Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Turkey built the TF Kaan, a fifth-generation stealth fighter meant to prove the country could field a world-class jet of its own. There's a...
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Turkey built the TF Kaan, a fifth-generation stealth fighter meant to prove the country could field a world-class jet of its own. There's a...
A new wargame assessment conducted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies has raised serious questions about the United States’ ability to defend Taiwan...
China published a study claiming the J-20 defeats the F-22 Raptor 95% of the time. What the headlines didn’t mention: the same study showed...
The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, has enjoyed a successful Iran war. The operational tempo and sortie rate have been high....
So, are aircraft carriers just obsolete battleships that should be turned into museums? The Iran war has given us some keen insight into this...
In March 2026, senior U.S. Army officials confirmed they are preparing a narrower version of “right to repair” legislation after Congress removed broader provisions...
During the Operation Epic Fury in Iran, which now appears to have been temporarily paused with a two-week ceasefire, the U.S. reportedly used a...
The 2027 budget request for the United States Army seeks to greatly expand the supply of one of the Army’s newest precision weapons: the...
The Iran war will be assessed in the usual ways—targets hit, systems degraded, and what the ceasefire froze in place. That accounting misses where...
The Pentagon wants to buy more Tomahawk missiles — lots more of them. With hundreds of missiles fired at targets in Iran, stockpiles of...
World War III over a Tree Near North Korea? It Almost Happened: The DMZ tree incident, or “axe murderer incident,” occurred on August 18,...