Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Iran has no Navy, no Air Force, and no realistic path to defeating the U.S. Navy in a conventional fight. Its weapons against the...
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B-21 Raider: America’s Most Advanced Bomber Has a 1950s Achilles’ Heel: Look at the photograph the Air Force dropped this week. Not at the...
Iran Opened the Strait to Make Payroll. Not to Make Peace.
Oil crashed 13% on Friday after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was ‘open for business.’ But ships still need Iranian permission to transit,...
Oil Just Crashed 13%. The Strait of Hormuz Reopened. But Iran Set a Condition. What Happens Next?
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...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has ordered a review of his country’s deal to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jets. Saab has responded...
The notional Xi’an H-20 stealth bomber is, at least on paper, kind of a big deal, as it represents the People’s Republic of China’s...
According to recent reports from U.S. officials, China intends to obtain a fleet of nine aircraft carriers by 2035. Currently, China operates three aircraft...
Key Points: Forget the J-20. Forget the Fujian-class carrier. Forget the DF-41 missiles and the 2-million-man Army and the largest navy on Earth. The...
In 2012, the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline went operational — 236 miles of steel moving 1.5 million barrels per day, completely clear...
Archaeologists working with Dicle University have identified a surprisingly well-preserved settlement dating back approximately 2,400 years beneath Dicle Dam Lake in southeastern Turkey. The...
India is not currently in talks to acquire the F-35, but the question of whether it should buy the aircraft has only grown more...
The Iran Strait of Hormuz Crisis – From Bad to Worse? As of Monday morning, April 13, a U.S. military blockade of maritime traffic...
Three and a half months after Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Caribbean air travel is finally returning to normal — Puerto...
In 1967, Israel defeated Egypt in Just Six Days. Could Israel do the Same with Turkey? – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser made no...
House Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The effort, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Rep. John...
Mental Health and Psychological Stress In The On-Again, Off-Again Campaign Against Iran: US military warfighters facing the threats associated with combat operations over Iran...
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...
Iran has no Navy, no Air Force, and no realistic path to defeating the U.S. Navy in a conventional fight. Its weapons against the...
The Soviet Union was building a nuclear aircraft carrier designed to rival the American Nimitz-class — 80,000 tons, four nuclear reactors, steam catapults, a...
Russia is a world leader in submarine technology. The Russian Navy possesses many advanced nuclear-powered designs that are more than a match for the...
This year’s Best Ranger Competition marked a turning point in the race. That’s because the race, which many Army leaders feared was becoming the...
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman released an update on its next-generation stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, on April 14, 2026. On the surface, the release...
