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Why the Russian Navy Is Falling Apart: Article Summary -The Russian Navy (VMF) is facing its greatest crisis since World War II as the...
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Summary and Key Points: China’s naval ambitions face a harsh reality check as the new Fujian supercarrier reveals critical design flaws that hamper its...
Summary and Key Points: At roughly $300 million per jet, F-47 NGAD fighter costs are expected to climb as adaptive engines, modular bays, cockpit...
“Sphere of influence” has returned as a defining idea, but the real story is bigger than a U.S.-China-Russia triangle. Eight powers—India, Japan, Brazil, Saudi...
Masoud Barzani’s February 6 meeting with SDF commander Mazloum Abdi spotlights a decade of U.S. partnering that helped defeat ISIS in eastern Syria, but...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the...
Summary and Key Points: Canada’s $19 billion commitment to the F-35 is hanging by a thread as Prime Minister Mark Carney signals a tectonic...
Summary and Key Points: China’s aerospace industry is challenging American air dominance with the rapid production of the J-35A, a fifth-generation stealth fighter designed...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) has officially been reborn as the U.S. Navy’s first hypersonic strike platform, completing critical sea...
Summary and Key Points: The German Leopard 2 is hailed as the pinnacle of tank engineering, yet its performance in Ukraine has exposed the...
Summary and Key Points – The Tragedy That Created Mark Twain: How Samuel Clemens Survived the Frontier -Mark Twain is remembered as America’s greatest...
Summary and Key Points: A 1995 PBS interview with Steve Jobs captures a pragmatic view of wealth: money matters because it lets you fund...
Summary and Key Points: The famous “old man” quote captures Mark Twain’s trademark wit—whether or not he actually said it. Born Samuel Clemens in...
Summary and Key Points: Samuel Langhorne Clemens rose from a difficult childhood in Missouri to become Mark Twain, the sharpest comic voice of 19th-century...
Summary and Key Points: While Confucius is often reduced to fortune-cookie aphorisms, his actual philosophy offered a radical framework for critical thinking and emotional...
Summary and Key Points: A popular “Quote of the Day” line often attributed to Abraham Lincoln—“I am not bound to win…”—has no documentary evidence...
“There are four ways of doing things: the right way; the wrong way; the Navy way; and my way. So long as they do...
The Trump administration is facing a diplomatic crisis in the world of sports, with significant controversies surrounding both the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
Key Points and Summary – When North Korea stormed across the 38th parallel in June 1950, an exhausted post-WWII US Army rushed a tiny...
Key Points and Summary – North Korea’s special operations forces are often overlooked, but estimates place them among the world’s largest elite formations. -Designed...
Key Points and Summary – North Korea’s most underrated weapon isn’t its nukes or artillery, but its vast tunnel network under and around the...
Why the Russian Navy Is Falling Apart: Article Summary -The Russian Navy (VMF) is facing its greatest crisis since World War II as the...
Summary: The F-35’s Mach 1.6 “Problem”: Why the Saab JAS 39 Gripen Is Faster -The Saab JAS 39 Gripen E is technically faster than...
Summary and Key Points: Canada’s F-35 “Problem”: Why Ottawa Might Buy Swedish JAS 39 Gripens Instead -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly inching...
Summary and Key Points: The XB-70 Valkyrie: The “Future” That Crashed in 1966 -The XB-70 Valkyrie was a Mach 3, six-engine marvel designed to...
Iran’s “Swarm” Challenge: Why Tehran Is Obsessed With U.S. Supercarriers Summary and Key Points: Iran’s persistent fixation on destroying U.S. aircraft carriers isn’t just...
