Daily Archives: Mar 17, 2026

Stealth wins. That's the blunt truth many air combat analysts return to when comparing the U.S. Air Force's upgraded F-22 "Super" Raptor with Sweden's latest JAS 39E/F Gripen. But the real story is far more layered, shaped by doctrine, technology, and the very different strategic realities each aircraft was...

Could a burst of charged particles from the Sun bring a billion-dollar Mars mission to a standstill? That's just what has happened to NASA's ESCAPADE mission, destined to ride the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket to the Red Planet. Already delayed from launch by terrestrial weather, it's now facing...

Three hours from U.S. shores, a sanctioned petrostate is turning into a nexus of great-power rivalry. As Washington ratchets up its military posture in the Caribbean, Beijing is working to lock in economic and strategic footholds in Venezuela-a country already entangled with Russia, Iran, and Cuba. The result is...