Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Would Russia launch a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine? Many military analysts and policymakers have thought about this contingency with the Russian invasion going very badly. Russia, after...
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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”...
Illicit narcotics reportedly fueled Hamas terrorists as they slaughtered Israeli civilians on Oct. 7. Israeli forces apparently found captagon pills stuffed inside the pockets...
For 20 years, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has striven to reach parity with the United States Air Force. A recent...
War is hell, and urban combat even more so. Still, the juxtaposition of the international sympathy for efforts to defeat the Islamic State with...
A month after Hamas launched its deadly raid into southern Israel, Gaza now looks like a wasteland. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed,...
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....
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the emergency stockpile of petroleum for the United States, maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE),...
While Social Security continues to be an important lifeline for seniors, the program is likely to face a severe financial shortfall in the coming...
The Forbes 400, an annual ranking of America’s top 400 wealthiest individuals, was released Tuesday without a familiar name. Donald Trump, commonly understood to...
In the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Russia is – predictably – backing Hamas. Prior to the gruesome Hamas attack on October 7, Russian President Vladimir...
Video of Secretary of State Antony Blinken grimacing is trending after President Joe Biden called Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dictator during a press...
In the early 2010s, then-U.S. President Barack Obama articulated the need for Washington’s foreign policy focus to ‘pivot to Asia’. In 2011, his Secretary...
Hope. That is what the longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer identified as the propellant for mass movements like Hamas, or for the Chinese and Soviet Communist...
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...
In 2024, Donald Trump will face as many as four criminal trials – while at the same time running for president, in a contest...
House Republicans and the White House once again are on a government-shutdown collision course. The government could shutter on Nov. 18 without a resolution. ...
A top Republican congresswoman has hit New York Justice Arthur F. Engoron with an ethics complaint due to alleged politicking for the Democratic Party...
It’s believed strongly by former President Donald Trump, and many of his supporters, that the four separate criminal prosecutions of him are politically motivated,...
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...
While it is a small, underdeveloped nation by nearly every metric, it nonetheless possesses one of the largest standing armies in the world, counting...
While analysts mostly focus on the threat of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, Pyongyang’s arsenal of chemical and Biological weapons is also a worry.
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...
Would Russia launch a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine? Many military analysts and policymakers have thought about this contingency with the Russian invasion going very badly. Russia, after...
Putin has ample challenges in Ukraine to tackle: On day 38 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military is counterattacking on almost all fronts...
Old Ukrainian Buk Anti-aircraft System Forced to Hold the Line Against Russian Air Force – The Ukrainian military wants Patriot air defense missiles from...
Russian T-72 Tank Having Difficulty in Ukraine – The Russian T-72 main battle tank, like many models of armor in Moscow’s inventory, is struggling...
E.U. Parliament President Visits War-torn Ukraine – European Parliament President Roberta Metsola was the first top EU official to visit Kyiv on Friday, even...
