Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: The U.S. Air Force is attempting a sweeping modernization push, replacing aging Cold War-era aircraft with next-generation systems meant to preserve air dominance...
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Synopsis: The U.S. Air Force is attempting a sweeping modernization push, replacing aging Cold War-era aircraft with next-generation systems meant to preserve air dominance...
Synopsis: China’s sixth-generation fighter effort is no longer theoretical. The piece argues that U.S. defense assessments now confirm at least two Chinese prototypes—often labeled...
Synopsis: A new Defense Department Inspector General report says U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps F-35 fighters were mission-capable only about half the...
Synopsis: Dyess Air Force Base is undergoing a major transformation ahead of the B-21 Raider’s arrival, with roughly $1.6 billion in construction projects planned....
Synopsis: The B-52 Stratofortress remains the Air Force’s most combat-tested bomber, and the upcoming B-52J aims to push the platform into a new era....
Synopsis: The Air Force’s long-running “bomber deficit” is resurfacing as global tasking grows faster than available, ready aircraft. -The central risk is timing: legacy...
Synopsis: The B-21 Raider is poised to expand America’s stealth-bomber capacity far beyond the small B-2 fleet, but skeptics argue new Russian and Chinese...
Synopsis: China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is now a real factor in any high-end Western Pacific scenario, but the question is whether it can match...
Synopsis: The F-22 Raptor still represents the gold standard for air dominance, but the Air Force argues that rebuilding the jet is a dead...
Key Points and Summary – The F-22 Raptor is widely regarded as the world’s premier air-superiority fighter, yet the U.S. will never build more...