Daily Archives: Mar 15, 2026

It started with a radar observer gazing at an empty screen, aware that a jet existed somewhere but unable to spot it. That instant repeated thousands of times in training and, sporadically, in combat sums up the art of stealth warfare: to be present without being seen. In 2025,...

Has stealth at last met its match? For decades, American air superiority has been epitomized by aircraft like the F‑22 Raptor and F‑35 Lightning II, slipping past arrays of radar and attacking before they're ever sighted. But Chinese claims in recent decades suggest that that advantage may be going...

What do you get when you combine a nuclear-powered carrier, electromagnetic catapults, and precision nuclear-capable fighters? For Italy, it could be the most ambitious leap in naval aviation since the Cold War. The nation's defense planners are sketching out a future where endurance, autonomy, and enhanced air power converge...