Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Europe’s FCAS is struggling more with industrial governance than with technology. -The dispute over design authority has led to deadlock...
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A Rutgers political scientist argues Russia’s war aims in Ukraine amount to genocide, pointing to a strike on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, sustained...
Summary and Key Points: Modern land combat is increasingly defined by a “transparent battlespace,” where persistent sensing collapses the old buffer of concealment and...
Summary and Key Points: Building two sixth-generation stealth fighters in parallel could strengthen U.S. airpower, but industrial concentration makes it a high-risk proposition. With...
Synopsis: The proposed Trump-class warship, informally dubbed USS Defiant, is framed as a 35,000-ton “battleship,” but the argument here is that it’s closer to...
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: The F-15EX Eagle II is framed as a high-capacity, all-weather strike fighter optimized for heavy weapons loads and flexible mission...
Summary and Key Points: Canada’s plan to buy 88 F-35s is in limbo as Prime Minister Mark Carney weighs how much sovereignty the country...
Summary and Key Points: The M60 Patton may look like a museum piece in the United States, but many fleets keep it viable through...
Summary and Key Points: The FB-22 “Strike Raptor” was an effort to turn the F-22 Raptor from a pure air-superiority killer into a stealthy...
Yellowstone National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown that began January 31, 2026, after Congress failed to enact full federal...
Summary and Key Points: Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” sounded like a surprise new benefit funded by tariff revenue, but the money reportedly came from a...
Synopsis: A 1995 interview captures Steve Jobs’ view that money matters mainly because it funds ideas without immediate payoff—yet he insists he never chased...
Summary and Key Points: Born in San Francisco and raised in Mountain View, Jobs fused craftsmanship, counterculture, and ruthless product focus into a new...
Synopsis: Casualty estimates now put combined Russian and Ukrainian losses near 2 million, underscoring a staggering human cost for limited territorial change after four...
Synopsis: Machiavelli’s famous warning in The Prince argues that leaders are safest when feared, because love is fickle and obedience is paramount. -Framed as...
Summary and Key Points: Many famous lines credited to Confucius—including “Our greatest glory is not in never falling…”—are presented here as misattributions, part of...
Summary and Key Points: Thomas Jefferson’s “little rebellion” line comes from a January 30, 1787, letter to James Madison, written from Paris. -He argues...
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: Europe’s FCAS is struggling more with industrial governance than with technology. -The dispute over design authority has led to deadlock...
Canada’s fighter replacement is no longer just a procurement story—it’s a political trust question. The F-35 promises unmatched stealth, sensor fusion, and seamless NORAD/NATO...
Ukraine’s Sea Drones Broke Russia’s Black Sea Fleet—and Moscow Still Can’t Fix It The “special military operation” in Ukraine has been a disaster for...
Russia is reviving its push to sell the Su-57 to India by offering a Su-57E variant built with extensive Indian industry participation and indigenous...
Summary and Key Points: The T-72, in service since 1973 and produced in massive numbers, is portrayed as the defining tank of the Ukraine...
