Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Summary and Key Points: Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, Hai Kun-Class (also known as Narwhal), completed its maiden underwater sea trial on January 30...
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Summary and Key Points: Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, Hai Kun-Class (also known as Narwhal), completed its maiden underwater sea trial on January 30...
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...
Summary and Key Points: China is accelerating the great-power technological race with the J-20A “Mighty Dragon,” a “fifth-generation-plus” variant featuring a redesigned airframe and...
“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...
Key Points and Summary – China’s aircraft carrier force is expanding fast, but its flattops may be more vulnerable than Beijing admits—especially if they...
Summary and Key Points: The F-47 NGAD is being framed as a Mach 2+ sixth-generation fighter with supercruise, long range, and the ability to...
Summary and Key Points: China’s submarine force is expanding and modernizing, shifting from older designs toward domestically built boats across SSBN, SSN, diesel-electric, and...
Summary and Key Points: A CCTV video on China’s UAV development spotlighted familiar drones—then pivoted to a far more radical concept: the “Luan Niao,”...
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s 2025 assessment suggests China could field as many as nine aircraft carriers by 2035, signaling Beijing’s ambition to...
Summary and Key Points: A new Mitchell Institute report argues current Air Force procurement plans risk leaving China with operational “sanctuaries” during a Taiwan...