Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
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...
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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...
Summary and Key Points – A report says the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is shifting from the South China Sea to the...
Summary and Key Points: The Navy is preparing to arm the three Zumwalt-class destroyers with Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapons, aiming for operational deployment...
Summary and Key Points: The BBG(X) Trump-class battleship concept is colliding with a separate modernization priority: the DDG(X) next-generation destroyer. -Critics argue the two...
Key Points and Summary – The Navy is weighing whether the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group can take on another major...
Summary and Key Points: Huntington Ingalls’ CEO says the Navy will provide its first concrete design-schedule guidance for the BBG(X) “Trump-class” guided-missile battleship within...
Synopsis and Key Points: China’s DF-27 is presented as an operational, conventionally armed intercontinental-range missile with an anti-ship variant designed to threaten U.S. aircraft...