Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams specialize in covert underwater operations using mini-submarines like the Mark 8 and the advanced...
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Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams specialize in covert underwater operations using mini-submarines like the Mark 8 and the advanced...
Key Points: Australia’s AUKUS plan for acquiring eight nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) is fraught with challenges, including delays, cost overruns, and doubts about U.S....
Key Points: The USS America, a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was deliberately sunk in 2005 during a “SinkEx” live-fire exercise to study its survivability...
Key Points: In news you might have missed before the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35C, the carrier variant of the Lightning II, saw...
Not Enough Missiles: The U.S. defense industrial base is under pressure as munitions supplied to Ukraine, the Middle East, and allies have thinned stockpiles, raising...
Key Points: A U.S.-China war over Taiwan would be catastrophic for all parties. China would initiate with a missile barrage on Taiwan, followed by...
Key Points: In a shocking display of asymmetric warfare, Sweden’s HSwMS Gotland submarine “sank” the USS Ronald Reagan in repeated simulated war games, exposing...
Total Failures: Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers, once symbols of Soviet naval power, now represent an era long past. -At 28,000 tons and over 800 feet...
Key Points: The Constellation-class frigates, based on the European FREMM design, were intended to fill the U.S. Navy’s frigate gap after the failures of...
Key Points: The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) will replace the aging Ohio class, extending the U.S. nuclear deterrent through the 21st century. –These...