Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
German authorities have launched a criminal investigation after three US Air Force F-16 pilots were targeted by high-powered lasers. The incidents occurred on December...
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German authorities have launched a criminal investigation after three US Air Force F-16 pilots were targeted by high-powered lasers. The incidents occurred on December...
General Dynamics built the F-16XL fighter prototype with 27 hardpoints. The standard F-16 has 9 hardpoints. The F-16XL had 120% more wing area than...
China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea aren’t just military infrastructure—they’re permanently staffed military nodes housing between 5,000 and 10,000 troops across 27...
China’s island-building campaign is mostly addressed from a military angle. But ecologists often describe the decline as among the fastest in coral reef history....
The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, has been in overhaul for five years and counting. The original timeline called for...
The Tu-22M3 “Backfire” is a Cold War-era long-range bomber used for maritime strike and theater-level missile delivery. A long-time staple of the Russian fleet,...
One of the defining features of Operation Epic Fury, a high-intensity air and sea campaign against Iran, was an unprecedented level of missile expenditure....
The Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)) is no longer just rhetoric; it is now a formally budgeted program. The administration’s FY2027 request included $1.8B for R&D...
The conventional assumption, perhaps Hollywood-driven, is that nuclear submarine command is the most stressful leadership post in the Navy—nuclear reactors, confined spaces, ocean depths,...
Key Takeaways: Four in ten American workers across every generational cohort — including 57 percent of workers ages 18 to 34, 42 percent of...