Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: France’s Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service outside the United States, and it remains the...
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Summary and Key Points: France’s Charles de Gaulle is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service outside the United States, and it remains the...
Summary and Key Points: A Taiwan contingency would put U.S. aircraft carriers in a far harsher environment than 1996. China’s A2/AD network—anti-ship ballistic missiles,...
Summary and Key Points: China’s aircraft carrier program is advancing with the Type 003 Fujian, its first vessel utilizing Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS)....
Summary and Key Points: President Trump has signaled the deployment of a second aircraft carrier strike group toward Iran as a “deal or strike”...
Supercarrier Era Over for the U.S. Navy? Summary and Key Points -Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle unveiled his “U.S. Navy Fighting Instructions”...
Summary and Key Points: As Iran’s popular revolt intensifies, the Trump administration has signaled that “help is on the way,” backed by a massive...
Summary and Key Points: A CCTV video on China’s UAV development spotlighted familiar drones—then pivoted to a far more radical concept: the “Luan Niao,”...
Synopsis: The U.S. Navy confirmed that Carrier Air Wing 8 executed a coordinated formation flight over supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford during an aerial...
Synopsis: After over 50 years of service, the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) has completed its final cruise and is headed to Naval Station Norfolk for...
Summary and Key Points: The battleship-to-carrier comparison is emotionally satisfying but strategically wrong. Battleships became obsolete because their core mission—surface gunnery and line-of-sight combat—was...