Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
President Trump’s proposed Trump-class battleship, known as BBG(X), is pitched as a high-end surface combatant with large missile launchers, hypersonic strike, directed-energy defenses, and...
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President Trump’s proposed Trump-class battleship, known as BBG(X), is pitched as a high-end surface combatant with large missile launchers, hypersonic strike, directed-energy defenses, and...
USS Abraham Lincoln’s Carrier Strike Group is redeploying from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East as unrest in Iran intensifies and CENTCOM expands regional...
The CVV “Aircraft Carrier (Medium)” emerged in the 1970s as the Navy tried to balance forward presence with tightening budgets and rising supercarrier costs....
The Montana-class battleships sit at the center of a lasting naval “what-if”: a larger successor to the Iowa class with heavier armor, a bigger...
Summary and Key Points: On July 19, 2024, during RIMPAC west of Hawaii, a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet launched an AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship...
Summary and Key Points: USS Abraham Lincoln is being redirected from the South China Sea to the Middle East to give President Trump additional...
Synopsis: The Ticonderoga-class cruisers were built around the Aegis Combat System as carrier strike group defenders and command-and-control hubs, combining SPY-1 radar with a...
Summary and Key Points – USS Nimitz is set to retire in 2026 after roughly five decades of service, closing out a career that...
Synopsis: Ford-class supercarriers pair nuclear endurance and high sustained speed with a less-discussed advantage: sortie generation. -The design goal is 160 sorties per day...
Key Points and Summary – The North Carolina-class produced just two fast battleships—USS North Carolina (BB-55) and USS Washington (BB-56)—built on the eve of...