Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
In battle today, Ukraine is mostly fielding variants of the T-64 tank in its struggle against the Russian invasion. This mid-Cold War “super tank”...
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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...
The feared Russian bear has been seriously wounded, and its reputation has suffered a great blow. When war ends in Ukraine, it could take...
The Kremlin’s highly touted T-14 Armata main battle tank and Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter have seen little action during the war in Ukraine....
The biggest story in aviation right now is the mysterious crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter in South Carolina last weekend.
Northrop’s F-20 Tigershark has developed a bit of a fandom online as the greatest fighter never put into production. It was developed by the...
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...
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.
Ukraine’s survival despite centuries of overlapping rule and subjugation from multiple neighboring empires – Russian, Polish-Lithuanian and later Austro-Hungarian – is a testimony to...
Just as Russia’s erstwhile strongman Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s great leader with cup in hand, the Levada Center, a respectable Moscow-based polling...
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...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has thrown his unequivocal support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, describing her as "absolutely" the best running mate for President...
Attorney General Merrick Garland faced a largely hostile Republican host of representatives when he appeared before Congress’ Judiciary Committee hearing. He was grilled on...
The latest CNN/University of New Hampshire primary poll of that state, released Wednesday, found that Gov. Ron DeSantis has been bleeding support in New...
President Joe Biden has said very little about his son’s legal problems: That’s probably a good idea: Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was indicted last...
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.
In battle today, Ukraine is mostly fielding variants of the T-64 tank in its struggle against the Russian invasion. This mid-Cold War “super tank”...
Would Russia launch a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine? Many military analysts and policymakers have thought about this contingency with the Russian invasion going very badly. Russia, after...
Putin has ample challenges in Ukraine to tackle: On day 38 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military is counterattacking on almost all fronts...
Old Ukrainian Buk Anti-aircraft System Forced to Hold the Line Against Russian Air Force – The Ukrainian military wants Patriot air defense missiles from...
Russian T-72 Tank Having Difficulty in Ukraine – The Russian T-72 main battle tank, like many models of armor in Moscow’s inventory, is struggling...
