Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets, operating from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, have been actively engaged in countering Houthi threats in the Red Sea,...
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Over at the Atlantic Council, former director of U.S. Navy strategy and operational concepts Bruce Stubbs probes “Ten Challenges to Implementing Force Design 2030.” Force...
It’s starting to feel like 1953 again, this time in Ukraine. That year is when the Koreas and their allies agreed on an armistice,...
I think Theodore Roosevelt would be dismayed at the state of global order today. It seems to be in retreat, or rather under concerted...
A friend serving in the U.S. Army asks: how can army leaders get their message about the army’s role in Pacific strategy to “resonate”...
A South Korean nuclear bomb is no panacea and should not dissuade from trying the diplomatic track toward North Korea.
The Battle of Khasham, initiated by Russian mercenaries, only heightened the Kremlin’s deep fears of direct conventional war with a military that currently excels...
While the T-14 tank's lighter weight raises questions about its survivability, its advanced thermal sights and powerful 1,500-2,000 horsepower engine might offer significant advantages.
In the wee hours of Sunday, May 12 a fire broke out at the Marywilska 44 shopping center, one of Poland’s largest. The conflagration...
In early 2008 Ben Bernanke’s Federal Reserve downplayed at great cost the downside risks to the economy coming from the subprime loan crisis. Today,...
One reason to think that the Fed will be mistaken in keeping interest rates high based on backward-looking data is that this policy exacerbates...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's stance on maintaining high-interest rates, despite significant inflation reduction, is critiqued amid fears of exacerbating a regional banking crisis...
In a significant move, the United States has imposed sanctions on the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (Moge), marking the first time the U.S....
President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a May 19, 2024 helicopter crash upended the race for a new supreme leader. Raisi was not only the...
Put simply, Russia’s genocidal war against Ukraine cannot and will not end as long as the Kremlin’s self-elected president, Vladimir Putin, remains in power.
In effect, Putin has clarified just how he sees Ukraine’s choices: it can either self-destruct by accepting his terms, or it can continue to...
Fifty years ago next month, Turkish troops poured into Cyprus and seized one-third of the island. Contrary to Turkish propaganda, the Turkish Army’s seizure...
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has reignited concerns about the relationship between Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, does not believe that federal mask mandates will return even...
There has been just enough distance and peace from COVID-19 restrictions and paranoia to let the horrible memories of those terrible two years fade...
Kirillov didn't just suggest that the United States was responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic but also claimed that the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and...
Those who seek peace in Gaza, however, should remember that this war is like most others: one party attacked, the other counter-attacked, and, for...
Time is a precious commodity in Israel’s fight against Hamas terrorists. As Israel prepares to enter Hamas’s final stronghold, Rafah, the United States should...
Despite what the donor class and old-line conservative punditry think, the conservative base has been Trumpified. Nikki Haley is running for the nomination of...
Summary: The article critiques America’s wavering commitment to its allies, highlighting the dangerous trend of strategic and political short-sightedness. It contrasts current political divisiveness...
If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...
We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...
North Korea has provided support in the civil wars in Ethiopia, Angola, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. Though the number of troops was small, North...
A vague North Korean-Russia alignment adds a new headache to East Asian security. But without China, it is still underpowered.
US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets, operating from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, have been actively engaged in countering Houthi threats in the Red Sea,...
China's rapid military build-up is more expansive than anything seen since World War II, which means it's on track with its 2027 goal to...
The U.S. Air Force is enhancing its operational efficiency and agility through the expansion of hot-pit refueling, a method that significantly reduces ground time...
The U.S. Air Force is one step closer to a new hypersonic missile capability. Last weekend, the Air Force completed important final testing on...
Rather than part company with reality, U.S. officials and opinion leaders should embrace it. Long-term Israeli-Palestinian peace requires, among other things, a destroyed Hamas,...