Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Israel used its F-35I Adir during the 12-day fight with Iran, but the campaign is framed as a networked operation...
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Summary and Key Points: Dr. Robert Kelly argues that a “new nuclear age” is dawning, driven not just by rogue states, but by U.S....
Summary and Key Points: One could argue that President Trump has seemed to have stopped from ordering strikes on Iran since January 15, 2026,...
Summary and Key Points: The January 2026 internet blackout in Iran, following protests that erupted on December 28, has exposed the deep failures of...
Summary and Key Points: While China’s Chengdu J-36 sixth-generation fighter is rapidly advancing with four prototypes airborne by late 2025, the H-20 stealth bomber...
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: Built to survive a world where the U-2 could be shot down, the SR-71 Blackbird was Lockheed’s Skunk Works answer...
Summary and Key Points: A Taiwan contingency would put U.S. aircraft carriers in a far harsher environment than 1996. China’s A2/AD network—anti-ship ballistic missiles,...
Summary and Key Points: Supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln is already in the Middle East, and reports say USS Gerald R. Ford will soon deploy...
Summary and Key Points: The Air Force is extending the F-16’s relevance into the 2040s by pairing structural life-extension work with modern sensors and...
Summary and Key Points: U.S.–China tensions spiked after U.S. Coast Guard forces boarded an oil tanker, Skipper, in international waters near Venezuela, detaining roughly...
Summary and Key Points: A new bipartisan proposal would force the largest U.S. data centers to stop leaning on public utilities and instead secure...
Summary and Key Points: Steve Jobs’ iconic “richest man in the cemetery” quote, famously shared in 1993, actually predates him by decades, originating with...
Synopsis: Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, remains America’s most iconic wit, famously entering and exiting the world alongside the appearance of Halley’s Comet. -His...
Summary and Key Points: Benjamin Franklin’s early life was a masterclass in social mobility through industry and intellect. -Born in 1706 and largely self-taught,...
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...
“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...
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...
Summary and Key Points: Israel used its F-35I Adir during the 12-day fight with Iran, but the campaign is framed as a networked operation...
Summary and Key Points: Most submarines prioritize stealth, not speed—but the Soviet Union built one boat to do the opposite. Project 661 produced the...
Summary and Key Points: Early coverage framed North Korea’s role in Ukraine as a manpower story—thousands of troops in Russia’s Kursk region and fears...
Summary and Key Points: Footage circulating on TikTok appears to show Russia’s Su-57 flying over Algeria, offering early visual evidence that Moscow has secured...
Summary and Key Points: RIMPAC 2024 featured two high-profile U.S. Navy SINKEX events off Hawaii, sinking the retired USS Dubuque and USS Tarawa in...
