Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is a floating disaster waiting to happen. It has been afflicted by so many mishaps over the...
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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...
According to statements by officials from Russia’s state-controlled defense-industrial and arms export conglomerate Rosoboronexport (ROE), several nations have reportedly confirmed orders for the Sukhoi Su-57...
The Pentagon has found its next great, expensive obsession: the sixth-generation warplane. Already, the Trump administration authorized the procurement of the F-47 Next-Generation Air...
The Stealth B-21 Raider Bomber Isn’t a Solution for Australia: In 2021, the Australian government made a radical decision that it believed would enhance...
The U.S. Air Force is racing to maintain air superiority as China fields more advanced fighters, with Washington pushing ahead with next-generation programs such...
For many years, Elon Musk talked about Mars as if it were the sole reason that SpaceX came into existence. Though one project among...
China, Fuel, & The Indirect Approach: In his book Strategy, B.H. Liddell Hart wrote that “[t]he object in war is a better state of...
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and then focus on improving your other innovations.” – Steve...
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me…Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me…”...
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...
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year of hostilities, the dynamics on the ground and in the air are shifting. Having traveled...
Donald Trump’s Way of War: An American Tradition At first, conventional minds worried that President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran would draw us into...
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...
Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is a floating disaster waiting to happen. It has been afflicted by so many mishaps over the...
Does Russia need a light attack aircraft like the A-29 Super Tucano flown by the U.S. military? With Islamic militant groups growing in Central...
Given the potential threats from near-peer adversaries including Russia and China, the best course of action for the United States Air Force would be...
Lots of ink has been spilled on why the F-35 isn’t worth the astounding money the Pentagon has spent or is planning to spend...
Regional states have much to say about the potential risks of AUKUS and Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program. China and Russia both warn about the...
