Nikola B.

I’m Nikola Budanovic, a freelance journalist and content writer/scriptwriter with years of experience covering a wide range of topics, from military history and cybersecurity to film, tech, and popular culture. Whether I'm writing about Cold War submarines, encryption tools, or forgotten legends of cinema, I enjoy crafting engaging narratives and bringing clarity, depth, and storytelling into everything I do. My work has been featured in War History Online, The Vintage News, RealClearHistory, Vice, KommandoTech, Cyber Dispatch, and many other outlets. On numerous occasions, my articles have been cited as source material for books, podcasts, YouTube channels, and educational content across the web. 📝 Selected References: 🟢 My work has been used as source material in the book "Asia's Quest for Balance: China's Rise and Balancing in the Indo-Pacific" by Jeff M. Smith, the director of The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center. 🟢 I am quoted in the Warfronts YouTube video titled "An Analysis of Western Tanks in Ukraine"​, which had over 1.9 million views at the time of writing. 🟢 I am cited as a source in the Association of the United States Army’s Land Warfare Paper 137, titled "The Role of Drones in Future Terrorist Attacks." 🟢 I am cited as a source in the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine, August 2020 issue, in the article titled "Forging End-State Leaders." 🟢 My article "Liquid Fire – How Napalm Was Used In The Vietnam War" is cited in the Wikipedia entry for Napalm.​ 🟢 My article on the Prague pneumatic post is cited in the Wikipedia entry for the topic. 🟢 A citation from my article "The original Godzilla movie was a metaphor for the devastating effects of nuclear weapons" is quoted in the Wikiquote page for the 1954 film "Godzilla."​