Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: The Littoral Combat Ship was pitched as a low-cost, high-speed, modular alternative to sending billion-dollar destroyers into coastal waters, but...
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Summary and Key Points: The Littoral Combat Ship was pitched as a low-cost, high-speed, modular alternative to sending billion-dollar destroyers into coastal waters, but...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Preble has demonstrated a new layer of close-in defense by using the HELIOS shipboard laser to neutralize four...
Summary and Key Points: Wasn’t the battleship supposed to be obsolete? Debate over the proposed Trump-class battleships centers on whether they would be operationally...
Summary and Key Points: A federal funding lapse triggered a partial government shutdown that shuttered public-facing attractions on Naval Air Station Pensacola, including the...
Synopsis: The proposed Trump-class warship, informally dubbed USS Defiant, is framed as a 35,000-ton “battleship,” but the argument here is that it’s closer to...
Synopsis: USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier, has begun manufacturer sea trials—an early step toward delivery and eventual fleet...
Summary and Key Points: The old AT&T slogan fits air combat: win by getting to the fight and striking first from standoff range. The...
Summary and Key Points: After fresh warnings from U.S. President Trump over Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. naval forces moved deeper into the 5th Fleet...
Synopsis: USS Wisconsin (BB-64)—the Iowa-class “Big Whisky”—entered service in April 1944 and surged into the Pacific Ocean, escorting fast carriers and delivering shore bombardment...
Synopsis: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), the fourth Nimitz-class supercarrier, carries the radio call sign “Rough Rider” and the crew nickname “The Big Stick,” linking...