Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Synopsis: In a 2005 Pacific war game, the Swedish diesel-electric submarine HSwMS Gotland shattered the myth of U.S. naval invincibility by repeatedly “sinking” the...
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Synopsis: In a 2005 Pacific war game, the Swedish diesel-electric submarine HSwMS Gotland shattered the myth of U.S. naval invincibility by repeatedly “sinking” the...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Abraham Lincoln “supercarrier” has been conducting live-fire drills and flight operations in the contested South China Sea...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier Strike Group recently conducted live-fire drills in the South China Sea, including the...
Synopsis: The A-12 Avenger II was the U.S. Navy’s ambitious attempt in the 1980s to field a carrier-based stealth bomber to replace the A-6...
Key Points and Summary – The Department of Defense has accelerated the delivery of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) to March 2027, following...
Key Points and Summary: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), known as “Big E,” was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the longest warship ever...
Key Points and Synopsis: In a 1981 NATO exercise, a Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine shocked the world by “sinking” the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS...
Synopsis: Despite the invention of autopilot in 1912 by Lawrence Sperry, U.S. Naval Aviators generally refuse to use it for landing on aircraft carriers....
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...