Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Captain Jeff Haney was suffocating at altitude in an F-22 Raptor with a known oxygen system defect. The Air Force blamed him for the...
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Captain Jeff Haney was suffocating at altitude in an F-22 Raptor with a known oxygen system defect. The Air Force blamed him for the...
No enemy ever shot down an SR-71 Blackbird in 25 years of flying over hostile territory. Twelve were destroyed anyway — and the last...
The Air Force just permanently stationed its most advanced fighter in northern Japan, closer to China than ever before. There’s one problem — Taiwan...
Trump declared ‘total and complete victory’ over Iran. Russia’s newspapers are laughing, China brokered the deal he couldn’t, and the U.S. burned through 18...
The SR-71 Blackbird was the fastest plane ever built, but it was never allowed to carry a weapon. Lockheed wanted to change that —...
Colonel Richard Sheffield’s right engine exploded at Mach 2.88 and 68,000 feet over Oklahoma. His back was still sore from ejecting the year before...
A $201 million F-22 Raptor was destroyed because of a mistake someone made while washing it. The Air Force sealed the investigation and refused...
China published a study claiming the J-20 defeats the F-22 Raptor 95% of the time. What the headlines didn’t mention: the same study showed...
In March 2026, senior U.S. Army officials confirmed they are preparing a narrower version of “right to repair” legislation after Congress removed broader provisions...
During the Operation Epic Fury in Iran, which now appears to have been temporarily paused with a two-week ceasefire, the U.S. reportedly used a...