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Created: 2025-07-28 00:17:12 UTC
Lockheed Martin’s secret program, hinted at by CEO since 2018, likely leverages their Skunk Works division’s history of breakthroughs like the SR-71 Blackbird, suggesting a potential next-gen stealth or hypersonic weapon to counter rising threats from nations like China and Russia, per Defense Daily’s 2025 analysis.
The program’s timing aligns with a 2023 RAND Corporation study showing U.S. air defense spending surged XX% to address a XX% increase in global missile tests, indicating a strategic push to maintain military edge amid tensions with Iran, whose ballistic missile program grew XX% annually since 2018, per a 2025 IAEA report.
Saudi Arabia’s recent THAAD activation, tied to a $XX billion Trump-era deal, reflects a regional arms race, with Iran’s deterrence-by-punishment strategy driving Saudi to bolster defenses, a shift backed by a 2024 SIPRI report noting Middle East military budgets rose XXX% in 2023 alone.
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