Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Winston Churchill’s formative years mixed privilege with restlessness: born at Blenheim Palace, trained at Sandhurst, commissioned into the cavalry, and...
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Summary and Key Points: Winston Churchill’s formative years mixed privilege with restlessness: born at Blenheim Palace, trained at Sandhurst, commissioned into the cavalry, and...
UK Sends HMS Anson to Australia—AUKUS Rotation Tests a Stretched Royal Navy The UK has sent the HMS Anson, an Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine...
A retired UK rear admiral and former Ministry of Defence nuclear-policy director warns the SSN-AUKUS effort is at high risk because the Royal Navy’s...
A wartime U.S.-UK shipbuilding rivalry invites a head-to-head comparison between America’s Iowa-class battleships and Britain’s HMS Vanguard. The Iowa-class brings a long combat record...
Synopsis: The undersea attack submarine race in 2026 is being defined by quieting, sensors, and payload—because the best attack submarines are no longer “just”...
Key Points and Summary – Canadian Victoria-class submarines have repeatedly penetrated NATO and allied carrier groups during exercises, scoring simulated torpedo “kills” on high-value...
Key Points and Summary – In November 1940, Britain’s Royal Navy used HMS Illustrious to launch a night raid on Italy’s fleet at Taranto,...
Key Points and Summary – In February 2009, Britain’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant—both ballistic-missile submarines—collided while submerged in the Atlantic during routine...
Key Points and Summary – HMS Agamemnon, the sixth Astute-class attack submarine, has been commissioned into the Royal Navy as Britain doubles down on...
Key Takeaways – Britain’s Vanguard-class submarines are the silent backbone of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, built in the 1980s and 1990s to carry Trident...