Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
When It Came to the SR-71 Blackbird, No Record Was Safe: You love the SR-71 Blackbird for its sleek lines, intimidating black color, and...
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What the Iran War Teaches China About a Taiwan Crisis: Recent assessments are that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is learning a great...
The U.S. Navy has sealed every Iranian port — no ship of any nation gets in or out. If Iran fires a single missile...
US President Donald Trump is now threatening to blockade the Gulf of Oman, the body of water between the Strait of Hormuz and the...
So, we’re doing this. Again. After talks between the US and Iranian delegations collapsed over the course of twenty-one hours in Pakistan, President Trump has...
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...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, despite weighing over 100,000 tons, uses its massive nuclear reactors to move at speeds over 30 knots or almost 35...
The Trump administration just walked away from a major submarine repair because the economics (and the painful reality) no longer made sense. This move...
A fresh front has just opened in Canada’s cumbersome fighter jet debate. CBC News reported on Monday that Saab has made a lucrative offer...
We all remember the iconic scene in the first “Top Gun” film. Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, tells his Radar Intercept Officer (RIO), “Sorry,...
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” – Quote of the day by Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein...
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about...
New Countermine System Aims to Flip Script for U.S. Naval Allies: One aspect of naval warfare that the United States and its allies must...
In mid-March, the USS Tripoli and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit threaded through the Strait of Malacca heading west — an American warship and...
There is an old rule in medicine that applies with uncomfortable precision to war: never stop taking antibiotics halfway through the course. Do, and...
U.S. Central Command has announced that the United States will blockade the Strait of Hormuz beginning today. This is a surprising move that comes...
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s rule over Hungary has ended after 16 years. Despite the best efforts of the United States and Russia, who were...
While Russian combat aircraft excel in raw speed, maneuverability, and durability for rugged environments, they lack the advanced stealth, radar systems, and multi-role versatility...
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...
When It Came to the SR-71 Blackbird, No Record Was Safe: You love the SR-71 Blackbird for its sleek lines, intimidating black color, and...
USS Nimitz: When America’s Most Iconic Supercarrier Became an Inferno – America’s Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier replaced the Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier decades ago. The namesake...
Taken at face value, the thought of A-10 Warthog and pilots of other military aircraft running the air conditioning full blast while flying in...
The American-made P-40E Warhawk, aka Kittyhawk (not to be confused with the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk [CV-63]) is one of the...
The U.S.-made A-1H Skyraider was a single-engine propeller-driven warplane. It looked woefully obsolescent in the Jet Age, yet it served ably during the hot...
