F-22 Raptor 2.0

F-22 “Raptor 2.0” Modernization Takes Shape, New Model Displays Extended-Range Stealth Configuration

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is poised for one of the most significant transformations in its operational life, as the U.S. Air Force pushes forward with a sweeping modernization package informally dubbed “Raptor 2.0.” Unveiled in production-representative scale model form...
DF-26 ,China Missiles

China’s Missiles Are Forcing US to Shift From Static Bases to Mobile, Pulsed, and Distributed Airpower in Pacific

In war planning rooms across the Pentagon, a quiet revolution is underway. Faced with a rapidly modernizing People’s Liberation Army and an increasingly contested Western Pacific battlespace, US strategists are rethinking how airpower, ground fires and maritime maneuver can survive...
F22 vs. F4

How A 2013 F-22–F-4 Encounter Exposed Iran’s Air Power Vulnerability As US Masses Forces In Middle East

As the United States assembles some of its most advanced fighter jets, airborne early warning aircraft, aerial refueling tankers, and carrier strike groups in the Middle East, a dramatic encounter from 2013 has resurfaced as a powerful reminder of the...
R-73 missile

Ukraine Offers Combat-Proven Sea Drones to Japan as Zelenskyy Seeks Strategic Defence Partnership Amid Rising China, Russia, and North Korea Threats

As tensions continue to simmer across Europe and the Indo-Pacific, Ukraine has proposed sharing its combat-proven naval drone technology with Japan—an offer that could mark a significant shift in Tokyo’s traditionally cautious defence posture and deepen strategic ties between Kyiv...
Marines Lay Out Sweeping New Vision to Fill Capability Gaps After AV-8B Harrier and AH-1Z Viper Retirements

Marines Lay Out Sweeping New Vision to Fill Capability Gaps After AV-8B Harrier and AH-1Z Viper Retirements, With FASt Also Targeting Post-Hornet Strike Demands

The U.S. Marine Corps is quietly laying the groundwork for what could become one of the most transformative shifts in its aviation history: a single, flexible “capability” designed to fill the operational gaps left by the retirement of the AV-8B...
F-16

F-16 Wild Weasel Fighters Deploy With Angry Kitten Pods, Boosting Survivability in High-Risk Middle East Airspace

A group of Block 52 F-16CJ Vipers assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard has drawn significant attention after being spotted heading east across the Atlantic amid a widening buildup of U.S. forces linked to potential military action against...
Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Mahan crossed Strait

USS Gerald R. Ford Enters Mediterranean, US Military Buildup Intensifies Amid Trump’s Consideration of Iran Strike

The U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, has reentered the western Mediterranean, signaling a major escalation in America’s military posture as President Donald Trump weighs options for possible military action against Iran. The carrier, accompanied by...
Chinese test ship , new large caliber gun installed at Liaoning Shipyard

China Moves Toward Multi-Role Naval Gun Capabilities as Type 910 Test Ship Reveals Largest PLAN Artillery System Yet

A striking new piece of military hardware — a very large 155 mm naval gun — has been photographed installed aboard a Chinese weapons test ship, an installation that would represent the largest caliber naval gun ever seen on a vessel...
China Submarine

China’s Submarine Surge Tests Overtakes US Annual Launches, Can Challenge US Naval Dominance in Pacific

China’s accelerating nuclear submarine buildup is no longer just a shipyard story confined to satellite imagery and dry dock expansions. It has become a strategic test of whether faster industrial output can be converted into credible leverage against US sea...
F-35A Lightning II

How F‑35A Perfectly Fulfills US Air Force Multirole Mission Requirements from Air Superiority to Precision Strike

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is more than a fifth-generation fighter; it is the culmination of more than 80 years of American aeronautical innovation. Representing the apex of the “one plane that does it all” philosophy, the F-35 synthesizes...
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