Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

Charles Mitchell

9 Chilling Revelations from Ukraine’s Latest Russian Intercepts

The newest intercepts from Ukraine's military intelligence paint a grim picture of Russia's battlefield conduct. In one exchange, Russian troops are heard navigating by the corpses of their own comrades, using the dead as waypoints in a shattered landscape. In another, commanders order the execution of surrendering Ukrainian soldiers-a...
Charles Mitchell

9 Strategic Upgrades Keeping the F-22 Raptor Combat-Ready Until the F-47...

But what happens when the most advanced U.S. Air Force fighter faces adversaries deploying quantum radars, long-range missiles, and integrated air defenses, with its successor years away? The answer lies in an elaborate campaign that keeps the F-22 Raptor relevant until the sixth-generation Boeing F-47 enters into operational service....
Charles Mitchell

9 Reasons Boeing Beat Lockheed for the F‑47 Stealth Fighter

Why would the U.S. Air Force entrust its most ambitious fighter jet program in decades to a company still shaking off high-profile mishaps? That's what many in defense circles thought when Boeing, rather than Lockheed Martin, landed the contract to build the F‑47 America's first sixth-generation stealth fighter. The move...