Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The Trump Doctrine, a fundamental shift in American power projection, is currently being visualized through the high-intensity strikes of Operation Epic Fury. As of...
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The Trump Doctrine, a fundamental shift in American power projection, is currently being visualized through the high-intensity strikes of Operation Epic Fury. As of...
As Operation Epic Fury enters its critical second week, the Trump administration faces a strategic crossroads: can airpower alone collapse the Islamic Republic, or...
As Operation Epic Fury enters its second week, Iran is pivoting to a "Hezbollah blueprint" of asymmetric defiance to counter the destruction of its...
Harry J. Kazianis, Editor-in-Chief of 19FortyFive and veteran national security expert, evaluates the "Washington-speak" beginning to echo in the West Wing. He argues that...
As of March 6, 2026, Operation Epic Fury is entering soon a second week of high-intensity kinetic strikes without a single American or allied...
Brandon J. Weichert, Senior National Security Editor and author of The Shadow War, evaluates the looming logistics collapse, warning that President Trump’s "forever war"...
Dr. Andrew Latham, a professor of international relations and fellow at Defense Priorities, evaluates this "Trumpian Dilemma." He argues that while the mission to...
The current strategy of leveraging a Kurdish-led insurgency to catalyze regime change in Iran is a high-stakes gamble that risks repeating the strategic failures...
The deployment of the U.S. Bomber Triad—the B-2 Spirit, B-1B Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress—over Iran represents a rare and lethal synchronization of American airpower....
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...