The Reboot
A curated selection of The National Interest’s best content as well as a selected content for around the web.
A-12 Avenger II: ‘Flying Dorito’ $5,000,000,000 Bomber That Never Flew
What You Need to Know: The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II program, intended to produce a carrier-based stealth bomber for the U.S. Navy, became a cautionary tale of military procurement...
Stories from The Reboot
Russia Can’t Built Aircraft Carriers
What You Need to Know: The Soviet Union had ambitious plans to build a powerful aircraft carrier fleet but never fully realized these goals. Despite attempts dating back to the...
Last Battle of the Bismarck: How Britain’s Navy Took Down Germany’s Mightiest Battleship
What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of Wales while evading pursuit across the North Atlantic. -Yet,...
Lauren Boebert: The MAGA Flamethrower Just Won’t Go Away
The 2024 election is reaching a fever pitch. Within less than two weeks of America’s decision, the national conversation has consolidated around two figures: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The...
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Where Did She Go?
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Where Did She Go? – American politics are about two people right now. Vice President Kamala Harris. Former President Donald Trump. The two are locked in a 50-50...
Casablanca: The Navy Built 50 of These ‘Tiny’ Aircraft Carriers in 1 Year
What You Need to Know: Henry Kaiser’s mass-produced Casablanca-class “jeep carriers” became a crucial U.S. Navy asset during WWII. Though smaller and slower than fleet carriers, these escort carriers were...
Where Did AOC Go?
Where is AOC? The presidential election is just two weeks away and is currently consuming the entirety of the media oxygen in the country. Two names have a stranglehold over...
Forget Battleships: The U.S. Navy Could Have Built a Fleet of Battlecruisers
4 Points You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy might have begun World War II with faster battlecruisers had it prioritized building them after World War I, instead of slow,...
Forget Kamala Harris: Should Democrats Have Picked Michelle Obama?
Democrats Have Buyer’s Remorse with Kamala Harris: The Democratic Party was deeply committed to not only being the party that got the first female president of the United States but that the...
Can Nikki Haley Truly Help Donald Trump?
Nikki Haley, who served during the Donald Trump administration as the US Ambassador to the United Nations, has a complicated relationship with her former boss. The two have history. Trump...
The U.S. Navy Rushed a Fleet of ‘Unretired’ Iowa-Class Battleships To Strike North Korea
What You Need to Know: During the final months of World War II, U.S. Navy battleships bombarded Japanese targets, contributing alongside Army bombers to Japan’s devastation. Post-war, most battleships were...
A-12 Oxcart: CIA’s Mach 3 Spy Plane That Dodged Missiles Over Vietnam
What You Need to Know: In October 1967, during the Vietnam War, a CIA-operated A-12 “Oxcart” spy plane flew high-speed reconnaissance missions over Hanoi. Pilot Dennis Sullivan navigated the aircraft...
Kiev-Class: Russia’s ‘Frankenstein’ Aircraft Carriers Were a Mess
What You Need to Know: At the tail end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed the Kiev-class aircraft carriers as part of Admiral Sergei Gorshkov’s vision to transform...