Daily Archives: Dec 17, 2025

The U.S. Air Force is at a critical juncture: bet big on a proven air superiority platform with next‑generation upgrades, or spend big on an unproven, multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar sixth‑generation fighter. With the "F‑22 Super" modernization and the newly named F‑47 NGAD fighter both requiring enormous resources, the issue is whether...

$1.7 trillion that's the estimated life-cycle cost of the F-35 Lightning II program, the most expensive weapon system in history. And for sticker price per plane, the F-35 doesn't even rank. In the high-stakes game of military aviation, price tags are determined by more than pure performance they are...

"The list of egregious scientific errors. is too long to be acceptable." That stern assessment, from British Antarctic Survey ocean modeller Dr. Kaitlin Naughten, wasn't of a cheaply made B-movie, but of a $550 million-grossing Hollywood blockbuster. Science on the big screen frequently sacrifices accuracy for drama, and though...