Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The U.S. is pouring billions into a handful of exquisite warplanes — the $300-million F-47 and the $700-million-plus B-21 Raider. But this analysis argues...
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The U.S. is pouring billions into a handful of exquisite warplanes — the $300-million F-47 and the $700-million-plus B-21 Raider. But this analysis argues...
India spent roughly 40 years turning the Tejas into a combat fighter — and in 2026, around 30 finished jets sit grounded, waiting on...
Turkey built the Kaan as a declaration of independence from American airpower. Kicked out of the F-35 program in 2019, Ankara poured a decade...
America and China agree the future of air combat is a stealth fighter directing a swarm of drones. They disagree on who commands it....
Europe's most ambitious fighter program is dead: the Franco-German FCAS collapsed after Paris and Berlin couldn't agree on control. Now eight German and Spanish...
A new GAO report finds the F-35 can perform all its assigned missions only about a quarter of the time — a readiness rate...
The US Air Force flies roughly 140 bombers in total. The B-21 Raider meant to replace most of them is officially capped at 100...
Ukrainian-linked hackers obtained internal documents on Russia's PAK DA stealth bomber, Moscow's answer to the B-21 Raider. The files reveal a program still assembling...
A US Marine Corps F-35B flew the first Meteor missile tests — for America's allies. When integration completes, British and Italian F-35s will out-range...
America's F-47 sixth-generation fighter nearly died in 2024 over a $300-million-per-jet price tag. Now Boeing is building the first one in St. Louis against...