Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Former Pentagon acquisition expert Kris Osborn explores how the ongoing conflict in Iran serves as a real-world testing ground for a potential war with...
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Former Pentagon acquisition expert Kris Osborn explores how the ongoing conflict in Iran serves as a real-world testing ground for a potential war with...
America's Tomahawk cruise missile stockpile took a serious hit during the ongoing Iran war. Pentagon planners are likely scrambling. But the more urgent question...
The U.S. has already fired 319 Tomahawk missiles in the Iran War — roughly 10% of its entire stockpile — and RTX builds fewer...
The retirement of the Ohio-class SSGNs represents the single largest loss of conventional "magazine depth" in the history of the U.S. Navy. In 2026,...
The decommissioning of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers, which carry a fleet-high 122 VLS cells loaded with Tomahawk missiles, creates a structural firepower gap that newer...
Dr. Andrew Latham, Macalester College international relations professor and Institute for Peace and Diplomacy senior fellow, argues America's Tomahawk cruise missile stockpile is being...
Isaac Seitz, defense columnist and Strategic Intelligence graduate, maps the compounding crisis in U.S. Navy long-range strike capacity. The simultaneous retirement of four Ohio-class...
Caleb Larson, former POLITICO Europe defense reporter, examines the U.S. Navy's decision to extend the service lives of USS Ohio and USS Florida. Following...
Kris Osborn, President of Warrior Maven and former Pentagon acquisition expert, evaluates the strategic "multi-domain" shift in the Pacific. The deployment of the Typhon...
Harrison Kass, an attorney and former Air Force pilot selectee, evaluates the strategic "firepower paradox" of the USS Florida (SSGN-728) as it nears its...