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Only 200 NGAD Needed: What Everyone Misses on the F-47 Fighter
On March 21, President Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin surprised the world by announcing a $20 billion contract with Boeing...
The U.S. Navy’s Great Nuclear Attack Submarine Shortage Is Real
Not Enough U.S. Navy Submarines? Yes. There must be a way to counteract the growth of the Chinese and Russian navies. China has the world’s largest maritime branch, and Russia...
The Navy’s F-14 Tomcat Had a ‘Bad Engine’ Problem
When the F-14 Tomcat first entered service, it was powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney TF30 engines that had been designed for the F-111B, which was more multi-role...
F-14 Tomcat vs. F/A-18 Hornet: Did the Navy Make the Wrong Call?
Over 50 years after it first flew and almost two decades after it was retired from service with the United States Navy, the military aviation enthusiast community’s love affair with...
China’s Revolutionary J-50 Stealth Fighter Is Built for 1 Mission
The Challenge the U.S. Military in the Sky: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is well-known for its theatrics when introducing a new-generation weapon system, particularly tactical combat aircraft. The...
F/A-XX: The Navy’s New 6th-Generation NGAD Fighter Fails a Key Range Test
The Navy Might Have a F/A-XX Range Problem: The U.S. Navy and its aircraft carriers patrolling East Asia have a problem. They are often in range of Chinese anti-ship ballistic...
Russia’s T-72 Main Battle Tank Was Built for 1 Mission
It Was Built for WWIII Against NATO. It Now Fights in Ukraine: The T-72 main battle tank (MBT) is one of the most iconic and widely used tanks in the...
China’s J-50 6th-Generation Fighter Is Built for Just 1 Mission
Beat the U.S. Military in a War: China has been busy churning out naval ships and aircraft, and two new sixth-generation fighters are going through flight testing. The latest is...
SR-72 Darkstar Has 1 ‘Weapon’ Russia and China Can’t Hope to Match
Summary and Key Points: Lockheed Martin’s iconic SR-71 Blackbird, once the world’s fastest aircraft, has fueled speculation about a possible successor, the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird.” -Hints from Lockheed, particularly...
Russia’s ‘New’ Tu-160M Mach 2 Bomber Simply Summed Up in 4 Words
Russia’s decision to resurrect the Cold War-era Tu-160 as an upgraded variant, the Tu-160M, is a result of an increased need for a long-range stand-off strike platform to strike targets...
The AUKUS Submarine Problem Australia Never Saw Coming
Australia Will Need an Alternative in the Ongoing AUKUS Predicament: Australia, a key country in the Indo-Pacific, is part of the highly anticipated AUKUS trilateral alliance with the United States...
Russia’s Tu-160M Bomber Is Making the Most Unlikely of Comebacks
Russia’s decision to resurrect the Cold War-era Tu-160 as an upgraded variant, the Tu-160M, is a result of an increased need for a long-range stand-off strike platform to strike targets...
Russia’s Sierra II-Class Submarine Has a Titanium Hull the Navy Can’t Match
One thing you can depend on when analyzing the Russian navy is the success of its submarine force over the decades. The Kremlin and admirals in the maritime branch have...
The Navy Never Built Deep Diving ‘Titanium’ Attack Submarines like Russia
The U.S. Navy has built some fantastic submarines in the past 100 years. But one thing they haven’t built is a titanium-hulled sub. The Soviets did, with their Lira-class submarines,...
Ukraine’s Tank Crisis: Why NATO Support Might Not Be Enough
Summary and Key Points: Ukraine’s tank fleet has suffered heavy losses during the ongoing war with Russia, surpassing its prewar numbers. -Initially equipped with around 800-900 tanks, Ukraine’s fleet has...
U.S. Military to Hold Mysterious Wargames in China’s Backyard This Summer
The long-anticipated U.S. pivot to Asia is gaining steam. Multiple branches of the U.S. military, as well as partners and allies in the Indo-Pacific region, are rolling up their sleeves...
Boeing’s F-47 NGAD 6th-Generation Fighter Might Be a Big Mistake
On March 21, it was announced that Boeing had won the contract to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, now christened the F-47. Experts and enthusiasts alike are...
The Partition of Ukraine: How the War with Russia Ends?
Partition Ukraine? Special Envoy General Keith Kellogg has reportedly proposed partitioning Ukraine. “You could almost make it look like what happened with Berlin after World War Two, when you had...
The Russian Air Force Has a Problem It Never Saw Coming
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), or what many call the Russian Air Force, have lost another Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber aircraft. This most recent incident took place on April 3,...
Forget the F-35 or F-47: Dassault Rafale Fighter Is a Powerhouse (No Stealth Needed)
In the 1980s, France was involved with a European consortium to build the next great European fighter. However, the French preferred a lightweight, multirole land and naval-based aircraft, while the...