Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
China’s pressure campaign around Taiwan is increasingly centered on grey-zone operations and blockade rehearsals, raising the prospect of a quarantine designed to strangle imports...
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Summary and Key Points: Iran’s intense focus on U.S. aircraft carriers is not merely theatrical propaganda but a “deliberate strategic fixation” designed to exploit...
The Trump administration is facing a diplomatic crisis in the world of sports, with significant controversies surrounding both the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan...
Summary and Key Points: The Canadian Armed Forces are facing a severe readiness crisis, with internal reports revealing that only 58% of forces could...
Summary and Key Points: North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is mostly land-based and therefore more trackable and vulnerable than the forces of larger nuclear states....
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 B-52J isn’t a new bomber so much as a systems reset: new Rolls-Royce engines, modern AESA radar, updated avionics,...
Synopsis: The X-43D was a program that could have seen Mach 15, but it never occurred. NASA’s Hyper-X program proved air-breathing hypersonic flight was...
Summary and Key Points: Boeing’s X-32 was built around a clear idea: keep the JSF affordable, simple, and highly common across Air Force, Navy,...
The Navy’s flirtation with a carrier-based Advanced Tactical Fighter sprang from a late–Cold War problem: replacing the F-14 with something stealthier, longer-ranged, and optimized...
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...
Synopsis: Thomas Jefferson’s famous advice—“When angry, count ten; if very angry, a hundred”—came in a February 21, 1825 letter to young Thomas Jefferson Smith....
Yellowstone National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown that began January 31, 2026, after Congress failed to enact full federal...
“There are four ways of doing things: the right way; the wrong way; the Navy way; and my way. So long as they do...
Synopsis: The famous quote, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power,” is widely...
Summary and Key Points: Seafarer abandonment is surging as shipowners cut ties with crews—skipping repatriation, withholding support, and failing to pay wages for months....
A Rutgers political scientist argues Russia’s war aims in Ukraine amount to genocide, pointing to a strike on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, sustained...
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...
China’s pressure campaign around Taiwan is increasingly centered on grey-zone operations and blockade rehearsals, raising the prospect of a quarantine designed to strangle imports...
Synopsis: Russia’s Su-57 was marketed as a breakthrough fifth-generation fighter, with stealth, advanced sensing, and even manned-unmanned teaming. -But the program is increasingly defined...
Summary and Key Points: The F-35’s edge isn’t just stealth and speed—it’s computing. Sensor fusion pulls infrared, EO/IR, navigation, electronic warfare, and weapons data...
Synopsis: The B-52J bomber is meant to modernize America’s aging Stratofortress fleet with updated capabilities for standoff strikes, hypersonic weapons, and even “mothership” concepts...
Summary and Key Points: The Montana-class was designed as the final and most powerful expression of U.S. battleship thinking: heavier armor, greater survivability, and...
