Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s warning that China could knock out U.S. aircraft carriers in “20 minutes” spotlights the hypersonic era: maneuvering weapons above Mach...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s warning that China could knock out U.S. aircraft carriers in “20 minutes” spotlights the hypersonic era: maneuvering weapons above Mach...
Congress is reviving the Navy’s F/A-XX carrier fighter by adding $897 million above the Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 request, signaling impatience with a strategy that...
Japan has begun sea trials of a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapon intended to counter drones by burning or disabling targets without missiles or gunfire. The...
In January 2026, Royal Netherlands Navy air-defense frigate HNLMS Evertsen joined NATO’s Exercise Sharpshooter at the U.K. MOD Aberporth range, about 20 miles off...
President Theodore Roosevelt famously declared that without war, there are no great generals, and without great occasions, there are no great statesmen—arguing that even...
The Zumwalt Destroyers Finally Have A Mission: Hypersonic Missiles (Summary and Key Points) -The U.S. Navy is moving to give its three Zumwalt-class destroyers...
USS Gerald R. Ford’s high-tech promise keeps colliding with an unglamorous reality: repeated failures in its vacuum sewage system during a major deployment. Internal...
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) has begun its final chapter: a tow from Philadelphia to Brownsville, Texas, where International Shipbreaking will dismantle the last...
Sean Steo, a physical education teacher at Eagle Rock Middle School in Idaho Falls, is leaving the classroom for the U.S. Navy after four...
New York-Class Battleships: 10 14-Inch Guns, Two Ships, and a Big WWII Impact Many maritime history experts consider the U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class to be...