Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Hezbollah sees Israel as its mortal enemy. The group has stockpiled more than 150,000 rockets under the not-so-watchful eyes of UN monitors. And, yet,...
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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...
Next-generation infrared target tracking, conformal fuel tanks, a fully redesigned digital cockpit, and new “glide slope” carrier-landing software are just a few of the...
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s most technologically advanced surface warships — including the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and the...
The U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran very quickly wiped out Iranian naval assets, striking early and taking out the country’s most valuable naval assets –...
The Iran debate in Washington is about which options Trump has left. That’s the wrong debate. The problem isn’t the menu — it’s that...
Lockheed Martin and MAS, the Canadian arm of L3Harris, have revealed proposals to establish an F-35 jet depot in Quebec. If established, this Mirabel-based...
The Strait of Hormuz remains a hot topic as the conflict with Iran persists – despite the delicate ceasefire. And for good reason. The...
President Trump’s FY2027 defense budget requests $1.5 trillion, a record high representing a 44 percent increase over prior levels. The structure includes $1.15 trillion...
With the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran due to expire on April 22, President Donald Trump may soon face the same...
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...
Hezbollah sees Israel as its mortal enemy. The group has stockpiled more than 150,000 rockets under the not-so-watchful eyes of UN monitors. And, yet,...
Infantry has long been described as the “Queen of Battles,” and while the quote was first attributed to Sir William Napier of the British...
During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy recently, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was, “actively looking at” strengthening security cooperation with Ukraine. In Washington,...
An argument could be made that if President Joe Biden was serious about “gun control,” he’d hold an address and call for all restrictions...
Russian pilots sortied in two different incidents this week to intercept and escort NATO aircraft near the nation’s sovereign airspace. On Monday, a Russian...
