Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Izumo-class “helicopter destroyers” are becoming true light carriers, able to operate the STOVL F-35B and extend airpower beyond...
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Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Izumo-class “helicopter destroyers” are becoming true light carriers, able to operate the STOVL F-35B and extend airpower beyond...
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed’s S-3 Viking arrived as the Navy’s submarine hunter, built to replace the S-2 Tracker and stalk Soviet boats...
Key Points and Summary – As drones proliferate, navies are revisiting an old idea with new technology: the aircraft-carrying submarine. Past concepts failed because...
Key Points and Summary – Europe’s Future Combat Air System faces a make-or-break decision as Germany, France, and Spain near an end-of-2025 deadline to...
Key Points and Summary – After canceling the Constellation-class frigate, the U.S. Navy says it will build a new FF(X) based on the Coast...
Key Points and Summary: Japan Needs Nuclear-Powered Submarines -Japan’s superb diesel-electric submarines were built for short, proximate defense, not the vast, fast-moving Western Pacific....
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-10 marked a break from copy-and-build habits, pairing Chengdu’s design institute with CAC manufacturing to field a homegrown...
Key Points and Summary – The Bradley Fighting Vehicle has outlived every would-be successor, but the Army is running out of easy upgrades. -The...
Key Points – A U.S.-Panama “crisis response exercise” at the U.S. Embassy in Panama City brought together Navy SEALs, Green Berets, embassy staff, and...
Key Points and Summary – Beards were common in the Civil War, but World War I gas-mask logic and uniformity pushed the U.S. military...