Mike Fredenburg

Mike Fredenburg is the founding president of the Adam Smith Institute of San Diego.

F-16s to Ukraine an Exercise in Symbolism Over Substance

Commentary “When [we] have F-16, we will win this war,” said Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian ...

Viewpoints May 30, 2023
Despite Billions in Research and Development, US Lags in Deploying Hypersonic Missiles

Commentary On March 28, the Air Force admitted that the March 13 test of Lockheed Martin’s AGM-183 air-launched ...

Viewpoints May 25, 2023
The Asymmetric Nature of Expensive Air Defenses Versus Cheap Drones

Commentary Putting geopolitics aside for the moment, the Russia–Ukraine war has been a testing ground for some of ...

Viewpoints May 16, 2023
Effective Use of Anti-Tank Missiles by Ukraine Key to Early Successes in War With Russia

Commentary Over 200 million rounds of ammo for small arms and over 4 million rounds of ammunition for ...

Viewpoints May 5, 2023
Myth Busted: Hypersonic Missiles Make Great Bunker Busters

Commentary Reports have been circulating on Twitter and some news services that Russia’s new “super weapon” has destroyed ...

Viewpoints May 2, 2023
US–NATO Tanks—Will They Make a Significant Difference?

Commentary Western tanks will “burn like all the rest,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. The statement by Pesckov ...

Viewpoints April 24, 2023
Modernized B-52H Will Become B-52J and Fly Into the 2050s

Commentary With testing underway at NASA’s Stennis Space Center for the B-52's shiny new engines, a quick overview ...

Viewpoints April 17, 2023
China’s Rapid Advances in Satellite Technology Strengthens ‘Kill Chain’ for ‘Carrier Killer’ Missiles

Commentary The Chinese spy balloon allowed to traverse the United States may have gathered some useful intel, or ...

Thinking About China February 21, 2023