Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 bomber has a patchy history, having undergone numerous facelifts resulting in several variants since its first flight in 1981. The “Blackjack” strategic...
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Over at the Atlantic Council, former director of U.S. Navy strategy and operational concepts Bruce Stubbs probes “Ten Challenges to Implementing Force Design 2030.” Force...
In the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Russia is – predictably – backing Hamas. Prior to the gruesome Hamas attack on October 7, Russian President Vladimir...
It’s starting to feel like 1953 again, this time in Ukraine. That year is when the Koreas and their allies agreed on an armistice,...
Video of Secretary of State Antony Blinken grimacing is trending after President Joe Biden called Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dictator during a press...
I think Theodore Roosevelt would be dismayed at the state of global order today. It seems to be in retreat, or rather under concerted...
A friend serving in the U.S. Army asks: how can army leaders get their message about the army’s role in Pacific strategy to “resonate”...
If the allies entrench themselves on prime real estate within the anti-access zone, they could defy the PLA to come and take the ground...
Want to win in the Western Pacific? Tend to your alliances, fashion solid ideas about warfare, and apply yourself to make sure the executors...
Illicit narcotics reportedly fueled Hamas terrorists as they slaughtered Israeli civilians on Oct. 7. Israeli forces apparently found captagon pills stuffed inside the pockets...
For 20 years, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has striven to reach parity with the United States Air Force. A recent...
War is hell, and urban combat even more so. Still, the juxtaposition of the international sympathy for efforts to defeat the Islamic State with...
A month after Hamas launched its deadly raid into southern Israel, Gaza now looks like a wasteland. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed,...
In a significant move, the United States has imposed sanctions on the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (Moge), marking the first time the U.S....
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the emergency stockpile of petroleum for the United States, maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE),...
While Social Security continues to be an important lifeline for seniors, the program is likely to face a severe financial shortfall in the coming...
The Forbes 400, an annual ranking of America’s top 400 wealthiest individuals, was released Tuesday without a familiar name. Donald Trump, commonly understood to...
In the early 2010s, then-U.S. President Barack Obama articulated the need for Washington’s foreign policy focus to ‘pivot to Asia’. In 2011, his Secretary...
Hope. That is what the longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer identified as the propellant for mass movements like Hamas, or for the Chinese and Soviet Communist...
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Just over a month ago, I highlighted the case of Gubad Ibadoghlu, a prominent scholar detained in Azerbaijan. Ibadoghlu remains in the Baku Detention...
Since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, a surge in anti-Semitic activity has been documented worldwide. From “anti-occupation” protests-turned-riots and swastikas spraypainted on Jewish-owned...
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has reignited concerns about the relationship between Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
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...
In 2024, Donald Trump will face as many as four criminal trials – while at the same time running for president, in a contest...
House Republicans and the White House once again are on a government-shutdown collision course. The government could shutter on Nov. 18 without a resolution. ...
A top Republican congresswoman has hit New York Justice Arthur F. Engoron with an ethics complaint due to alleged politicking for the Democratic Party...
It’s believed strongly by former President Donald Trump, and many of his supporters, that the four separate criminal prosecutions of him are politically motivated,...
If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...
While it is a small, underdeveloped nation by nearly every metric, it nonetheless possesses one of the largest standing armies in the world, counting...
While analysts mostly focus on the threat of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, Pyongyang’s arsenal of chemical and Biological weapons is also a worry.
We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...
Russia’s Tupolev Tu-160 bomber has a patchy history, having undergone numerous facelifts resulting in several variants since its first flight in 1981. The “Blackjack” strategic...
Will the Su-75 still have an export market? – A static Sukhoi Su-75 “Checkmate” mock-up was unveiled last summer, amidst plenty of fanfare, at...
Regular readers of this website are, for the most part, familiar with the story of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the winner of...
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the White House will send $215 million in emergency food assistance for Ukraine. Blinken...
Russia and Ukraine both confirmed on Tuesday that peace talks had been suspended over a lack of progress. Russia accused Ukraine of hardening its...
