Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
President Joe Biden’s decision to give up Bagram airbase has returned U.S. counterterrorism capabilities in Afghanistan to where they were when Bill Clinton was...
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The Eurofighter Typhoon was once the epitome of European airpower. Fast, agile, and lethal, it was a Cold War-era air superiority fighter optimized for...
Summary and Key Points: As May 9, 2025—the historic Russian Victory Day—approaches, the Ukraine-Russia conflict faces a critical juncture. -Ukraine’s recent Kursk offensive failed...
Recently, voices in both South Korea and Poland have seriously suggested arming their countries with tactical nuclear weapons as a means of enhancing national...
In a move that defies strategic logic and undermines national security, Prime Minister Mark Carney has ordered a review of Canada’s commitment to purchase...
Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into...
The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects a larger ongoing debate in the US policy community about who is ultimately responsible for...
The Munich Security Conference and the days that followed, including the senior level US-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia, have witnessed massive turbulence in transatlantic...
Since the COVID pandemic, Europe has fallen on hard economic times, and the continent’s absolute and relative economic decline has deepened over the past...
Summary and Key Points: Canada is reconsidering its purchase of 88 F-35 stealth fighters due to growing tensions with the U.S. under President Trump,...
Summary and Key Points: In the 1950s, Sweden nearly became a nuclear power by developing the Saab A-36 “Vargen,” a supersonic nuclear bomber intended...
Summary and Key Point: This is the story of the Rubis-class submarine and how it utilized its talents and skills to beat the U.S....
Summary and Key Points: The Dassault Rafale is an advanced, multirole fighter jet developed by France’s Dassault Aviation, known for agility, versatility, and sophisticated...
Elon Musk’s turn towards Trumpism, as well as his work for DOGE, has had another effect: It’s completely changed what it means to be...
They used to say that Social Security was the “third rail of politics.” President George W. Bush used that term himself, back when he...
Donald Trump was elected in 2016 while using the popular vote and spent the majority of his first term with a negative approval rating....
The Washington, DC Metro Is Back: Just a few weeks ago, there was a series of stories speculating that the Washington, D.C., housing market...
True to his nature of always trying to demean or diminish his opposite number in any interaction, Russian President Vladimir Putin was roughly an...
Summary and Key Points: The latest release of JFK assassination documents has failed to uncover a “smoking gun” or new proof of conspiracy. -President...
Where will the soldiers come from? As European leaders pledge to commit tens of thousands of troops to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, there...
Khamenei May Want Iran to Be Bombed, But He’s Miscalculating: Just a day prior to the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy, Steven Erlanger,...
Will an infusion of fresh troops from North Korea significantly impact the war in Ukraine? Not a lot. However, the deployment of more North...
It looks like North Korea is building a nuclear-powered submarine. Two days ago, North Korean state media announced the project, showing Supreme Leader Kim...
To the horror of many South Koreans, Donald Trump has returned to the White House. No one, including perhaps President Trump, knows what he...
South Korea’s political turmoil of martial law, impeachments, and vitriolic attacks among its political parties has entered its third month—and it’s likely that several...
President Joe Biden’s decision to give up Bagram airbase has returned U.S. counterterrorism capabilities in Afghanistan to where they were when Bill Clinton was...
The head of U.S. Strategic Command Admiral Charles Richard has been describing China’s nuclear weapons expansion as a “strategic breakout.” He used the term...
President Joe Biden is doing the unthinkable. On the 20th anniversary of the dark day that terrorists struck New York City and Washington, D.C.,...
As the dust is settling from the fallout of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, Americans and allies will be conducting after-action reviews to determine...
Debates about America’s exit from Afghanistan, both the underlying withdrawal decision and its execution, will, with good reason, roil U.S. politics for years. Starting...
