Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
More Russian Tanks keep dying in Ukraine – Russia’s presence in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, is dwindling. Russian troops began to withdraw from Kharkiv over...
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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...
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Higgins suffered an electrical fire in the Indo-Pacific that knocked out power and propulsion for several hours, leaving the...
One of the United States Marine Corps’ top generals thinks that China is not a near-peer rival of the United States — it is...
In the last ten years, the world’s major military powers have been unveiling their next-generation main battle tanks. Russia has its T-14 Armata, the...
The U.S. Army poured $7 billion into the RAH-66 Comanche—a stealth attack and reconnaissance helicopter that was supposed to revolutionize how armored cavalry and...
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 Southwest Florida (SWFL) region is experiencing a severe drought. With rainfall deficits running over 13 inches, the Southwest Florida Water Management District has...
“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...
An internal Pentagon email circulated this week by Elbridge Colby, the U.S. Defense Department’s top policy adviser, examined options for punishing NATO allies that...
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...
More Russian Tanks keep dying in Ukraine – Russia’s presence in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, is dwindling. Russian troops began to withdraw from Kharkiv over...
NGAD is poised to be a top-tier U.S. fighter jet that could leap ahead of fighters like the F-22, F-35, or even China’s J-20...
America’s B-21 Raider stealth bomber and China’s H-20 mean a new age of ‘flying wing bombers’ is coming soon – and could change warfare...
Aging Ohio-Class Submarines Could Get an Extension – The United States Navy currently operates 18 Ohio-class submarines, all of which were built between 1976...
Will Gas Prices Surpass $6 This Summer? JPMorgan Says Yes – A JPMorgan research note suggests that gas prices could easily surpass $6 per...
