Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The U.S. is pouring billions into a handful of exquisite warplanes — the $300-million F-47 and the $700-million-plus B-21 Raider. But this analysis argues...
Hi, what are you looking for?
The U.S. is pouring billions into a handful of exquisite warplanes — the $300-million F-47 and the $700-million-plus B-21 Raider. But this analysis argues...
The F-22 Raptor is famous for its stealth, but its two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines are just as remarkable: 70,000 pounds of combined...
The United States and Iran can probably keep the shooting stopped for 60 days — but only if neither side mistakes the pause for...
India spent roughly 40 years turning the Tejas into a combat fighter — and in 2026, around 30 finished jets sit grounded, waiting on...
France has named its next aircraft carrier the France Libre, after Charles de Gaulle's wartime Free French movement — and it will be nearly...
The United Kingdom’s Vanguard-class submarines are the Royal Navy’s persistent, continuous nuclear deterrent force at sea. A class of just four boats, one of...
The battlecruiser was supposed to be extinct after 1945 — until the Soviet Union built four nuclear-powered Kirov-class giants, the largest surface warships since...
The Leopard 2 is widely considered one of the best tanks ever built — world-class armor, firepower, mobility, and fire control, fielded by more...
America has the Abrams, Germany the Leopard 2, Britain the Challenger — and Italy has the Ariete, the tank NATO forgets and often mocks....
The terms of the Memorandum of Understanding ending the U.S.-Iran war are now public. This analysis argues the deal is worth supporting as an...