Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
In early February, Iran revealed imagery of its new Air Force base dubbed “Eagle 44.” Based on clues from the released footage, analysts believe the...
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For all the talk of spending targets, the Ankara NATO summit's real work happened elsewhere. Europe is being handed responsibility for NATO's conventional defense...
Western analysts fixate on North Korea's missiles. The real danger is speed — a mass artillery-and-missile salvo in the war's first hours, backed by...
The second Trump administration is reviewing America's military footprint in Europe, and the worst-case outcome is a full withdrawal. Andrew Michta argues that would...
The US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding is being judged on whether it cools tensions in the Persian Gulf. Strategic-studies scholar Andrew Michta argues that's the...
The Harpoon's evolution ends up carrying a lesson bigger than one missile. It was born for a mission that vanished, remade by a single...
Every pilot's account begins with the push — a jet that could out-climb its own weight, straight up. As the last F-15Cs head for...
Ordered in 2014, commissioned in 2026: the dozen-year clock on America's newest submarines, and the two-yard bottleneck quietly setting the fleet's size.
More than a thousand Tomahawks have gone into Iran — the largest expenditure in the weapon's history, against an adversary with broken defenses. The...
Social Security’s funding gap is not a forecast — it is arithmetic. The size of the shortfall is known, the levers that can close...
The Memorandum of Understanding that paused the fighting has collapsed, Farley writes, because it never settled the status of the Strait of Hormuz or...
U.S. gas prices rose for the first time in eight weeks — 'Iran is the reason why,' per GasBuddy's Patrick De Haan — while...
Washington and Tehran can't agree whether the Strait of Hormuz is open — Trump declared it open under a new U.S. 'guardian' regime, while...
Growth at 0.4 percent and a blown deficit look like pressure toward peace. Latham's case: four years of war built a political economy with...
Tehran treats the Strait of Hormuz as non-negotiable, Holmes writes, and no air campaign eliminates every missile. That leaves four courses: walk away and...
Carafano argues Iran has lost its nuclear option, its missile mass, its proxy network, and its grip on the Strait of Hormuz all at...
Ukrainian drones set two major Russian refineries ablaze overnight — including Salavat in Bashkortostan, the last gas refinery untouched in 2026 — while Russia...
Last year North Korea's newest destroyer rolled over at its own launch, and the world assumed the program was finished for years. Instead Pyongyang...
The KN-23, North Korea's version the Russian Iskander missile, showed up to fight in the Ukraine war. And it isn't the same platform as...
On May 21, 2025, a brand-new North Korean destroyer rolled over and partially capsized at its own launch ceremony — with Kim Jong Un...
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...
In early February, Iran revealed imagery of its new Air Force base dubbed “Eagle 44.” Based on clues from the released footage, analysts believe the...
Ever since Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine began a year ago, there has been plenty of discussion about the possibility of Belarus...
The former FBI agent and FBI lawyer, whose notorious affair was a memorable subplot of the Mueller era, has sued Donald Trump, and now...
Will the Columbia-Class Submarine Be Ready On Time? The U.S. Navy’s goal to receive its incoming Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines in record time may not...
While many are watching when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis might announce a run for president, he’s making noise — and drawing massive criticism —...
