Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: China’s long-rumored H-20 stealth bomber is “coming soon,” yet U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command chief Gen. Stephen Davis remains...
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Summary and Key Points on the Air Force’s Stealth ‘Gap’ Problem: A new Mitchell Institute report warns that current Pentagon plans for 185 F-47s...
Summary and Key Points: As Iran’s popular revolt intensifies, the Trump administration has signaled that “help is on the way,” backed by a massive...
Summary and Key Points: Elon Musk’s recent pivot toward lunar missions has reignited debate over the billionaire’s ultimate goal: Mars. While critics like Peter...
Summary and Key Points: Military expert Dr. Andrew Latham argues that the opening phase of a Pacific conflict will be decided on the ground,...
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 A-10 Warthog, a Cold War-era legend, has found a second life as a critical naval asset in the Persian...
Summary and Key Points: French President Emmanuel Macron is fighting to save Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) amid rumors of its imminent collapse....
Summary and Key Points: China’s pursuit of the JH-XX “regional bomber” marks a critical shift toward medium-range stealth dominance in the Indo-Pacific. -While the...
Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 Blackbird remains the ultimate icon of Cold War airpower, capable of Mach 3+ speeds and cruising at 85,000...
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 – 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: 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: China’s long-rumored H-20 stealth bomber is “coming soon,” yet U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command chief Gen. Stephen Davis remains...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Wasp-class USS Iwo Jima is entering a two-year, $204 million maintenance period at BAE Systems Norfolk after...
Synopsis: As Prime Minister Mark Carney weighs a historic pivot from the F-35 to Sweden’s Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Canada’s role in NORAD hangs...
Synopsis and Key Takeaways: -The M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle has emerged as a “mini-tank” legend in Ukraine, famously securing a mobility kill against...
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s S-500 Prometheus is marketed as the ultimate “stealth killer,” designed to render the F-35 and F-22 Raptor obsolete. -With...
