Mike Fredenburg

Mike Fredenburg writes on military technology and defense matters with an emphasis on defense reform. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s degree in production operations management.

1776—The Year the United States Was Born, and Its All-Important 1st Amendment Foundations Were Laid

Our Founders did not merely launch a nation; they secured the intellectual architecture of liberty itself.

Viewpoints May 24, 2026
A Long Goodbye for the Air Force’s Legendary Supersonic Jet Trainer

The T-38 Talon safely produced generations of skilled combat pilots on time and at a reasonable cost.

Viewpoints May 19, 2026
Breaking China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold on the US Military

Commentary For decades, politicians stood by and did nothing as China used predatory trade practices to destroy the ...

Viewpoints May 11, 2026
Anthropic’s Most Dangerous Achievement

Commentary Anthropic's newest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Mythos, can do what teams of elite human hackers cannot do ...

Viewpoints April 22, 2026
Cheaper Missiles, UAVs, and Especially Guns Are Key to Drone Defense

Commentary The Red Sea fight and other battles over the past year have laid bare the stark reality ...

Viewpoints April 18, 2026
Navy’s Green Laundry Initiative Weakened a $15 Billion Carrier

Commentary The $15 billion USS Gerald Ford was forced to cut short its deployment because of a laundry ...

Viewpoints April 10, 2026
The Fog of War Makes Real-Time Battle Damage Assessments Unreliable

A variety of factors make it extremely difficult to conduct real or near-real-time battle damage assessments.

Viewpoints April 9, 2026
With Thousands of Americans in Harm’s Way, Placating China Is Unpleasant but Necessary

Commentary Missiles flying, mullahs dying, thousands of drones crashing into buildings and radars, anti-ballistic missiles hitting their targets, ...

Viewpoints April 3, 2026
The A-10 Proves Its Worth Again Over the Strait of Hormuz

Commentary Despite Air Force claims that the A-10 has no place on the modern battlefield, a claim it ...

Viewpoints March 24, 2026
Iran’s Glass Cannon Fleet Was a Poor Match for the US Navy

Commentary Anyone who has done much computer gaming, especially role-playing games, is familiar with the concept of the ...

Viewpoints March 14, 2026
Is Russian and Chinese Intel Costing US Lives in the Iran War?

Commentary Over the past week, multiple news organizations have reported that Russia has been supplying Iran with intel, ...

Viewpoints March 11, 2026
Iranian Leaders Face Growing Vulnerability Following Decapitation Strikes

Commentary The killing of many key militant Shiite leaders, including Ayatollah Khamenei, is a major blow to the ...

Opinion March 6, 2026
Why Airstrikes Alone Cannot Stop Tehran’s Drive for the Bomb

Commentary In the heated debates over the status of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, some pundits try to make ...

Viewpoints March 4, 2026
California’s Energy Policies Are Putting Our Military at Risk

California's fragile and failing fossil fuel infrastructure could significantly damage the nation’s overall military readiness and effectiveness.

Viewpoints February 24, 2026
California’s Self-Inflicted Gas Crisis, and Why You Pay so Much at the Pump

Commentary If you have visited the gas pump and been watching the news, you know California is in ...

Viewpoints February 20, 2026
Japan Positioned to Lead Regional Coalition to Counter Chinese CCP Coercion

Commentary Since the National Security treaty was signed in 1951, Japan has depended on the United States for ...

Viewpoints February 19, 2026
Has Technology Advanced Enough to Make Battleships Relevant Again?

Commentary There has been a lot of discussion and speculation about what the new Trump/Defiant class battleship will ...

Viewpoints February 13, 2026
The Failure to Condemn Incitement Will Lead to More Deaths and Violence

When surrounded by highly charged protesters who have been told the ICE agents are fascists, the risk of ...

Viewpoints January 28, 2026
National Interests Dictate That the US–Greenland Relationship Be Redefined

China’s rapidly growing presence in the Arctic mirrors Greenland’s growing importance.

Viewpoints January 23, 2026
Examining the Maduro Regime and Drug Charges Against the Former Venezuelan Leader

Commentary Nicolás Maduro is not the democratically elected leader of Venezuela; he is a corrupt strongman who has ...

Viewpoints January 11, 2026
A Tactical Overview: How the United States Captured Nicolás Maduro

Commentary “No other country on planet Earth—and it’s not even close—could pull this kind of operation off," Secretary ...

Viewpoints January 6, 2026
Osprey Failures Killed 20 Troops in 4 Years, Reports Find

Commentary The V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s persistent mechanical failures and safety risks have been confirmed and documented in ...

Viewpoints January 6, 2026
New Trump-Class Ships Could Face Setback Over Railgun Failures

Commentary On Dec. 22, President Donald Trump announced plans to design and build a new class of large ...

Viewpoints December 31, 2025
An Overdue Prioritization: Immigration Control as America’s Foremost National Security Imperative

Commentary “The greatest threat to freedom, even in today’s perilous times, comes from no foreign foe.” —President Ronald ...

Viewpoints December 26, 2025
China’s Intelligence Ops Swamping the West

The communist nation runs the world’s largest and most aggressive intelligence machine.

Viewpoints December 2, 2025
The Real Trump Card for Ukraine Is Intel

Commentary Details of the recently leaked 28-point peace plan for Ukraine and Russia and the White House’s update ...

Viewpoints November 26, 2025
Drugs, Oil, and the Rise of Trump’s Monroe Doctrine to Counter China

U.S. presence in the Caribbean is far beyond what is needed to deter drug operations, but it is ...

Viewpoints November 21, 2025