Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Christian D. Orr explores the storied legacy of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, the most numerous class of capital ships in the 20th century. Known...
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Christian D. Orr explores the storied legacy of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, the most numerous class of capital ships in the 20th century. Known...
Lockheed Martin successfully tested the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2 on March 12, 2026. Featuring an advanced multi-mode seeker for moving maritime and...
The Crete Pivot and the Fire: Why the USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier is Leaving the Red Sea The USS Gerald R. Ford...
The 145-Bomber Mandate: Why STRATCOM Wants a Second B-21 Production Line The up-and-coming Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider 6th-generation stealth bomber is not a supersonic...
The retirement of the Ohio-class SSGNs represents the single largest loss of conventional "magazine depth" in the history of the U.S. Navy. In 2026,...
China says it has already identified aerodynamic flaws in America's B-21 Raider stealth bomber using simulation software — before the aircraft has even entered...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer and Pentagon contractor, revisits the 2012 RED FLAG Alaska exercise in which German Luftwaffe Eurofighter...
The deployment of the Type-12 to Kyushu represents a fundamental change in the Japanese security architecture. For decades, the "Shield and Spear" arrangement left...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer and Pentagon contractor, traces the evolution of the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress — from its 1960...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer and Pentagon contractor, reports on Northrop Grumman's accelerated B-21 Raider production program following a February...