Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s Hyper-X program, which ran for eight years and cost $230 million, produced the X-43A—the “fastest air-breathing vehicle ever...
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Key Points and Summary – NASA’s Hyper-X program, which ran for eight years and cost $230 million, produced the X-43A—the “fastest air-breathing vehicle ever...
Key Points and Summary – China has released video showing what it calls a “finalization test” of the ship-launched YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile fired...
Key Points and Summary – A New York Times editorial cites a Pentagon “Overmatch” brief arguing China has built decisive redundancy in key military...
Key Points and Summary – NASA’s Hyper-X program proved hydrogen-fueled scramjet flight with the X-43A at Mach 7–10, but its planned follow-on, the Mach...
Key Points and Summary – China’s DF-17 hypersonic missile sits at the heart of Beijing’s “Assassin’s Mace” strategy to keep U.S. carrier strike groups...
Key Points and Summary – In the 1970s, Lockheed’s Skunk Works, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force quietly pursued the L-301 or X-24C, an...
Article Summary – NASA’s X-43A scramjet set a stunning air-breathing speed record in 2004, hitting Mach 9.6 after a B-52/Pegasus launch—but the engine only...
While military brass and defense policymakers worldwide are obsessed with hypersonic weapons, many ballistic missiles have flown historically at plus MACH 5 speed, which...
The B-1B Lancer is not the first airplane one thinks of when pondering the future of U.S. Air Force bombers. This is a warbird...
Key Points – The US Army is deploying its new Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system to strategic Pacific locations, including the Philippines, significantly...