Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Eighty years ago tomorrow Kido Butai, the carrier strike arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy, struck the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Several...
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Eighty years ago tomorrow Kido Butai, the carrier strike arm of the Imperial Japanese Navy, struck the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Several...
We have a Space Force, but we’re still not sure how to fight space war. It’s 2021, and no one has ever fought a...
What’s cooking with India’s third aircraft carrier? The latest reports indicate that INS Vishal, slated to become India’s third operational aircraft carrier within the...
What does it mean to say that the United States suffers from an “Imperial Presidency Problem?” For at least the last fifty years, it...
Last week Russia blew up one of its own satellites in a surprise test of its anti-satellite capabilities. This is far from the first...
How did we convince ourselves that naval power didn’t matter? Navies haven’t disappeared, of course, but reasons to believe in the decisive nature of...
We have a new naval reality, not just because the sea has changed but also because the balance of maritime power has changed. The...
The rise of China’s navy (PLAN) has truly been remarkable by any benchmark anyone could reasonably set. Since the dawn of ironclad navies, the...
How much spending is too much spending? James Laurenceson and Chengxin Pin ask this question in the context of the rhetoric surrounding AUKUS, which...
Colin Powell has passed away, and we have begun to engage with the enigma of his life and career. To declare a public figure...