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...
Hi, what are you looking for?
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...
The SR-71 Blackbird Story (and Nearly Forgotten A-12) The SR-71 Blackbird was a fantastic aircraft. It was designed and built by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson’s...
The Dassault Rafale Fighter Might Be the Best Fighter Not Called F-35 or F-22 Unlike other Western nations, which either rely on American-made weapons...
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS America Was Sunk By the U.S. Navy for a Reason The USS America (CVA-66) was the third ship to...
It’s (Almost) Official: China Is Building Nuclear Aircraft Carriers On February 25, 2026, Newsweek published new satellite imagery showing construction progress on China’s fourth...
Russia Rebuilt Admiral Nakhimov: This Kirov-Class Battlecrusier Might Be a Waste of Rubles In August 2025, after nearly three decades out of service, Russia’s...
Why the U.S. Navy’s Constellation-Class Frigates Seemed Destined to Fail In November 2025, the U.S. Navy abruptly cancelled most of its Constellation-class frigate program,...
Russia Can’t Fix Its Aircraft Carrier, Let Alone Build A Blue-Water Navy After years of delays and rising costs, Russian officials suspended work on...
CF-18: The Fighter Canada Can’t Seem To Move On From Canada’s CF-18 fleet is being worked past the point of viability. A legacy of...
What It Takes to Become An Air Force Pilot From Someone Who Was Involved in the Process First Hand I recently wrote offering practical...
The New M1E3 Tank Is Like Nothing the U.S. Army Uses Today The M1E3 is the next iteration of the venerable M1 Abrams series....