Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The United States Navy’s South Dakota-class battleships are not as widely known as the Iowa-class, but they laid the foundation for more effective naval...
Hi, what are you looking for?
Dr. Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University, argues the separation of powers in American foreign policy has nearly collapsed,...
Dr. Robert Farley argues a renewed US-Israeli air campaign against Iran awaits only the midterm elections, citing a New York Times report of personnel...
Putin’s proposal for a U.S.-China-Russia trilateral in China — with Ukraine and Europe excluded — has revived Beltway enthusiasm for a “Kissinger-in-reverse” bid to...
American-flagged vessels account for less than 0.3 percent of the shipping carrying U.S. trade, and the country graduates several hundred naval architects a year...
The Trump administration’s deal to allow Russian diesel into the United States blindsided Kyiv and Europe alike — halting peace talks, triggering threats to...
Sabotage at Leipzig, Swindon, and Skarżysko-Kamienna. A curfew across the river from Narva. New garrisons at Petrozavodsk, Lupche-Savino, and Pechenga pointing at Finland's 830-mile...
The Witkoff-Kushner shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv ended, predictably, without a breakthrough — and Andrew Michta argues the failure reveals something deeper than bad...
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...
Of about 8,100 A-10 Warthog combat sorties, only six aircraft have been shot down. The Air Force has tried for years to retire the...
The SR-71 Blackbird was built to spy on the Soviet Union and built from Soviet titanium. Lockheed needed the metal for more than 80%...
At a Beijing defense electronics show in September, China’s AVIC displayed an 838-pound laser tracking-and-aiming system for combat aircraft, believed to put out hundreds...
Two satellites from Russia’s Rassvet broadband constellation, the Kremlin’s answer to Starlink, have sunk below 230 km without a single orbit-raising burn and are...
Four ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday against a 10-day average of 16. Iran said it hit tanker Trend on Friday. Brent is...
Jobs dropped out of Reed College and stayed on as what he called a "drop-in," sitting in on classes that interested him. One was...
"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has,...
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...
Both sides would use a Ukraine war pause to rearm, and a longer pause may mean a bloodier spring. Michael Rubin argues Kyiv should...
For four and a half years the request was essentially a check, and the argument was that a properly supplied David could match Goliath....
Let Trump be Trump—which he will be anyway. Even if his peace efforts fail (which is entirely possible), American interests will be protected, and...
Dr. Robert Kelly argues that Donald Trump’s second term is alienating allies as no president has since 1945: refusing Saudi Arabia’s request to strike...
President Trump says he gets along with Kim Jong Un and wants a new summit before the end of 2026, along with smaller US-South...
Trump is reportedly considering another meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last round produced Singapore, Hanoi, and the DMZ, and by 2020 the status...
American doctrine promises that any North Korean nuclear attack will end the Kim regime. The Iran war has just tested that assumption. The United...
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...
The United States Navy’s South Dakota-class battleships are not as widely known as the Iowa-class, but they laid the foundation for more effective naval...
Of all the weapon systems used by the Russian army, none are as controversial as the T-14 Armata. Depending on who you talk to,...
In another sign of how crucial missile defense has become in the Pacific, Japan’s navy is getting U.S. SM-6 surface-to-air missiles. The SM-6 is...
Key Points and Summary: The AbramsX is a next-generation tank concept designed to revolutionize armored warfare, offering reduced weight, AI-driven targeting, and advanced protection...
Saturday, President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. The Canadian and Mexican governments will certainly survive the episode. China’s, on...
