Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
One of the primary objectives of Operation Epic Fury was to degrade and destroy Iran’s offensive capabilities. While targeting Iranian leadership and naval vessels...
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After talks collapsed between Iran and the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of Iranian ports and shipping. U.S. Central Command...
The United States’ April 13 naval blockade targets Iranian oil exports and could reshape global energy markets. This shift is arguably already underway, as economies...
Sending U.S. ground troops into Iran would be militarily risky and politically fraught. There is simply not enough civilian political support to send boots...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to blockade the Strait of Hormuz puts the United States at loggerheads with much of the rest of the...
One of the primary objectives of Operation Epic Fury was to degrade and destroy Iran’s offensive capabilities. While targeting Iranian leadership and naval vessels...
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has faced arms embargoes that prevented modernization of its manned air force, leaving it dependent on aging U.S.-...
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of the U.S. Navy‘s Ford-class nuclear-powered supercarriers. It is the world’s largest aircraft carrier—indeed,...
Operation Epic Fury, aka Operation Roaring Lion, i.e., the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against the theocratic terrorist regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Iran operates an undersea fleet of roughly 4 to 6 diesel-electric attack submarines armed with weapons, yet very little is known about how many...