Author: Michael

Somewhere in a Facebook group for parents of autistic young men, a mother posts a screenshot of a news headline about automatic Selective Service registration and typed three words underneath it: “Should I panic?”
The replies came fast, and so many of them were wrong.
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Automatic Selective Service registration is a real thing. An actual draft is not. Those are two entirely separate things, and that distinction is where most of the fear currently resides.

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Chinese aerospace researchers stated a few months ago that they may have identified potential aerodynamic weaknesses in the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation B-21 Raider stealth bomber using a sophisticated simulation system.

The claim originates with scientists at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre (CARDC), who reportedly used a digital modeling platform called PADJ-X to simulate the bomber’s flight characteristics based on publicly available images and design assumptions.

B-21 Raider. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Two years ago, a short news story appeared about the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) next-generation bomber, the Xi’an H-20. “After an official confirmation following an eight-year hiatus [of any program updates], the Air Force Deputy Commander has issued a ‘spoiler’ on the H-20: it’s almost here, just wait for it.”

Not much has been said about the program since, leading to questions about the true state of this aircraft’s production planning and schedule for introduction into service.

H-20 Bomber. Chinese Internet Social Media Screenshot.

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