Beijing wants the world to know it will have a better sixth-generation stealth jet fighter than Washington, but is such a claim really plausible?

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China Claims It Will Win the Race to a New Stealth Fighter

The SR-71 Blackbird was incredibly fast to the point to where it could out run most attempts by Soviet planes to catch up and fly near it.

Listen to This Russian Pilot Trying to Intercept an SR-71 Spy Plane

Bush’s foreign policy legacy has been rightfully tainted, but he somewhat redeems himself in this one way.

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PEPFAR: George W. Bush’s Greatest Foreign Policy Success

Although it might be amusing to speculate that they were UFOs, a more likely and concerning answer is that they were from a foreign military.

Not UFOs: The Navy Finally Speaks On Mysterious West Coast Drone Swarms

Serbia’s vaccine success story with the help of China and Russia will have strong geopolitical repercussions and are likely to cement a long-term Russian and Chinese presence in the region.

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How Serbia’s Coronavirus Vaccines are Resetting Balkan Animosities

Jordan has weathered a series of dire challenges in recent years, including the hosting of millions of refugees and new stresses brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Why Jordan’s Apparent Coup Attempt Could Throw the Middle East Into Turmoil

Even the best comparable jets from Russia and China cannot compete.

Forget the Haters: America's F-35 Stealth Fighter Is Second To None

Beijing assumes that America's rise in its hemisphere was assured, and uses such as model to claim dominance over East Asia. It ignores the complicated history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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