Daily Archives: Dec 15, 2025

Stealth and speed are insufficient to win wars or contracts. The YF-23 Black Widow II, the more frequently praised faster and stealthier alternative, lost to the F-22 Raptor in one of the most significant fighter competitions in the modern era. The result continues to fuel controversy among aviation professionals...

The leveling of Iran's best-defended nuclear facilities by Israeli and American airstrikes was, by any battlefield measure, a technical achievement. But the 12-Day War's aftermath is a chastening reminder: even the most advanced air campaigns can produce limited strategic dividends. As policymakers and defense experts sort through the rubble,...

Is the cosmos full of life, or are we really alone? Trying to find out, astronomers have been scanning the heavens for planets outside our solar system that are so bizarre and extreme that they push the imagination and sometimes even the physics we think we understand. With each...