Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – Estonia’s foreign intelligence chief, Kaupo Rosin, strikes a notably less alarmist tone than NATO leaders, warning Russia could attack...
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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. Air Force has approved $508 million through 2031 to arm its KC-135 Stratotanker, C-5 Galaxy, KC-46 Pegasus, and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft...
In a sign that the B-1B bomber may not be done just yet from the Air Force’s inventory, the service just added one to...
The U.S. Navy designed the most powerful battleship ever conceived — and canceled it before a single hull was finished, as it was already...
Japan just fired anti-ship missiles outside its own territory for the first time since World War II—a stunning moment that has sent shockwaves through...
Two classified Russian military satellites maintained a 10-foot gap in low Earth orbit on April 28, while traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. The...
A new study has uncovered a deeply troubling problem in the world’s network of undersea commercial tunnels: rubber GINA gaskets are degrading 35% faster...
Israel just approved a massive new fighter purchase—roughly 25 F-35I Adir stealth fighters and 25 F-15IA aircraft—as part of a $119 billion post-war force...
Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.” The...
Vladimir Putin’s paranoia has surged to an all-time high—the Russian president now reportedly spends his days and nights shuttling between underground bunker complexes, terrified...
The leader of Russia’s Communist Party just warned Vladimir Putin from the floor of the State Duma that the country could face a “revolutionary...
Benjamin Franklin once said it best: “There never was a good war, or a bad peace.” Written in a letter to Josiah Quincy, Sr....
Grant the optimistic scenario: The Iran ceasefire holds. Diplomats produce something they can call a framework. The immediate military pressure eases, and Washington declares...
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...
Key Points and Summary – Estonia’s foreign intelligence chief, Kaupo Rosin, strikes a notably less alarmist tone than NATO leaders, warning Russia could attack...
Key Points and Summary – Public glimpses of China’s carrier-launched, sixth-generation Shenyang J-50 suggest a paradox: a B-2-like “lambda wing” and tailless planform that...
Key Points and Summary – China’s emerging J-36 sixth-generation aircraft may be pursuing a breakthrough most stealth jets still struggle with: exportable electrical power....
Key Points and Summary – The latest Trump–Zelensky meeting produced more optics than outcomes, but for Kyiv, that may be the point. -With Trump...
Key Points and Summary – The “best fighter jet” argument is no longer just about speed or dogfighting—it’s about who detects first, fuses data...
