure VLO (Very Low Observable) stealth as adversarial sensors become more adept at tracking 5th-generation signatures....