Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the transformative integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile...
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Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the transformative integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile...
Brandon J. Weichert, a senior national security editor and author, evaluates the end of the U.S. Navy’s "era of impunity" in the Indo-Pacific. The...
Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, a former U.S. Army Infantry officer and defense expert, evaluates the widening "experience gap" between the PLAAF and the U.S....
The U.S. Navy is navigating a critical "trough" in undersea firepower. The retirement of just four Ohio-class SSGNs removes more than 600 Tomahawk launch...
The retirement of the four SSGNs—USS Ohio, USS Michigan, USS Florida, and USS Georgia—removes a total of 616 vertical launch cells from the undersea...
The U.S. Navy is facing a high-stakes "firepower gap" as it approaches the mandatory retirement of the Ohio-class fleet. As of March 2026, the...
The Los Angeles-class (688) attack submarine, the definitive workhorse of the U.S. Navy for five decades, is at the center of a looming "submarine...
As of March 2026, the U.S. and Israeli success in Operation Epic Fury has demonstrated the devastating efficacy of stealth-led power projection against non-peer...
This report analyzes how Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) and shallow-water acoustics allow regional powers like China and Iran to impose "caution" on U.S. aircraft carrier...
The B-21 Raider is shifting from a "boutique" stealth asset to the primary hammer of the U.S. Air Force’s 2026 strategy, as Operation Epic...