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A STRONG OFFENSE FOR THE WORLD OF DEFENSE July 10, 2026 Much discussion and debate continue to surround a video said to have been taken near Area 51 that went viral after it was released last month. The footage shows an exotic aircraft that still looks likely to be a progenitor of Boeing’s F-47 sixth-generation fighter for the U.S. Air Force. Its apparent design, with a long shovel-like nose, large canards, and rear-set swept wings, is much different from the tailless, modified delta-winged heavy fighter that many were expecting to come out of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. This, in turn, raises interesting questions about why certain design decisions may have been made and the broader implications of the resulting tradeoffs. Read our feature story here. Must Read Articles Ukrainian-Built Patriot Missiles Won’t Be Defending The Country’s Skies Anytime Soon Trump promised to give Ukraine a license to assemble its own Patriot interceptors, but actually doing so will take many, many months, at best. READ NOW Russia Confirms Talks With Turkey Over Fate Of S-400s Amid F-35 Push Ankara is reportedly eyeing the transfer of the Russian-made SAM systems to a Gulf country in a bid to have Washington lift its F-35 embargo. READ NOW F-22 Raptors Arrive In England After Deployment To Israel For Iran War The F-22s are part of a larger retrograde of airpower out of the CENTCOM region while at the same time the prospects of renewed fighting grow. READ NOW Chinese J-15 Fighter Seen Launching From A Carrier With Four Anti-Ship Missiles For First Time The catapult-equipped Fujian is now unlocking the J-15T’s strike potential. READ NOW Germany To Buy Ground-Launched Tomahawk Missiles The planned purchase marks a major shift in NATO‘s conventional strike posture as allies respond to the threat from Russia. READ NOW Taiwan’s Skyguard Anti-Aircraft Guns Now Equipped With Anti-Drone Nets The protection reflects the growing threat Chinese drones pose to the very air-defense systems meant to shoot them down. READ NOW From the Archive Surface-Launched Version Of The Tomcat’s AIM-54 Phoenix Missile Nearly Armed Cold War Carriers The Sea Phoenix air defense system would have ported the weapons system from the F-14 Tomcat onto Navy flattops. READ NOW Hot Shots U.S. military aircraft supporting the Freedom 250 celebration are staged across the flight line at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sean Evans Tactical air control party (TACP) Airmen watch a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during RED FLAG-Alaska 26-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Bre Lewis U.S. Navy and international ships transit New York Harbor during International Naval Review 250. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Belinda Guachun-Chichay