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The US Air Force Has 76 B-52H Stratofortresses, About 45 B-1B Lancers and 19 Operational B-2 Spirits. The Newest B-52 Was Delivered in 1962, and 10 of the 13 Programs in Its $21,000,000,000 Modernization Are Running Late or Over Budget.

Riyadh is asking allies for military aid against the Houthis. Pakistan and Turkey have declined; the US and Israel are reportedly sharing intelligence. If...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 15, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon First Flew in 1994 and Can Never Be Made Into the F-22 or F-35. In January 2026 the UK Signed a £453,500,000 Contract for 40 ECRS Mk2 Radars — About £11,300,000 Each — That Track Targets and Jam Enemy Sensors at the Same Time Across a 200-Degree Field of Regard.

The ECRS Mk2 folds radar, electronic warfare and jamming into one gallium-nitride array, which hands the Typhoon a Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses role...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 11, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Spent About $1,200,000,000 of Its Own Money on the F-20 Tigershark and Sold 0 Aircraft. The F-5 It Was Built to Replace Has Been Flying for More Than 60 Years.

The F-5E was never meant to be the best fighter available. It was built to be credible, affordable and easy to keep in the...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 11, 2026

The Embassy

We Learned Nothing from 9/11

Michael Rubin's argument at 25 years is that almost nothing was learned. The hijackers were neither poor nor occupied, yet the assumption that grievance...

Michael RubinSeptember 10, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

A Chinese J-10CE Fighter Went Head-to-Head With a Eurofighter Typhoon for the First Time in History, and It Happened Over Qatar

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has confirmed what circulated for months as rumour: J-10CE fighters posted a perfect 9-0 record against Qatari Eurofighter Typhoons during...

Steve BalestrieriAugust 27, 2026

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, flies over spectators at the Dubai Airshow 2025, Nov. 17, 2025, at the Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The B-52 flew from Rota, Spain, to participate in the event, showcasing U.S. airpower on a global stage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tylin Rust)

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Iran’s Economy Is Buckling. That Is Not the Same as Iran Being Ready to Sign a Deal

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled Operation Economic Outcast: secondary sanctions across five sectors and more than sixty targets, with no relief attached. Iran's...

Andrew LathamAugust 25, 2026

U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Says Any Escalation Brings Consequences and That Its Own Hands Are Not Tied Here

Rezaei's threat goes beyond the strait: no oil leaving the Gulf by any route if neighbors cooperate. In practice that would mean strikes on...

Jack BuckbyAugust 24, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle Was the ‘Stealth Fighter’ No One Wanted That Became the Mach 2.5 F-15EX Eagle II the US Air Force Can’t Buy Enough Of

The closest the F-15SE Silent Eagle ever came to an actual order was South Korea's F-X Phase III competition, a roughly $7.3 billion program...

Steve BalestrieriAugust 20, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The US Army’s New Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Can Hit Mach 5 and Has a Range of 1,700 Miles

Meet the Hypersonic Dark Eagle: The Pentagon has long known it has fallen behind in the race for usable, reliable hypersonic weapons. As the...

Brandon WeichertAugust 14, 2026

(Jan. 16, 2010) Waves crash over the bow of the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64). Carney is part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and is deployed as part of an on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Master at Arms Chief Chief Anthony J. Sganga/Released)

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Saudi Arabia’s Only Way Around the Strait of Hormuz Runs Straight Through the One the Houthis Have Just Closed

The Houthis have no warships. It doesn't need any. A blockade holds if shipowners and insurers decide the passage is not worth the risk,...

Jack BuckbyAugust 12, 2026

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Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force Has 76 B-52H Stratofortresses, About 45 B-1B Lancers and 19 Operational B-2 Spirits. The Newest B-52 Was Delivered in 1962, and 10 of the 13 Programs in Its $21,000,000,000 Modernization Are Running Late or Over Budget.

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon First Flew in 1994 and Can Never Be Made Into the F-22 or F-35. In January 2026 the UK Signed a £453,500,000 Contract for 40 ECRS Mk2 Radars — About £11,300,000 Each — That Track Targets and Jam Enemy Sensors at the Same Time Across a 200-Degree Field of Regard.

Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Spent About $1,200,000,000 of Its Own Money on the F-20 Tigershark and Sold 0 Aircraft. The F-5 It Was Built to Replace Has Been Flying for More Than 60 Years.

The Embassy

We Learned Nothing from 9/11

Aerospace & Defense

A Chinese J-10CE Fighter Went Head-to-Head With a Eurofighter Typhoon for the First Time in History, and It Happened Over Qatar

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Iran’s Economy Is Buckling. That Is Not the Same as Iran Being Ready to Sign a Deal

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Says Any Escalation Brings Consequences and That Its Own Hands Are Not Tied Here

Aerospace & Defense

The Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle Was the ‘Stealth Fighter’ No One Wanted That Became the Mach 2.5 F-15EX Eagle II the US Air Force Can’t Buy Enough Of

Aerospace & Defense

The US Army’s New Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Can Hit Mach 5 and Has a Range of 1,700 Miles

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Saudi Arabia’s Only Way Around the Strait of Hormuz Runs Straight Through the One the Houthis Have Just Closed

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