Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The 2009 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, where a US Navy EA-18G Growler scored a simulated "kill" on an F-22 Raptor, remains the...
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Summary and Key Points: Dr. Andrew Latham, a Defense Priorities fellow and professor at Macalester College, evaluates the maritime opening of a potential U.S.-Iran...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Andrew Latham, a non-resident fellow at Defense Priorities, analyzes a high-stakes 2026 scenario: a kinetic Iranian missile strike on...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Summary and Key Points: Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and former assistant to Ronald Reagan, delivers a scathing critique of President...
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...
The formative years of George Washington reveal a man shaped as much by the harsh realities of the Virginia frontier as by the sophisticated...
The Eurofighter Typhoon, a quintessential symbol of European defense collaboration, finds itself at a critical crossroads. As of today, more than 680 aircraft are...
Summary and Key Points: Steve Balestrieri, a former US Army Special Forces officer and national security columnist, evaluates the Chengdu J-20 and new J-20S,...
The military legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte is defined by a revolutionary approach to operational tempo, logistics, and tactical deception.
Summary and Key Points: Isaac Seitz, a Defense Columnist and Strategic Intelligence expert, analyzes the life of Benjamin Franklin as a masterclass in asymmetrical...
Summary and Key Points: Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Missouri in 1835, rose from hardship after his father’s death to become one...
Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) remains a subject of intense historical debate. -While revered...
Despite the Supreme Court striking down IEEPA-based tariffs, E.J. Antoni explains that Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s dissent provided the administration with a strategic roadmap. By...
Summary and Key Points: Winston Churchill’s rise in 1940 came at Britain’s darkest moment, just as Hitler prepared Operation Sealion and the Luftwaffe sought...
Winston Churchill is the ultimate symbol of British resilience, yet his 2026 legacy is increasingly defined by the "rowboat optimism" that led to some...
The 2026 security landscape in Eastern Europe has reached a fever pitch following Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s recent endorsement of a "nuclear project." Positioned...
Vladimir Putin may go down in history as the most effective recruiter the Ukrainian nationalist movement ever had. As we cross the four-year mark...
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...
The 2009 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, where a US Navy EA-18G Growler scored a simulated "kill" on an F-22 Raptor, remains the...
Summary and Key Points: During Cold War quick-reaction scrambles, Sweden’s JA-37 Viggen crews hunted U.S. and Soviet aircraft near Swedish airspace. And they surely...
Summary and Key Points: Israeli strikes reportedly hit Iranian F-14 Tomcats at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport in June 2025, sharpening the question of how many...
Synopsis: Pratt & Whitney’s latest update on the XA103 adaptive-cycle engine offered more than propulsion news. The video paired the NGAP engine program with...
Summary and Key Points: A Lockheed test mission in 1966 turned into a near-instant catastrophe when an SR-71 flying Mach 3.18 at 79,000 feet...
