Paul Crespo

The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is the U.S. Army's next-generation, long-range precision-strike weapon, designed to replace the Army Tactical Attack Missile System (ATACMS) used for decades.

While much of the defense news that focuses on China's navy emphasizes that it is now the world's largest by hull numbers. They also report a lot on its rapidly evolving full-sized aircraft carriers, the most recent one, the Fujian, nearing the specs of U.S. supercarriers.

PAUL'S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): The Navy is not returning to its damaged Bahrain base “anytime soon .” The Navy's highest-ranking officer told sailors that it would be a while before the service would return to its main logistics hub in Middle East after it was heavily damaged early in the Iran war.

Democrats would prefer to make this story exclusively about guns. The facts, however, raise broader and more uncomfortable questions.

PAUL'S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): New economics of warfare: David vs. Goliath . The most important lesson emerging from Iran conflict may not actually be about Iran. It is about the changing economics of warfare and what happens when autonomy, AI, commercial technology, and inexpensive mass begin eroding advantages once reserved almost exclusively for major powers.

On April 2, 1982, Argentina sent several thousand troops to seize control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean near the southern tip of South America. President Ronald Reagan had tried and failed to persuade the leader of Argentina's military junta to call off the invasion.

Evidence from Iran suggests its lethal fragments may travel hundreds of feet beyond the detonation point. The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is the U.S. Army’s next-generation, long-range precision-strike weapon, designed to replace the Army Tactical Attack Missile System (ATACMS) used for decades. While ATACMS can travel approximately up to 186 miles, PrSM surface-to-surface ballistic missile […]

New satellite imagery shows Beijing is rapidly reshaping a remote desert airfield in western China into a major test center for its most advanced military aircraft such as the J-36 stealth jet. Some are referring to this base as China's Area 51, America's infamous Air Force proving grounds in the New Mexico desert.

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels are mounting a major push to seize the country's Red Sea coast, claiming control of the key port of Mocha in the most serious fighting with the Saudi-backed government since a U.N.-brokered truce in April 2022 largely halted major military exchanges.

In the wake of huge Reaper losses during conflict with Iran, the Air Force is hunting for new lower-cost, long-endurance armed drones to perform the same missions as the General Atomics MQ-9, first deployed in 2001. The service wants to buy at least 180 cheaper MQ-9 replacements.