Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
With the outlook for defense policy and spending bills opaque for the foreseeable future given the chaos in Congress, policymakers must prioritize steps to...
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With the outlook for defense policy and spending bills opaque for the foreseeable future given the chaos in Congress, policymakers must prioritize steps to...
In a word, “no.” At more than $700 billion per year, consuming around three percent of America’s gross domestic product (GDP), employing millions of...
In the current version of the defense House Appropriations bill, appropriators have denied the Pentagon’s request for multiyear contracting authority for two specific munitions...
Last month, the U.S. Army celebrated the 50th anniversary of its all-volunteer force. In 1973, President Richard Nixon revealed that the military would no...
Over time you notice Washington DC has a cyclical nature to it. Just look at the sine wave of the U.S. defense budget over...
As its annual National People’s Congress gets underway this week, China has announced a 7.2% increase in military spending for 2023. That comes amid rising tensions over...
The City’s Fall Will Not Change the Course of the War: After seven months of ferocious combat, Bakhmut’s fall finally appears imminent. The city...
Will House Republicans try to cut defense spending? – It’s the kind of history that repeats itself over and over again: When there’s a...
It is difficult to figure out just how much the United States spends on defense each year. But it is safe to say that...
The Russian defense industry has some struggles ahead. Despite claims of self-sufficiency, it turns out that Russian industry needs Western components and Western support....