Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Last week, six Israeli Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35I “Adir” fighter jets took flight to Italy to begin a two-week air exercise – its...
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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...
What You Need to Know: Sometime during the 1960s-1970s, during a classified strategic reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Pacific port city of Vladivostok, a...
Summary and Key Points: On November 16, 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s X-43A experimental hypersonic uncrewed aerial vehicle — a 12-foot-long, 3,300-pound...
In a somewhat strange incident, a U.S. Navy sailor was medically evacuated after getting scratched by a monkey while on his way to remove...
A Finnish Air Force pilot completed his maiden training flight in a Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation stealth fighter at Ebbing Air National...
Is Florida Still An Inexpensive State To Live In?: The sunshine, the weather (no snow), and the proximity to both the Atlantic Ocean and...
“Water is $4.50 for a basic Desani. Smartwater is $6.25. Food is almost unaffordable, and people bring their own food now. Soon, we might...
My wife and I are political scientists, and what better way to study politics than living in Washington, DC? Plus, I am a foreign...
Key Takeaways: Four in ten American workers across every generational cohort — including 57 percent of workers ages 18 to 34, 42 percent of...
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...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Defense and aerospace industrial firms from the Islamic Republic of Iran that had been scheduled and confirmed to participate in Defense...
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires tonight. No deal has been reached. No formal extension has been agreed. Vance is...
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...
Last week, six Israeli Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35I “Adir” fighter jets took flight to Italy to begin a two-week air exercise – its...
The U.S. Army is D.C.’s latest punching bag as the Indo-Pacific becomes the priority region for the Department of Defense. The Army’s proposed budget...
California has some of the strictest gun laws on the books, but according to a new report, sales of firearms skyrocketed during the pandemic....
A new aircraft carrier arms race is underway – and it doesn’t involve the United States or even a European power. Rather, India’s first...
Any military leader that prepares for war knows there will be losses, and while the United States has enjoyed numerical superiority as well as...
