Steve Balestrieri is a National Security Columnist. He has served as a US Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer before injuries forced his early separation. In addition to writing on defense, he covers the NFL for PatsFans.com and his work was regularly featured in the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers in Massachusetts.
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Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX 6th-generation stealth fighter program has been effectively defunded, with its budget “slashed to the bone”...
Key Points and Summary – After the U.S. chose the YF-22 for its next-generation fighter, the legendary YF-23 prototype seemed destined for a museum....
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s S-500 “Prometheus” is its next-generation mobile air-defense system, designed to supplement and eventually replace the capable S-400. -Moscow...
Key Points and Summary – The F-117 Nighthawk was the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, a revolutionary design from Lockheed’s Skunk Works that changed...
MiG-25 Defection Key Words and Summary – In 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko made a daring defection, landing his top-secret MiG-25 Foxbat fighter in...