Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
South Korea and Japan want nuclear-powered submarines, and a stronger allied undersea force would bolster deterrence against China's expanding navy. But diplomatic friction, labor...
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South Korea and Japan want nuclear-powered submarines, and a stronger allied undersea force would bolster deterrence against China's expanding navy. But diplomatic friction, labor...
In 1956, a Navy test pilot named Tom Attridge did something no one thought possible: he shot himself down. Diving past the speed of...
Landing a jet on an aircraft carrier at night, on a pitching deck in bad weather, is something many Navy pilots say frightens them...
On paper, the Navy's Wasp-class ships are amphibious assault ships, built to land Marines, helicopters, and vehicles on a hostile shore. But load one...
Commissioned in 2009, the USS George H.W. Bush was the last Nimitz-class carrier the United States ever built, and she isn't quite like the...
On the outside it looks like an ordinary Glock 19, but the Navy SEALs' Mk 27 hides modifications built for one of the hardest...
An aircraft carrier's reach is its air wing's combat radius — and China's missiles now outrange it. To strike, a carrier must sail into...
On May 21, 2025, a brand-new North Korean destroyer rolled over and partially capsized at its own launch ceremony — with Kim Jong Un...
Beijing calls its largest warship a destroyer. Washington calls it a cruiser. At 13,000 tons and 112 launch cells, the Type 055 is bigger...
China is racing toward nine aircraft carriers by 2035, the fastest carrier buildup since World War II. But a carrier never fights alone —...