Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The Iran war will be assessed in the usual ways—targets hit, systems degraded, and what the ceasefire froze in place. That accounting misses where...
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The Iran war will be assessed in the usual ways—targets hit, systems degraded, and what the ceasefire froze in place. That accounting misses where...
China’s Sea Mines Are Even Better and More Plentiful Than Iran’s Sea mines are a fact of life in the Strait of Hormuz. The...
Former Special Forces Warrant Officer Steve Balestrieri analyzes the U.S. Navy's maintenance crisis. Following a 2021 collision, the $3 billion USS Connecticut remains stuck...
Summary and Key Points: After colliding with an uncharted seamount on October 2, 2021, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) suffered major bow damage that sidelined one...
Summary and Key Points: On January 24, Littoral Combat Ship USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) made a port call at Ream Naval Base, the first U.S....
New satellite imagery indicates renewed Chinese dredging activity at Antelope Reef in the Paracel Islands, a disputed chain claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan, and China...
USS Abraham Lincoln Has A Message For Iran: A U.S. Supercarrier Heads To CENTCOM The United States Navy has ordered the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS...
Key Points and Summary – In December 2025, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group deployed to the Indo-Pacific, arriving in Guam on...
One of many vivid Chinese aphorisms is “chóng dǎo fù zhé,” which describes a cart following in the same tracks as an overturned cart...
China’s Encroachment In the Yellow Sea Is Making South Korea Nervous: As if tensions aren’t already running high between China and its neighbors, Beijing...