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Global Security News 17 June 2025 - 22 July 2025

F-35 Lightning Strikes in 2025: Upgrades, War Zones, and Global Controversies

F-35 Lightning Strikes in 2025: Upgrades, War Zones, and Global Controversies

In 2025 the F-35 program began full Block 4 modernization, adding more than 75 enhancements, including the APG-85 AESA radar replacing the APG-81 and the TR-3 hardware/software upgrade that enables sensor fusion and open-system architecture. By May 1, 2025 Lockheed Martin had cleared the TR-3 backlog and delivered the last of 72 TR-3-era airframes, reaching roughly 200 F-35s delivered with TR-3 hardware by mid-2025 while full Block 4 software awaited U.S. certification. 2025 was targeted as a record production year with 170–190 total F-35 deliveries planned. Israel’s F-35I Adir jets flew notional Iran strikes in June 2025 with one-way ranges
22 July 2025
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China’s Secret Weapon Revealed: Inside the 2025 Stealth Carrier That Could Change Everything

China’s Secret Weapon Revealed: Inside the 2025 Stealth Carrier That Could Change Everything

China formally unveiled a stealth aircraft carrier program in 2025, highlighted by CCTV footage showing two J-35 prototypes in a Shenyang hangar and Fujian sea-trial progress. The Type 003 Fujian is the first Chinese carrier with electromagnetic catapults (EMALS), configured with three EMALS launchers, displacing about 80,000–85,000 tons and measuring roughly 318 meters. The J-35 stealth fighter is the program’s crown jewel, a twin-engine fifth-generation carrier jet designed for deck operations, with prototypes spotted in 2025 and intended for internal bays and AESA radar. The J-15T upgrade equips a CATOBAR-capable, WS-10 engine-powered variant with reinforced landing gear, a nose refueling
15 July 2025
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2025 Fighter Jet Revolution: New Stealth Fighters, Global Deals, and Sky-High Showdowns

2025 Fighter Jet Revolution: New Stealth Fighters, Global Deals, and Sky-High Showdowns

China publicly unveiled the Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter in 2025, with at least two J-35 prototypes seen at the SAC aircraft plant signaling low-rate production and a land-based J-35A variant. An upgraded J-15T naval fighter was revealed, featuring new indigenous engines, catapult launch capability for China’s carrier Fujian, an AESA radar, and compatibility with PL-10 and PL-15 missiles. The United States unveiled the F-47 NGAD in March 2025, Boeing winning the contract to build the world’s first crewed sixth-generation fighter, with a projected fleet of 220–250 NGADs and advanced AI copilots and modular design. Turkey’s TF-X Kaan completed its maiden
14 July 2025
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The Ultimate Global Missile Guide: Secret Weapons and Strategic Arsenals Revealed

The Ultimate Global Missile Guide: Secret Weapons and Strategic Arsenals Revealed

The United States fields the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM (silo-based) with a ~13,000 km range that carries 1× nuclear RV (W78/W87, ~335 kt) and the UGM-133 Trident II D5 SLBM (submarine-launched) with >12,000 km range capable of up to 8 MIRVs (W76/W88). The U.S. LRHW “Dark Eagle” program develops a long-range hypersonic boost-glide missile with a ~2,775 km range using a 2-stage solid booster and an HGV. Russia fields the RS-28 Sarmat heavy ICBM (silo-based) with 10,000–18,000 km range and Mach 20+ reentry, and it deploys the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. China’s DF-41 is a mobile, road-mobile ICBM with a
17 June 2025
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