Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: The sinking of the nuclear-powered Kursk in August 2000 killed all 118 sailors and became an early test of Putin-era...
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Summary and Key Points: China’s aircraft carrier program is advancing with the Type 003 Fujian, its first vessel utilizing Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS)....
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...
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: 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...
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...
Synopsis: Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, remains America’s most iconic voice on the human condition. -From his humble beginnings in Hannibal, Missouri, to...
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: The sinking of the nuclear-powered Kursk in August 2000 killed all 118 sailors and became an early test of Putin-era...
Summary and Key Points: As of February 13, 2026, the U.S. Air Force has officially denied reports that it received F-35 fighters with “empty...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine, famously sank at its dock in May 1969 due to “culpable negligence”...
Summary and Key Points: America’s Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines anchor the most survivable leg of the nuclear triad—yet Washington delayed their replacement and is now...
Summary and Key Points: The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine (SSN) represents the pinnacle of Cold War undersea engineering, designed to be the “quietest and deadliest”...
