Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
A growing number of public reports suggest that a U.S. F-35 hit by Iranian fire may have been detected by infrared, heat-seeking sensors, rather...
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Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
Manila – Last month, the US aviation and defense powerhouse Northrop Grumman (NG) unveiled the most detailed version yet of its design concept for...
General George S. Patton said it best: “Know what you know, and know what you don’t know.” That principle defined his entire approach to...
The U.S. Navy just tested a new long-range bomb that can be dropped from an F/A-18 Super Hornet and fly over 300 nautical miles...
General George S. Patton’s Third Army racked up some of the highest American casualties in the entire European theater during the brutal Lorraine Campaign...
Thirty-five national veterans groups—including the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America—have just endorsed the...
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment Era whose comprehensive work in epistemology (the theory of...
Has Canada’s review of its purchase of F-35 fighter jets become the longest government review process in history? In March of 2025, Mark Carney...
Many geologists worldwide are seeking game-changing rare-earth elements. China processes these minerals used in cell phones, weapons systems, and other 21st-century products. Now, miners...
The debate over what China’s military is actually for keeps producing the wrong answer because it keeps asking the wrong question. Global power projection...
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston Churchill Of...
The latest change to how things work in the military is the U.S. Army’s recent announcement of new retirement rules. The announcement came in...
Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
A growing number of public reports suggest that a U.S. F-35 hit by Iranian fire may have been detected by infrared, heat-seeking sensors, rather...
The War in Ukraine has sparked an accelerated arms race between Russia and Ukraine to field the most drones possible. Much focus has been...
The M60 “Patton” tank (not to be confused with the M60 “Pig” machine gun) is arguably second only to the M1 Abrams as the...
There is little arguing that the U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) supercarrier needs some serious downtime and repairs following its extended deployment...
America Is Winning the Air War Over Iran. The War Keeps Going Anyway The early reports out of Central Command have a familiar feel...
