Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: The U.S. Air Force plans to procure approximately 100 B-21 Raider stealth bombers to replace aging B-1B, B-2, and B-52 fleets, but experts...
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The terms of the Memorandum of Understanding ending the U.S.-Iran war are now public. This analysis argues the deal is worth supporting as an...
NATO is not collapsing, but it is changing: some of its most important members want the alliance's protection while keeping a freer hand outside...
For years the West dismissed China's fighters as second-tier. Then the J-10CE reportedly beat the Eurofighter Typhoon in all nine simulated engagements — and...
When Trump's Iran war ends with a signed settlement, the verdicts will come fast — and most will be premature. The questions that actually...
Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
The Leopard 2 is widely considered one of the best tanks ever built — world-class armor, firepower, mobility, and fire control, fielded by more...
America has the Abrams, Germany the Leopard 2, Britain the Challenger — and Italy has the Ariete, the tank NATO forgets and often mocks....
The US Army has officially received the next-generation Javelin anti-tank weapon system, featuring a new Lightweight Command Launch Unit (LW-CLU) that significantly improves range,...
The F-14 Tomcat was never meant to fly on the TF30. Designed for the Pratt & Whitney F401, it got the TF30 as a...
Greece has selected Embraer's C-390 over a new Lockheed C-130 to replace its aging Hercules fleet, approving €600 million for three jets. It's the...
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a 2-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump is the first sitting U.S. president...
Canada committed in 2023 to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters to replace its CF-18 fleet — today it has firmly committed to...
Two classified Russian military satellites maintained a 10-foot gap in low Earth orbit on April 28, while traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. The...
Ukrainian “long-range sanctions” continue to hammer targets in Russia, with continued targeting of the Russian capital of Moscow with massive drone attacks. Tuesday’s drone...
The Iran Deal Won’t Buy America Security. It Will Cost It: Proponents of the emerging nuclear agreement with Iran have settled on a convenient...
Under a revised AUKUS deal confirmed May 30, Australia will buy three secondhand Virginia-class submarines from the US Navy instead of the mix of...
Summary and Key Points: At the 1985 Geneva Summit, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev issued a joint statement declaring that a...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
Synopsis: The U.S. Air Force plans to procure approximately 100 B-21 Raider stealth bombers to replace aging B-1B, B-2, and B-52 fleets, but experts...
Key Points and Synopsis: Despite Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous maxim that “God fights on the side with a better artillery,” his superior firepower failed to...
Key Points and Synopsis: The Pentagon’s 2025 China Military Power Report confirms that Beijing has fielded the DF-27, a conventionally armed intercontinental ballistic missile...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Harry S. Truman is preparing for its Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) starting in June 2026, a...
Key Points and Summary – Vladimir Putin is recycling Soviet-era rhetoric to address Russia’s “nationality question,” blaming foreign intelligence services for inciting ethnic discord...
