Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: The land-based Shenyang J-35A officially transitioned from a naval project to a global export threat at the February 2026 Singapore...
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Summary and Key Points: Military expert Dr. Andrew Latham argues that the opening phase of a Pacific conflict will be decided on the ground,...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. defense acquisition system is currently suffering from a “perfection trap,” where the desire for revolutionary leaps forward leads...
Summary and Key Points: A new Mitchell Institute report authored by Heather Penney and Mark Gunzinger calls for a dramatic “plus-up” of the U.S....
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy is facing a dangerous “submarine trough,” with the attack boat fleet projected to hit a low 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: The M1E3 Abrams pre-prototype is the Army’s response to the drone-saturated environments of modern warfare, focusing on low-visibility rather than...
Summary and Key Point: Saudi Arabia is reportedly mulling a massive joint investment in Turkey’s Kaan stealth fighter, a move that would solidify Ankara...
Summary and Key Points: The Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is “on the verge of collapse” due to missed critical deadlines for work-sharing...
Summary and Key Points: The J-20S is China’s newest twin-seat stealth evolution, designed to serve as a tactical command node for manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T)....
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: 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 land-based Shenyang J-35A officially transitioned from a naval project to a global export threat at the February 2026 Singapore...
Summary and Key Points: China’s long-anticipated Xi’an H-20 stealth bomber is the centerpiece of a strategic pivot from regional denial to global reach. -Engineered...
Summary and Key Points: Switzerland’s decision to procure 36 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters over the Eurofighter Typhoon, Super Hornet, and Rafale was driven by...
Summary and Key Points: The Dassault Rafale, literally translated as a “Burst of Fire” or “Gust of Wind,” is a twin-engine 4.5-generation fighter that...
Summary and Key Points: On February 10, 2026, Chinese officials presented a J-20 stealth fighter model to the Commander of the IRIAF in Tehran,...
