Analysis
The written breakdown behind every video: how the system works, the numbers that matter, and what it changes.
Why the US Navy handed Boeing its second 6th-gen fighter
Boeing now holds both of America's sixth-generation fighters. What the F/A-XX is for, why the F-47 could not simply go to sea, and the missile gap it is built to close.
The B-21 is coming. Why spend $21 billion on the B-52?
Ten of thirteen B-52 modernization programs are behind on cost, schedule or performance. The Air Force is paying for them anyway, while it speeds up the B-21.
USS John F. Kennedy: America's answer to China's missile wall
The Navy is building CVN-79 around a fighter that carries less internally than the Super Hornet beside it. Why the F-35C and the AIM-424 change what a carrier can do.
Japan's $2,500 answer to China's 3,000 missiles
No budget Tokyo can write will match China's missile force. So Japan is importing a cheap interceptor drone forged in Ukraine's war instead.
Why Iran's new nuclear bunker takes so many aircraft to hit
The site sits under more than 100 meters of granite. Why one target needs bombers, fighters, tankers, jammers and even a business jet that carries no bombs.
The railgun America gave up on, and why it's back
Sixteen years and nearly a billion dollars, then the Navy shelved it in 2021. Now the same weapon is being drawn onto the bow of America's newest warship.