Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
China is developing the "Open-Sea Floating Island" — a 30-story semi-submersible deep-sea research platform with 86,000 tons displacement and operational depth of 10,000 meters...
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Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s most technologically advanced surface warships — including the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and the...
The Iran debate in Washington is about which options Trump has left. That’s the wrong debate. The problem isn’t the menu — it’s that...
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year of hostilities, the dynamics on the ground and in the air are shifting. Having traveled...
The F/A-XX next-gen naval fighter concept video Northrop Grumman posted last Sunday runs for fifteen seconds. Tailless airframe, folding wings, dorsal intakes — the...
Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
Few American military figures remain as recognizable decades after their death as George S. Patton Jr. He was feared by his enemies and admired...
Summary and Key Points: The $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) cannot safely operate Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II fighters because the aircraft...
If you love the F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet, you will be glad to know that the Pentagon is doubling the acquisition effort. The...
A Good Plan, Violently Executed Now, Is Better Than A Perfect Plan Next Week – General George Patton General George Patton was an outstanding...
Is Florida Still An Inexpensive State To Live In?: The sunshine, the weather (no snow), and the proximity to both the Atlantic Ocean and...
“Water is $4.50 for a basic Desani. Smartwater is $6.25. Food is almost unaffordable, and people bring their own food now. Soon, we might...
My wife and I are political scientists, and what better way to study politics than living in Washington, DC? Plus, I am a foreign...
Key Takeaways: Four in ten American workers across every generational cohort — including 57 percent of workers ages 18 to 34, 42 percent of...
Donald Trump’s Way of War: An American Tradition At first, conventional minds worried that President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran would draw us into...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Defense and aerospace industrial firms from the Islamic Republic of Iran that had been scheduled and confirmed to participate in Defense...
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires tonight. No deal has been reached. No formal extension has been agreed. Vance is...
Key Points and Summary: “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Napoleon Bonaparte made the observation aboard HMS...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
China is developing the "Open-Sea Floating Island" — a 30-story semi-submersible deep-sea research platform with 86,000 tons displacement and operational depth of 10,000 meters...
What You Need to Know: Sometime during the 1960s-1970s, during a classified strategic reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Pacific port city of Vladivostok, a...
Summary and Key Points: On November 16, 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s X-43A experimental hypersonic uncrewed aerial vehicle — a 12-foot-long, 3,300-pound...
In a somewhat strange incident, a U.S. Navy sailor was medically evacuated after getting scratched by a monkey while on his way to remove...
A Finnish Air Force pilot completed his maiden training flight in a Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation stealth fighter at Ebbing Air National...
