Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Russia’s Su-35S has become a symbol of the VKS’s broader failure to secure air superiority in Ukraine. Confirmed losses vary widely by source, with...
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Russia’s Su-35S has become a symbol of the VKS’s broader failure to secure air superiority in Ukraine. Confirmed losses vary widely by source, with...
A Rutgers political scientist argues Russia’s war aims in Ukraine amount to genocide, pointing to a strike on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, sustained...
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s Aerospace Forces have taken steep losses since February 2022 in the Ukraine war, leaving a smaller, aging fleet that...
Summary and Key Points: Despite persistent online commentary suggesting China may annex parts of Siberia to reclaim historical territories, experts argue that military conquest...
A Washington Post report argues Russia’s strategy of freezing Ukraine into submission is running into a new reality: Ukraine is building an AI-enabled air-defense...
Four years of fighting in Ukraine forced Russia to relearn war under constant drone surveillance, electronic warfare, and rapid sensor-to-shooter strikes. Small units dispersed...
Key Points and Summary – Vladimir Putin is recycling Soviet-era rhetoric to address Russia’s “nationality question,” blaming foreign intelligence services for inciting ethnic discord...
Key Points and Summary – The piece uses a Ukrainian cross-country skier’s refusal to speak with Russians—calling them “terrorists”—as a blunt window into why...
Key Points and Summary – Russia claims Ukrainian forces launched 91 long-range drones toward a presidential residence near Valdai in the Novgorod region, calling...
Synopsis – The piece argues that Vladimir Putin’s record—mass violence, repression, and open imperial intent—makes it implausible that a U.S. president could genuinely believe...