Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: The FS Charles de Gaulle (CDG) has officially completed its first-ever Pacific deployment, signaling a major shift in NATO’s resolve...
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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: The global fighter jet market is approaching a breaking point, as sustainment costs for advanced U.S. platforms such as the...
Summary and Key Points: The F-16 Fighting Falcon is defying the laws of aviation aging, evolving from a 1970s lightweight fighter into a digital...
Summary and Key Points: Lockheed Martin’s 2026 Singapore Airshow projection of nearly 300 F-35s in the Asia-Pacific by 2035 marks a tectonic shift in...
Summary and Key Points: The Tu-22M3 “Backfire” is attempting a B-52-style transformation, shifting from a tactical bomber to a long-range standoff platform to survive...
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...
Summary and Key Points: The FS Charles de Gaulle (CDG) has officially completed its first-ever Pacific deployment, signaling a major shift in NATO’s resolve...
Summary and Key Points: Before he was the master of armored warfare, George S. Patton Jr. was a boy struggling with a secret: he...
Summary and Key Points: General Douglas MacArthur, one of only five five-star generals in U.S. history, is defined by his legendary “Duty, Honor, Country”...
Summary and Key Points: The global balance of power is shifting as the U.S. Air Force prepares to deploy the B-21 Raider, a sixth-generation...
Summary and Key Points: The F-47 NGAD represents a $20 billion leap in air dominance, yet its $300 million unit price has ignited a...
