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B-21 Raider. Image Credit: U.S. Air Force.

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The US Air Force’s B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Going to Transform the US Military with a Massive Jump In Production. China and Russia Can’t Match It.

Northrop Grumman has broken ground on roughly 1 million square feet of new B-21 Raider production space at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale,...

Harrison KassOctober 10, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

A Laser Shot Costs a Few Dollars. The Navy Estimates the First Real Shipboard Laser Program Would Cost About $1,000,000,000 Before a Single Destroyer Is Fitted With One.

An Arleigh Burke carries 90 to 96 missiles, and the Navy fires seven-figure interceptors at quadcopters. The 30-kilowatt LaWS on USS Ponce proved lasers...

Harrison KassOctober 8, 2026

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Getting to Mercury Is Harder Than Getting to the Outer Planets. Earth Is Already Moving 67,000 Miles an Hour Sideways and a Spacecraft Has to Shed Most of That to Fall Inward. Mariner 10 Solved It by Flying 3,600 Miles Over Venus and Letting the Planet Slow It Down.

A spacecraft weighing about 1,100 pounds, built for roughly $100 million in 1970s money, made three passes at Mercury in 1974 and 1975 and...

Harrison KassOctober 7, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed Drew Up an SR-71 Blackbird Firing 210-Kiloton Nuclear Missiles From 80,000 Feet at Mach 3.2, Range 500 Nautical Miles, and Half Would Have Missed

Ben Rich's paper reshaped the Blackbird's forward fuselage with blunter chines, a rounded underside and a longer nose for radar to fit the 14-foot...

Brandon WeichertOctober 4, 2026

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Sept. 24, 2026. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The US Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Is What Makes Aircraft Carriers So Powerful. But That Air Wing Has Slipped from 90 Aircraft to 65 and Lost Its Edge

The A-6 Intruder left the fleet in 1997 and a number of them were sunk off Florida as artificial reefs. The stealth bomber built...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 29, 2026

The YF-12 was developed in the 1960s as a high-altitude, Mach 3 interceptor to defend against supersonic bombers. Based on the A-12 reconnaissance aircraft, the YF-12A became the forerunner of the highly-sophisticated SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft.

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The YF-12 Was Designed to Hit Mach 3 and 80,000 Feet to Attack Soviet Bombers Using SR-71 Blackbird Technology and Top Secrets

In February 1964 the White House announced a new interceptor called the A-11 so anyone spotting the sleek black jets would think fighter, not...

Sean SpoontsSeptember 29, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The US Army’s Carl Gustaf ‘Bazooka’ Fires $3,000 Rounds That Do an $80,000 Javelin’s Job

Saab's M4 weighs just over 15 pounds, six less than the M3, and fires anti-tank, thermobaric, airburst and flechette rounds every five seconds. The...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 29, 2026

U.S. Air Force pilot Maj. Brian 'Brass' Burke, 104th Fighter Wing unit conversion officer, flies an F-35A Lightning II over Barnes Air National Guard Base at exactly 1:04PM EST, officially marking the historic first arrival of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft to the Wing, June 11, 2026.

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Swiss Voters Approved CHF 6,000,000,000 to Buy 36 Lockheed Martin F-35A Fighters. Switzerland Is Now Paying CHF 394,000,000 More and Will Receive 30, Because the “Fixed Price” Officials Promised Parliament Was Never Written Into Any Contract.

Switzerland selected the F-35A on the understanding that CHF 6 billion bought 36 aircraft at a locked price. The lock did not exist. Under...

Georgia GilholySeptember 15, 2026

Steve Jobs Creative Commons Photo with iPhone Apple

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21 Years Ago, Apple Founder Steve Jobs Advice on Time and ‘Living Someone Else’s Life’ Is the Truth Serum That Still Shapes Our World

Jobs dropped out of Reed College and stayed on as what he called a "drop-in," sitting in on classes that interested him. One was...

Stephen SilverSeptember 14, 2026

A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, departs for an evening test mission over the Mojave Desert. The B-52H test fleet is in high demand, testing a variety of advanced capabilities for the joint-force. The 412th Test Wing will soon begin developmental test work on new avionics, radar, and engines as part of the B-52J effort, allowing the Stratofortress to serve the warfighter into the 2050's. (Air Force photo by Todd Schannuth)

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B-52: Over 70 Years Ago, America Built a Bomber to End the World in a Russia War. It Never Did, and It Will Still Be Flying in 2050

What will happen when the B-52 finally reaches its 100-year service milestone? Who knows. Either way, the BUFF has already made its mark on...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 1, 2026

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The US Air Force’s B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Going to Transform the US Military with a Massive Jump In Production. China and Russia Can’t Match It.

Aerospace & Defense

A Laser Shot Costs a Few Dollars. The Navy Estimates the First Real Shipboard Laser Program Would Cost About $1,000,000,000 Before a Single Destroyer Is Fitted With One.

Aerospace & Defense

Getting to Mercury Is Harder Than Getting to the Outer Planets. Earth Is Already Moving 67,000 Miles an Hour Sideways and a Spacecraft Has to Shed Most of That to Fall Inward. Mariner 10 Solved It by Flying 3,600 Miles Over Venus and Letting the Planet Slow It Down.

Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed Drew Up an SR-71 Blackbird Firing 210-Kiloton Nuclear Missiles From 80,000 Feet at Mach 3.2, Range 500 Nautical Miles, and Half Would Have Missed

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Air Wing Is What Makes Aircraft Carriers So Powerful. But That Air Wing Has Slipped from 90 Aircraft to 65 and Lost Its Edge

Aerospace & Defense

The YF-12 Was Designed to Hit Mach 3 and 80,000 Feet to Attack Soviet Bombers Using SR-71 Blackbird Technology and Top Secrets

Aerospace & Defense

The US Army’s Carl Gustaf ‘Bazooka’ Fires $3,000 Rounds That Do an $80,000 Javelin’s Job

Aerospace & Defense

Swiss Voters Approved CHF 6,000,000,000 to Buy 36 Lockheed Martin F-35A Fighters. Switzerland Is Now Paying CHF 394,000,000 More and Will Receive 30, Because the “Fixed Price” Officials Promised Parliament Was Never Written Into Any Contract.

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21 Years Ago, Apple Founder Steve Jobs Advice on Time and ‘Living Someone Else’s Life’ Is the Truth Serum That Still Shapes Our World

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B-52: Over 70 Years Ago, America Built a Bomber to End the World in a Russia War. It Never Did, and It Will Still Be Flying in 2050

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