Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – The A-12 Avenger II was supposed to give the U.S. Navy a carrier-based stealth bomber to replace the A-6...
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Key Points and Summary – The A-12 Avenger II was supposed to give the U.S. Navy a carrier-based stealth bomber to replace the A-6...
Key Points and Summary – China’s naval strategy around aircraft carriers is not contradictory, even if it looks that way. -Beijing fields DF-21D and...
Key Points and Summary – The EA-18G Growler is the U.S. Navy’s premier carrier-based electronic attack aircraft, derived from the F/A-18F Super Hornet and...
Key Points and Summary – Satellite images from western China have revealed full-scale mockups of U.S. aircraft carriers and destroyers laid out on rails...
Key Points and Summary – Sweden’s Gotland-class submarines made headlines in 2005 by sneaking inside the USS Ronald Reagan’s defenses, proving how dangerous small...
Key Points and Summary – On January 14, 1969, the nuclear-powered carrier USS Enterprise suffered a devastating flight deck fire while preparing for combat...
Key Points and Summary: The Forrestal-class carriers were the first true “supercarriers,” purpose-built to handle the heavy jets of the Cold War era. The...
Key Points and Summary: Despite being the premier 5th-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor was never designed for—and is physically incapable of—carrier operations. The Weight:...
Key Points and Summary: In a stunning 1999 exercise, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus penetrated a U.S. carrier strike group’s defenses and simulated...
Key Takeaways – In a 2013 NATO exercise in the Arabian Sea, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Dallas proved why American undersea...