Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Now six years old, the U.S. Space Force remains an unusual service—formally independent, yet embedded inside the Department of the Air Force and built...
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Now six years old, the U.S. Space Force remains an unusual service—formally independent, yet embedded inside the Department of the Air Force and built...
Synopsis: Following the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, analysts are questioning whether Cuba will be the next domino to fall. -The Havana...
Key Points and Summary – China’s DF-27 is alarming less for its speed or range than for what it blurs: the line between conventional...
Synopsis: This piece argues that the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela may be tactically impressive but strategically perilous. -The author sketches a...
Key Points and Summary – As Pentagon leaders float changes to the combatant command system, the bigger—and more consequential—target sits upstream: the military services...
It is in the DNA of Star Wars to borrow from other genres. Indeed, George Lucas built his science fiction universe around the visual...
The M10 Booker is dead. What was the M10 Booker? That’s a more complicated question than you probably realize. But now, possibly because no...
Has Donald Trump wrecked the single most important relationship in American foreign policy? Remaining on good terms with Canada is a diplomatic slam dunk,...
Mark Carney has his victory and his mandate. During the campaign he promised to revisit a deal that would eventually bring eighty-eight F-35s to...
Key Points: The US Navy’s DDG(X) program aims to develop a large next-generation destroyer (~13,500 tons) by the late 2030s, replacing aging Arleigh Burke...