Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: China’s “White Emperor” or Baidi drew major attention at the 2024 Zhuhai Air Show as a full-scale mock-up of a...
Hi, what are you looking for?
Summary and Key Points: China’s “White Emperor” or Baidi drew major attention at the 2024 Zhuhai Air Show as a full-scale mock-up of a...
Summary and Key Points – Brandon J. Weichert, Senior National Security Editor at 19FortyFive, analyzes how China’s new Chengdu J-20S—the world’s first two-seat fifth-generation...
Summary and Key Points: China is now claiming two new ways to help detect stealth submarines: a drone-mounted quantum magnetic sensor and a system...
AWACS, Tankers, and 2 Carriers: The U.S. Air Campaign Shape Against Iran Summary and Key Points: A major U.S. naval and air buildup in...
The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) has officially emerged from its "boondoggle" era, completing a transformation that has redefined its role in the U.S. Navy. The...
Winter Storm Hernando has brought the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to a standstill, but for the U.S. Navy, there is no such thing as a...
The 2026 defense landscape is defined by a brutal tug-of-war between legacy carrier-based ambitions and the "all-in" prioritization of the Boeing F-47. While the...
The A-12 Avenger II, famously dubbed the "Flying Dorito," remains one of the most expensive and ambitious failures in the history of naval aviation....
The rise of China’s Xian H-20 strategic stealth bomber represents more than just a new airframe; it is the culmination of a "manufacturing colossus"...
Summary and Key Points: Russia and China both want next-generation stealth bombers—China with the H-20 and Russia with the PAK DA—but both programs are...