Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The United States built 185 F-22 Raptors before shutting down production and destroying the manufacturing tooling in 2011. That was a strategic mistake. The...
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As the Iran war grinds on, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cast around for rationales to justify US bombing. The president...
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...
We Got Up Close to the F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter: The F-22 Raptor first took to the skies on September 7, 1997, and formally...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force has accepted 105 Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tankers without ever fully certifying the program as...
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...
The United States Military Academy at West Point is one of the most prestigious military academies in the entire world. It has produced the...
New legislation, the Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act (H.R. 8281), could expand eligibility for federal veteran benefits for National Guard members on...
Summary and Key Points: On November 2, 1985, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) struck Bishop Rock at Cortes Bank, approximately...
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” – General Douglas MacArthur In many ways, the Second World War...
With the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran due to expire on April 22, President Donald Trump may soon face the same...
Key Points and Summary – Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., possessed what Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz called coup d’oeil — the...
Veteran says VA denied him coverage for cancer treatment: In another story about the Veterans’ Administration not providing adequate care, a veteran with stage-4...
America’s Lunar Base Must Be Commercial From Day One: With NASA’s recent declaration laying out national space policy, America has now committed itself to...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Defense and aerospace industrial firms from the Islamic Republic of Iran that had been scheduled and confirmed to participate in Defense...
Key Points and Summary: “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Napoleon Bonaparte made the observation aboard HMS...
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is...
Three and a half months after Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Caribbean air travel is finally returning to normal — Puerto...
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...
The United States built 185 F-22 Raptors before shutting down production and destroying the manufacturing tooling in 2011. That was a strategic mistake. The...
The Navy’s F/A-XX Program Downselect Expected In August: The Navy’s long-anticipated F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter program is expected to have an announced builder by August....
General George S. Patton Jr.’s observation captures the command philosophy that drove one of the most consequential operational achievements of World War II: the...
The British Royal Navy had high hopes for its two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. They were supposed to have a global reach and help...
During a 1999 NATO exercise, designated as JTFEX/TMDI 99, an older Dutch diesel-electric submarine, the HNLMS Walrus (S802), shocked the sailors serving aboard the...
