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Sources close to the Kremlin tell Reuters that far from pushing Putin toward peace, Ukraine's drone and missile strikes have hardened him — with...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine's drone sector has transformed from an ad hoc network of volunteers modifying commercial quadcopters into an industry of hundreds of companies building strike...
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A new analysis argues the true beneficiaries of Trump's Iran war were America's great-power rivals. Russia reportedly fed Iran targeting data on U.S. bases...
Ukraine War
Ukraine failed to intercept any of the Russian ballistic missiles fired at Kyiv on July 6 because its stock of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors is...
Ukraine War
As leaders including President Trump gather in Ankara for the NATO summit, a new warning argues the event could be too tempting a target...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed to a trickle — just 14 tankers on Wednesday, down from 138 a day before the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Finnish President Alexander Stubb declared Ukraine has already won the war — noting Russia has advanced just 60 kilometers in four years — while...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
With talks stalled and strikes resuming, this piece lays out Trump's narrowing options on Iran: continued diplomacy that has achieved nothing, a JSOC raid...
Ukraine War
Far from forcing Putin to negotiate, Ukraine's drone campaign appears to have hardened the Kremlin, which reportedly sees only one path left: escalation. Moscow's...
Ukraine War
The Kremlin frames its war as a fight against all 32 NATO nations to explain away four and a half years of failure —...
Ukraine War
Czech President Petr Pavel warns there may be a two-month window before Putin orders a mass mobilization — likely after Russia's September elections. His...
The Treaty
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck nine Russian "shadow fleet" tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight — 19 in just 72 hours — as...
The Treaty
Hours after Iran struck three commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command launched strikes on more than 80 Iranian targets, including...
The Treaty
After Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump declared the ceasefire dead — calling Iran's leaders "scum" — as...
Dollars and Sense
As Ukraine's strikes cripple its refineries, Russia has quietly relaxed fuel standards — allowing gasoline up to 15 times dirtier than the legal limit...
Dollars and Sense
Prediction markets have gutted the odds that Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to pre-war levels — from a June peak near 88 percent down...
Dollars and Sense
With its strike on the Omsk refinery in Siberia, Ukraine has now hit all 11 of Russia's largest oil refineries — a milestone reached...
North Korea Talk
North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...
North Korea Talk
The recent North Korea–China summit highlights Beijing’s increasing concern over Moscow’s growing influence in Pyongyang. Since the Ukraine war began, Russia and North Korea...
North Korea Talk
Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...
Ukraine War
In a rare admission, Vladimir Putin conceded Ukraine's strikes on Russia's energy sector are "creating problems" — while insisting the shortages are "not critical."...
Ukraine War
Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi — a likely presidential contender — argues the war has not swung Kyiv's way despite its drone successes. It...