Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The BBG(X) “Trump-class” concept is framed as a bigger successor to DDG(X), built to solve space, weight, power, and cooling limits that complicate adding...
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Greenland is unlikely to fracture NATO as an institution, but it could weaken what matters most: deterrence credibility. If Washington applies visible pressure on...
Analysts tracking China’s structural macro risks warn that 2026 could bring a rare convergence of seven destabilizing pressures. The warning set spans widening pension...
Drones have reshaped frontline combat in Ukraine, and Russian specialists argue Moscow still isn’t adapting fast enough. The core issue is structural: rigid, top-down...
Donald Trump’s transactional instincts could tempt him to treat Iranian regime change like Ukraine or Venezuela: help, but only for a commercial payoff. That...
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...
USS Gerald R. Ford’s high-tech promise keeps colliding with an unglamorous reality: repeated failures in its vacuum sewage system during a major deployment. Internal...
The French-made Dassault Rafale has emerged as a formidable rival to the U.S. F-35, securing over 300 orders worldwide from nations like the UAE,...
Theodore Roosevelt argued that extraordinary leaders often emerge only when history forces them into extraordinary tests. In his view, war and national crisis create...
Soviet aircraft continue to outlive the Soviet Union, and the MiG-29 Fulcrum may be the next to stretch its lifespan into a second half-century....
Stephen Hawking’s “advanced monkeys” quote frames Earth as small and ordinary, yet home to a species capable of understanding the universe—and that capacity, he...
Benjamin Franklin rose from a Boston apprentice to a Philadelphia printer who treated the press as a tool for virtue and free speech. He...
Summary and Key Points – A Brookings Institution analysis estimates net migration turned negative in 2025—between –10,000 and –295,000—driven by fewer entries and higher...
Summary and Key Points – A favorite line attributed to Benjamin Franklin—“He That Waits Upon Fortune Is Never Sure of a Dinner”—captures his worldview...
A Greenland dispute is framed as more than a transatlantic spat—it’s a stress test of Europe’s moral consistency. The argument holds that Trump’s rhetoric...
Summary and Key Points – Trump’s apparent enthusiasm for dramatic, made-for-television interventions risks dragging the United States back into the classic problem of military...
What Is Trump’s Real Strategy on Iran? Much of the commentary on Donald Trump’s approach to Iran begins from a familiar assumption: that he...
Synopsis: The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy marks a pivotal shift in U.S.-Africa relations, moving away from traditional aid dependency toward an economic-driven...
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: –North Korea‘s deployment of 15,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine offers critical battlefield experience that could significantly enhance its...
The BBG(X) “Trump-class” concept is framed as a bigger successor to DDG(X), built to solve space, weight, power, and cooling limits that complicate adding...
F-16 In Ukraine: Right Jet, Wrong Tactics—How Viper Pilots Rewrote The Playbook Forty-two years after its maiden flight, the F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth-generation fighter...
George S. Patton’s line about war being “simple, direct, and ruthless” captures his core belief that victory comes from aggressive momentum, strict discipline, and...
The U.S. Army’s M1E3 Abrams and South Korea’s K3 reflect two different approaches to next-generation armor. M1E3 grows out of a push to cut...
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) has begun its final chapter: a tow from Philadelphia to Brownsville, Texas, where International Shipbreaking will dismantle the last...
