Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Seawolf-Class Subs Having Trouble Avoiding Drydock – Are the Seawolf-class submarines unlucky and high-maintenance boats? They are fast and quiet – some consider them...
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appears to relish embarrassing the State Department. Just weeks after the now-voided ceasefire, Aliyev castigated on live television Andrew Schofer, at the...
While the U.S. has allies that have tanks and fighters it can always depend on; it stands alone against these near-peer adversaries when it...
North Korea has provided support in the civil wars in Ethiopia, Angola, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. Though the number of troops was small, North...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed their strong ties during initial talks that hinted Russia will provide military...
If successful, in short, the B-21 will present U.S. and allied commanders the opportunity to exploit command of the air before winning it.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks set defense commentators aflutter last month when she announced “Replicator,” an initiative meant to field “small, smart, cheap” uncrewed,...
Endorsed! This month over at the Naval Institute Proceedings, coastguardsman Steve Hulse urges the U.S. Navy to procure a flotilla of Sentinel-class fast response cutters...
The odds still favor Russia, both by Moltkean logic and by virtue of Russia’s massive demographic, economic, and military preponderance over Ukraine. But combatants...
China’s carriers will continue to be a weak point in China’s overall military threat to Taiwan and its allies.
Last year, a total of nine Freedom-class LCSs were marked for disposal as part of the Department of Defense's (DoD's) Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal.
The U.S. Air Force’s inventory of B-1B Lancer bombers is limping into the sunset due to age. Congress overrode former President Donald Trump’s veto...
Few of the world’s great powers have the capacity to design and produce fifth-generation fighters. The U.S. is an outlier, with its various fifth-generation...
China is facing a storm of challenges that could bring down its mighty empire in a decade, according to geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan.
Even though there’s no way the president can set gas prices, presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ energy plan has been released, including a promise of...
After some alarming new numbers about rising child poverty, some are wishing for the return of a temporary policy from early on in the...
Donald Trump describes the idea of a tariff on essentially all imports to the U.S. as a “ring around the U.S. economy,” but such...
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came together on Wednesday, expressing a shared commitment to advancing a historic agreement aimed at...
The United States and the G7 are beginning to admit it: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is going to drag on for years. What...
Armenia is flipping. In 1920, 1999, and 2020, Washington was asleep at the switch. It must not make the same mistake four times.
The rhetoric from prominent Republican candidates over the Russian invasion of Ukraine is frightening to say the least.
Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, does not believe that federal mask mandates will return even...
There has been just enough distance and peace from COVID-19 restrictions and paranoia to let the horrible memories of those terrible two years fade...
Kirillov didn't just suggest that the United States was responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic but also claimed that the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and...
For much of this year, it looked like the COVID-19 pandemic was finally over. But in recent weeks, there have been signs of a...
Donald Trump has been asking his lawyers questions about a possible prison stint, whether he’ll go to a “club fed” minimum-security facility or a...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, political juggler that he is, isn’t (or shouldn’t) really be primarily concerned with how the impeachment inquiry against President Joe...
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a lawsuit against the major oil companies, after previously announcing a proposed constitutional amendment on guns. Is this his...
This week, Donald Trump described the government funding fight as “the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me.”
A vague North Korean-Russia alignment adds a new headache to East Asian security. But without China, it is still underpowered.
The Biden team believes it can shame North Korea into being a responsible actor. But Kim cares not about international prestige but about survival,...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will reportedly travel to Vladivostok this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair appears to be...
The North Korean navy has grown even more dangerous over the last few years, creating more problems for the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region.
Seawolf-Class Subs Having Trouble Avoiding Drydock – Are the Seawolf-class submarines unlucky and high-maintenance boats? They are fast and quiet – some consider them...
The Clash of Civilizations Does Not Explain the Ukraine War, or Much of Anything Else – In The New York Times recently Ross Douthat suggested...
What Are “Switchblade Drones” Donated by the U.S. to Ukraine? – On Friday, the United States Department of State announced $300 million in “security...
Is A Recession Coming This Summer? – Former Federal Reserve Governor Lawrence Lindsey warned on Monday that rising inflation will force American consumers to...
More Reports Suggest Russia is Torturing and Killing Local Politicians – Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, residential buildings have been...
