Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Israel built the Merkava after Britain cut off its tanks, determined never to depend on a foreign supplier again. It became the symbol of...
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Israel built the Merkava after Britain cut off its tanks, determined never to depend on a foreign supplier again. It became the symbol of...
China, despite aggressively exporting a wide variety of military hardware, is unlikely to ever export the J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighter. While international interest...
An aircraft carrier's reach is its air wing's combat radius — and China's missiles now outrange it. To strike, a carrier must sail into...
The B-2 Spirit is the most capable bomber ever built — and the only aircraft that can drop the 30,000-pound bunker-buster that struck Iran's...
The U.S. Air Force spent years planning to retire the B-1 and B-2. Now it's pouring $1.7 billion into keeping both airborne into the...
The MiG 1.44 was meant to be the Soviet Union's F-22 — a supercruising, internally-armed fighter to dominate 21st-century air combat. Instead it became...
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark wasn't a flawed fighter — it was fast, affordable, reliable, and easy to maintain, everything defense planners now say America...
The debate over China's J-20 has always been whether it can beat the F-22 or F-35 in a fight. This analysis argues that's the...
On May 21, 2025, a brand-new North Korean destroyer rolled over and partially capsized at its own launch ceremony — with Kim Jong Un...
Beijing calls its largest warship a destroyer. Washington calls it a cruiser. At 13,000 tons and 112 launch cells, the Type 055 is bigger...