Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Brandon J. Weichert, a senior national security editor and author, evaluates the end of the U.S. Navy’s "era of impunity" in the Indo-Pacific. The...
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Brandon J. Weichert, a senior national security editor and author, evaluates the end of the U.S. Navy’s "era of impunity" in the Indo-Pacific. The...
The U.S. Marine Corps is reasserting its independence in 2026 by formally declining the Army’s M7 Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) in favor of...
Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, a former U.S. Army Infantry officer and defense expert, evaluates the widening "experience gap" between the PLAAF and the U.S....
Summary and Key Points: The T-14 Armata, developed by Uralvagonzavod, represents a radical departure from Soviet tank doctrine with its unmanned turret and armored...
The U.S. Navy is navigating a critical "trough" in undersea firepower. The retirement of just four Ohio-class SSGNs removes more than 600 Tomahawk launch...
Despite being a septuagenarian "Stratosaurus" with neither stealth nor supersonic speed, the B-52 remains a cornerstone of Operation Epic Fury, striking including ballistic missile...
France committed to sending Mirage 2000-5 fighters to Ukraine as part of France’s military air support to help Ukraine’s defenders counter Russia's invasions. And,...
The retirement of the four SSGNs—USS Ohio, USS Michigan, USS Florida, and USS Georgia—removes a total of 616 vertical launch cells from the undersea...
The conversion of the Zumwalt-class required a radical structural overhaul, stripping out the massive 155mm guns to make room for 87-inch-diameter missile tubes.
The U.S. Navy is facing a high-stakes "firepower gap" as it approaches the mandatory retirement of the Ohio-class fleet. As of March 2026, the...