Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Sweden has received the first of its U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles. The weapons won’t just boost Sweden’s ability to stop air and missile...
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German Foreign Minister Wadephul's fourth Kyiv visit — two days before Ukraine's Independence Day — capped an accelerating shift: Berlin is becoming Ukraine's principal...
The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative emerged from US Army Europe and Africa and NATO's Allied Land Command as a concept for restoring deterrence by...
For all the talk of spending targets, the Ankara NATO summit's real work happened elsewhere. Europe is being handed responsibility for NATO's conventional defense...
Western analysts fixate on North Korea's missiles. The real danger is speed — a mass artillery-and-missile salvo in the war's first hours, backed by...
Seventy-five Project 641 submarines were built between 1957 and 1983, serving six navies on four continents. On October 27, 1962, one of them hosted...
When the American military destroyed Saddam Hussein's army in Kuwait, Chinese planners were reportedly stunned by the ferocity and speed of it. For thirty-five...
The SR-71's propulsion was far more than two engines. At speeds above Mach 3, the movable inlet spike, bypass system and exhaust worked together,...
The F-22 is designed to detect an enemy before being detected. Three older aircraft have nonetheless reached firing positions against it in training: French...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled Operation Economic Outcast: secondary sanctions across five sectors and more than sixty targets, with no relief attached. Iran's...
Rezaei's threat goes beyond the strait: no oil leaving the Gulf by any route if neighbors cooperate. In practice that would mean strikes on...
Of the 1.5 billion barrels in emergency stocks, the IEA cannot order the commercial half released, leaving governments under a billion. The American reserve...
The Houthis have no warships. It doesn't need any. A blockade holds if shipowners and insurers decide the passage is not worth the risk,...
Analysts dismissed American control of the Strait of Hormuz as a near-impossible task. The US government now says it has been helping tankers move...
Drones reached Moscow on three of the last five nights. A ballistic missile would not extend Ukraine's reach so much as compress Russia's warning...
Georgia Gilholy reports on Trump's map post declaring Hormuz 'New U.S. Territory,' a vessel struck off Oman hours earlier per UK Maritime Trade Operations,...
When it comes to severe economic pressure, Washington has massive options between everything and nothing. Something in the middle that hurts Iran a lot...
Trump ordered Ulchi Freedom Shield cut from eleven days to five before Kim Jong-un had agreed to anything in return. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the...
As President Trump downsizes the Ulchi Freedom Shield war games after South Korea declined to help with Iran, one uncomfortable fact goes almost completely...
Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine since late 2023. The early shots missed by kilometers. Later ones did not. That combat...
Iran's Shahab-1 came from the Scud-B and reached 300km. The Khorramshahr, derived from North Korea's Musudan, reaches 2,000km — a 6.7-fold increase in reach.
Sweden has received the first of its U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles. The weapons won’t just boost Sweden’s ability to stop air and missile...
The USS Texas (BB-35), completed in 1914, remains the only battleship in existence to have seen service in both World Wars. She is has...
Even as Russia brought its Su-57 and Su-75 “Checkmate” to the Dubai Airshow 2021 to drum up interest among potential Middle Eastern and African...
The US Military Has An Aircraft Readiness Problem: Despite having the latest quantity and most advanced aircraft in the world, the U.S. military is...
In auto racing, the “chequered flag” first made its debut at the Glidden Tours, an American road rally, in 1906. The modern “checkered flag”...
