Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: The F-4 Phantom II, a legendary Cold War relic, refuses to fade into history. While most nations retired the “Double...
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Summary and Key Points: The F-4 Phantom II, a legendary Cold War relic, refuses to fade into history. While most nations retired the “Double...
Summary and Key Points: The global fighter jet market is approaching a breaking point, as sustainment costs for advanced U.S. platforms such as the...
Summary and Key Points: Lockheed Martin’s 2026 Singapore Airshow projection of nearly 300 F-35s in the Asia-Pacific by 2035 marks a tectonic shift in...
Summary and Key Points: The $20 billion F-47 NGAD contract marks the most aggressive shift in American air superiority since the Cold War. -By...
Summary and Key Points: America’s F-47 is billed as the centerpiece of NGAD: longer range, sharper stealth, and the ability to command loyal-wingman drones....
Summary and Key Points: The F-35’s combat edge increasingly comes from computing rather than airframe performance alone. Sensor fusion pulls EO/IR, infrared, navigation, electronic...
Summary and Key Points: Flying in a modern fighter is a bucket-list thrill—but it’s not for the faint of stomach. This rundown spotlights the...
Summary and Key Points: At roughly $300 million per jet, F-47 NGAD fighter costs are expected to climb as adaptive engines, modular bays, cockpit...
Synopsis: The FB-22 “Strike Raptor” was a proposed high-speed stealth bomber variant of the F-22 Raptor, championed in the early 2000s as a solution...
Summary and Key Points: The Saab Gripen E isn’t a minor refresh—it’s a re-architected fighter built around Sweden’s Cold War logic of survivability under...