Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
As Operation Epic Fury enters its second week, Iran is pivoting to a "Hezbollah blueprint" of asymmetric defiance to counter the destruction of its...
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As Operation Epic Fury enters its second week, Iran is pivoting to a "Hezbollah blueprint" of asymmetric defiance to counter the destruction of its...
The strategic landscape of Operation Epic Fury has shifted from a search for a "moderate" successor to a confrontation with a decentralized military dictatorship....
The current phase of Operation Epic Fury has sparked a high-stakes debate: is destroying hardware enough, or is the 2026 conflict the ultimate moment...
Harry J. Kazianis, Editor-in-Chief of 19FortyFive and veteran national security expert, evaluates the "Washington-speak" beginning to echo in the West Wing. He argues that...
As of March 6, 2026, Operation Epic Fury is entering soon a second week of high-intensity kinetic strikes without a single American or allied...
Dr. Andrew Latham, a professor of international relations and fellow at Defense Priorities, evaluates this "Trumpian Dilemma." He argues that while the mission to...
The current strategy of leveraging a Kurdish-led insurgency to catalyze regime change in Iran is a high-stakes gamble that risks repeating the strategic failures...
The deployment of the U.S. Bomber Triad—the B-2 Spirit, B-1B Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress—over Iran represents a rare and lethal synchronization of American airpower....
The technical brilliance of the Middle Eastern Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IADS) has hit a hard industrial ceiling. As of March 5, 2026,...
Summary and Key Points: Caleb Larson, a national security journalist, evaluates the deployment of the B-52 Stratofortress during Operation Epic Fury. -According to CENTCOM...