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.

‘No Beardos, No Weirdos’: Hegseth’s Speech Refreshingly Blunt and Informative

Commentary Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s Sept. 30 State of the Force speech was refreshingly blunt, but it ...

Viewpoints October 12, 2026
Don’t Let Short-Term Gas Prices Overshadow Manufacturing Renaissance and Real GDP Increases

Commentary Yes, we are experiencing high gas prices, but the factors contributing to them are being addressed, and ...

Viewpoints October 8, 2026
Shooting for the Stars, Getting the Moon: The New Greenland Agreement

Commentary Some have tried to minimize the importance of the new Greenland agreement. After all, the 1951 agreement ...

Viewpoints October 7, 2026
Pretending We Can Put the AI Genie Back in the Bottle Is Pure Foolishness

Defending against malicious use and against machines that slip out of human control requires advanced AI of our own.

Viewpoints October 2, 2026
Bursting the Torpedo Bubble Myth Equating Frigates With Carriers and Battleships

Commentary On June 14, 1999, a decommissioned, unmanned Australian frigate, the HMAS Torrens, was sitting in the Indian Ocean ...

Viewpoints September 22, 2026
Iran Is Not Even Close to Winning the War

Commentary The airwaves and blogs are full of pundits and other self-proclaimed experts declaring that the United States ...

Viewpoints September 8, 2026
Meet the Modern Battlefield, Same as the Old Battlefield

Commentary The above title pays homage to the Who’s 1971 hit “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” which states, “Meet ...

Viewpoints September 6, 2026
Claims of Genocide in Gaza Show Double Standard of Media, UN

Commentary The charge of genocide leveled against Israel in Gaza fails every legal and factual test. Genocide, as ...

Viewpoints August 19, 2026
An Effective Strategy to Deal With Iran

Commentary Victor Davis Hanson recently suggested a creative proposal that would further weaken Iran by highlighting the illegitimacy ...

Viewpoints August 8, 2026
Strait of Hormuz Highlights the US Navy’s Desperate Need for a Real Littoral Combat Ship

Commentary The U.S. Navy desperately needs a small, tough, heavily armed surface warship. Its failed efforts over the ...

Viewpoints August 5, 2026
Trump’s Involvement in Procuring Sorely Needed Icebreaker Saves Billions

Commentary Steel cutting and structural construction on the first of 11 planned U.S. Coast Guard medium icebreakers began ...

Viewpoints July 7, 2026
July 4: The 200th Anniversary of the Deaths of 2 of the Most Important Founding Fathers

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were central to transforming the 13 colonies into a nation based on written ...

Viewpoints July 1, 2026
The AI Threat SciFi Predicted Is Right on Our Doorstep

Commentary Science fiction has long predicted the threats and challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI). In the Star ...

Viewpoints June 15, 2026
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