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China Is Building a Lot of J-20 Fighters Fast: Although the United States builds more stealth fighters of a higher caliber than China, the production gap between the two countries is rapidly narrowing, an expert on Chinese air power explained.

During comments given as part of the Air & Space Forces Association’s annual Warfare Symposium, J. Michael Dahm, a senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, explained that commercially available satellite imagery reveals China is greatly expanding its production base for fifth-generation aircraft.

J-20 Fighter Firing Missile.

I co-founded Kessel Run, the Department of War’s (DoW) first software factory, with a simple mission: To continuously deliver valuable software that warfighters love. At our peak, we deployed five applications from concept to operations in an average of 124 days, reducing target development timelines by 85%. Section 31, the U.S. Space Force’s first software factory, deployed eight applications to operations in an average of 64 days and reduced conjunction analysis from three hours to 15 minutes.
These outcomes weren’t luck.

In 2024, Judd Devermont wrote, “Human Geography Is Mission-Critical,” where he argued that the United States should focus on behaviors and attitudes informed by human geography to craft better strategy. Two years later, we asked Judd to revisit his arguments. Image: Samuel Lamptey via Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2024 article, you argued that the United States needed to focus its attention on behaviors and attitudes informed by human geography to craft strategy that adequately navigates a more complex world and threat environment.

The war in Iran and the wide array of persistent global threats indicate that cruise missiles will likely endure into the future. The need for long-range, stand-off weapons such as Tomahawk missiles, for example, is not likely to diminish anytime soon. Tomahawks are vital munitions—they can change course in flight, hit moving targets, and provide a drone-like surveillance ability.

Submarine-fired Tomahawks are often the first weapons to strike.

USS Iowa Tomahawk Box. National Security Journal Photo.

This has been true across many years of conflict.

Applied Intuition UK demonstrated a tactical strike mission scenario powered by its autonomy software product in South Wales.

When it debuted, it was the world’s leading air superiority fighter. Dual-engined, with sleek lines and a robust radar-mitigation capability, the F-22 Raptor was the U.S. Air Force’s dream platform. Built to wrest control of the skies from Soviet aircraft, the stealth fighter was years ahead of its peers.

So why was the Raptor production line permanently closed down after less than 200 of them had been built?

U.S. Air Force Maj.

As the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency adopts artificial intelligence into HR workflows, the organization is taking a prudent approach to ensure its workforce doesn’t become overdependent on the technology.

The S-400 is Russia’s most advanced operational long-range air defense system and forms the centerpiece of Russia’s integrated air defense network.

Though the S-500, recently put into service, offers some advancements. The S-400 entered service with Russia in 2007 and is the successor to the S-300P series air defense systems.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 199th Air Expeditionary Squadron sits beneath a hangar as the sun sets in Northern Territory, Australia, July 16, 2025, during Talisman Sabre 2025.

Pack-out day, 2026. A crew you did not hire shows up in a truck from a company you have never heard of. They wrap your grandmother’s dining table in one layer of brown paper, scribble “SC” (scratched) on an inventory sheet you can barely read, and ask you to sign.
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Three weeks later, at the new house, the table arrives with a leg snapped off, and the scratch code they wrote that morning is now the reason your claim is being negotiated instead of paid out.

When orders drop, most military families pack for one move. Families who are enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP)  pack at least three. There’s the household, the boxes, the truck, and the mileage log. 
Then there’s the medical move with records transfers, specialty referrals, prior authorizations, durable medical equipment logistics, and the prayer that a pediatric neurologist exists within an hour’s drive of the new duty station.