Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has been effectively neutralized as a dominant regional power. -Despite...
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Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has been effectively neutralized as a dominant regional power. -Despite...
Summary and Key Points: USS George Washington’s midlife Refueling and Complex Overhaul ballooned into a nearly six-year, 2,117-day stretch in port, driven by stoppages,...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Gerald R. Ford is currently transiting the Mediterranean, ending its mission in the Caribbean following the arrest of...
Summary and Key Points: Admiral Daryl Caudle is sounding the alarm: the F/A-18 Super Hornet is nearing extinction, and the F-35C alone cannot carry...
Summary and Key Points: Critics often cite the strained U.S. submarine industrial base—currently prioritized for Columbia-class SSBNs—as proof that AUKUS will fail. -However, AUKUS...
Summary and Key Points: The Charles de Gaulle (R91) is Europe’s most capable naval asset, utilizing a nuclear-powered CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested...
Summary and Key Points: The French Navy’s PANG project has entered its critical implementation phase, aiming for a 2038 service entry to replace the...
Summary and Key Points: U.S. Navy aircraft carriers remain the most flexible tool for global power projection, but their dominance is being tested by...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s SINKEX events use decommissioned ships as live-fire targets so crews can practice real-world maritime strike and gather...
Summary and Key Points: In the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, U.S. carrier groups exposed a painful Chinese reality: Beijing could not reliably find, track,...