Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: As of March 21, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has become the primary laboratory for the U.S. Navy’s most advanced...
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Summary and Key Points: As of March 21, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has become the primary laboratory for the U.S. Navy’s most advanced...
Brandon J. Weichert analyzes the U.S. Navy’s systemic "force-structure crunch" as Operation Epic Fury strains a brittle aircraft carrier fleet. With the USS Gerald...
This incident on March 19, 2026, represents a pivotal "reality check" for the perceived invulnerability of fifth-generation stealth assets. While the F-35A Lightning II...
As of late March 2026, the strategic landscape of Operation Epic Fury has shifted from a high-intensity "shock" campaign to a calculated war of...
France is spending $12 billion on the largest warship ever built in Europe — a nuclear-powered supercarrier meant to project Macron's vision of strategic...
Dr. Andrew Latham, Macalester College international relations professor and Institute for Peace and Diplomacy senior fellow, argues America's Tomahawk cruise missile stockpile is being...
Kris Osborn, President of Warrior Maven, reveals the B-21 Raider's role beyond stealth bombing. The Northrop Grumman aircraft will function as an airborne intelligence...
Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a damning Pentagon assessment revealing the F-35's TR-3 software upgrade was "predominantly unusable" throughout 2024, delivering zero new...
The 2026 air campaign has achieved "Disruption" but failed to reach "Disarmament." In modern kinetic warfare, unless the "human capital" and decentralized command structures...
The U.S. military is winning the Iran War — and handing China a detailed blueprint of American vulnerabilities in the process. Tomahawk stockpiles are...