Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – A leaked Pentagon Overmatch brief has reignited fears that China’s hypersonic and anti-ship missiles could quickly sink U.S. aircraft...
Hi, what are you looking for?
Key Points and Summary – A leaked Pentagon Overmatch brief has reignited fears that China’s hypersonic and anti-ship missiles could quickly sink U.S. aircraft...
Key Points and Summary – China’s navy is now larger than the U.S. Navy on paper, but numbers hide a critical imbalance. -While Beijing...
Key Points and Summary – The Medal of Honor is America’s highest award for valor, and its story is more complex than many assume....
Key Points and Summary – The troubled USS Zumwalt class is about to get a defining mission: launching long-range hypersonic glide weapons under the...
Key Points and Summary – Congress has gutted funding for the Navy’s F/A-XX program, cutting FY2026 support to just $74 million while fully backing...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy once touted the electromagnetic railgun as a game-changing ship weapon: Mach 7 shots, 100-nautical-mile range, and...
Key Points and Summary – The Northrop–McDonnell Douglas YF-23 “Black Widow II” was the stealthier, longer-legged rival to Lockheed’s YF-22 in the Advanced Tactical...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy has only 53 fast-attack submarines against a formal requirement of 66, even as missions multiply from...
Key Points and Summary – This piece explains how the Navy Cross—second only to the Medal of Honor—is actually earned and why it is...
Key Points and Summary – If Washington shifts from counternarcotics to kinetic strikes on Venezuela, the Navy would be the tip of the spear....