Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
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...
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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...
Key Points and Summary – A Pentagon Inspector General review found the Army and Navy miscalculated Category IV enlistments—AFQT scores in the 10th–30th percentile—by...
Key Points and Summary – Boeing’s X-32 nearly became the Joint Strike Fighter, but Lockheed’s X-35 won and evolved into today’s F-35. Some called...
Key Points and Summary – The A-12 Avenger II was conceived as a stealthy, carrier-based strike aircraft to replace the A-6 Intruder and survive...
Key Points and Summary – Japan is executing a major “Super Interceptor” modernization to keep 68 F-15J fighters relevant into the next decade, aiming...
Key Points and Summary – The F-14 Tomcat became an American icon, but its early years were shadowed by a serious propulsion flaw: the...
Key Points and Summary – America nearly built a battleship bigger than Iowa: the Montana-class. -Authorized during World War II, it was designed for...
Key Points and Summary – Russia sold the MiG-35 as a budget “MiG-29 for modern war”—AESA radar, upgraded engines, sharper electronic warfare, and real...
Key Points and Summary – America’s four Ohio-class SSGNs carry up to 154 Tomahawks apiece, giving the Navy a stealthy, mobile strike magazine for...