Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
General Dynamics built the F-16XL fighter prototype with 27 hardpoints. The standard F-16 has 9 hardpoints. The F-16XL had 120% more wing area than...
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General Dynamics built the F-16XL fighter prototype with 27 hardpoints. The standard F-16 has 9 hardpoints. The F-16XL had 120% more wing area than...
Ukraine’s strongest European ally and neighbor is about to hold a parliamentary election, which could have a considerable knock-on effect on Kyiv’s fight against...
Israel’s Merkava tank emerged in reaction to lessons from the 1973 October War, the last major tank war faced by the Israeli army.
Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Italy might have been the first Axis power to capitulate during the Second World War, but that does not justify the...
The rocket barrage against Israel that accompanied Hamas’ ground invasion into the land surrounding Gaza overwhelmed Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. Iron Dome...
Hamas’ unprovoked, major escalation of conflict and violence against Israel was so off-script that it seems even Iranian intelligence didn’t see it coming.
Israeli forces appear poised to enter Gaza after several days of targeted air and rocket strikes. Mobilization is nearly complete as Israelis return to...
President Joe Biden sent the USS Gerald R. Ford with its strike group off the coast of Israel, ostensibly to show support and lend...
Israel is on a war footing, with a ground assault on Gaza about to begin. Meanwhile, tensions remain high along the northern border, which...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows that every Hamas member will be killed. “We saw the beasts. We saw the barbarians we are facing,”...
In a sudden push, the Russian military sent scores of main battle tanks and armored vehicles against the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka.