Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Decades before Operation Epic Fury, the United States and Iran fought a one-day naval battle in the Persian Gulf that ended with nine Iranian...
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The Treaty
Three U.S. destroyers came under Iranian missile, drone, and small-craft attack Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz — day 69 of a war the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran absorbed the kinetic loss in the Gulf — China absorbed the engineering data. Every Chinese CM-302 cruise missile the U.S. Navy has shot...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China is now openly shipping the engines, computer chips, gyroscopes, and fiber-optic cables that Russia and Iran need to keep their drone and missile...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is concluding a 317-day deployment, marking the longest carrier deployment in the post-Vietnam era. The original plan was...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Before the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II became the most-produced stealth fighter in history, it had to beat Boeing’s X-32 in the Joint Strike...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s MiG 1.44 was developed by Mikoyan in the 1980s and 1990s as the Soviet Union’s answer to the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On May 1, 2013, Boeing’s X-51A Waverider was dropped from a B-52 Stratofortress over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated to Mach 4.8 by a rocket...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – At dawn in Moscow, Russia, a car bomb killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – EU leaders have agreed to lend Ukraine €90bn over 2026–27 to avert a cash crunch and keep public services...
Ukraine War
Ukraine Can Be Summed Up in 1 Word: Misperception Key Points and Summary on Ukraine War Crisis – Europe treated NATO enlargement after 1991...
The Treaty
China is now building something far more dangerous than a stealth fighter—a complete network-centric air combat ecosystem designed specifically to dominate the First Island...
The Treaty
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen into the mid-30s in nearly every major poll released over the past six weeks. The collapse...
The Treaty
Almost four years ago to the day, a Russian oligarch was recorded on an audio tape as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin was...
Dollars and Sense
Russian geological surveys aboard the research vessel Akademik Alexander Karpinsky have mapped sedimentary formations beneath Antarctica’s Weddell Sea that could hold roughly 511 billion...
Dollars and Sense
Boeing’s 2707 supersonic transport was designed to fly at Mach 2.7 — 2,071 miles per hour — carrying up to 277 passengers, more than...
Dollars and Sense
Iran has functionally closed the Strait of Hormuz during Operation Epic Fury, halting roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply and triggering an immediate...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s reliance on North Korea is one of the clearest side-stories of the Ukraine war—and it will matter as...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – China’s new disarmament and arms-control white paper pointedly omits any commitment to North Korean denuclearization, confirming what Beijing’s behavior...
North Korea Talk
Why A Trump-North Korea Summit Might Not Happen Despite intense speculation, a meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is highly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On July 4, 1974, the CIA dropped a giant mechanical claw nicknamed “Clementine” three miles to the floor of the Pacific Ocean to lift...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China has reportedly test-fired its YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile from a Type 055 destroyer, with leaked footage emerging in December and the South China...