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The Great Chinese Famine reveals how an authoritarian state, driven by ideology and falsified data, inflicted more damage on its own people than many wars ever could.

A declassified look at how U.S. airmen turned ordinary cargo aircraft into deadly gunships, reshaping modern airpower through wartime improvisation.

Saudi air defenses can’t realistically stop massed Iranian missile salvos, anti‑ICE protests in LA are escalating into physical attacks, Nigeria is urgently countering terrorist drones, Damascus blames the SDF for a major FPV drone strike near Kobani, and a Nevada federal judge just ordered the release of a convicted MS‑13 murderer from ICE custody, reigniting the immigration enforcement‑due process clash.

Women have repeatedly met the same combat standards as men in schools and selections, so the real debate is no longer about capability but about whether some men are willing to accept women in combat anyway.

Justin Fuller, a civilian parachute instructor who trained military and rescue personnel, died on Oct. 4, 2025 after deliberately separating from a snagged tandem rig so his first-time student’s reserve could deploy and the student could survive.

Left of Bang turns Combat Hunter lessons into a practical guide for building baselines, spotting clustered behavioral anomalies, and acting early on instinct-backed warning signs to prevent violence before the “bang,” making it essential reading for travelers and anyone serious about personal security.

Project 100,000 lowered enlistment standards during Vietnam, pulling in vulnerable recruits and sending many into high-risk jobs where the human cost showed up in higher deaths and worse outcomes after the war.

The Army is fast-tracking Bell’s MV-75 FLRAA tiltrotor to get prototype aircraft flying by late 2026 and push fielding years ahead of schedule, betting digital engineering and prior V-280 testing can manage weight and payload risks to deliver Indo-Pacific range and speed gains over the UH-60.

The reactivated 11th Airborne Division, Alaska-based and built for Arctic warfighting, was placed on standby for Minnesota because it offers fast-deploying Title 10 combat power with cold-weather mobility and a high-end escalation signal even though many readers know far more about the 82nd and 101st.

Depleted uranium remains in use because it reliably kills armored vehicles, but its battlefield effectiveness comes with long-term health, environmental, and political costs that follow long after the fighting ends.

If the Trump administration is serious about protecting U.S. interests in the Arctic, it should stop relying on rhetoric about Greenland and instead invest in a nuclear icebreaker fleet that provides real access, credible presence, and strategic leadership in a rapidly opening region.

Five Years to Freedom is a compact, must-read POW memoir that shows how Nick Rowe endured five years of Viet Cong captivity through discipline and mental control, influenced the modern SERE program, and belongs alongside Frankl and Solzhenitsyn as a study of inner freedom under coercion.