Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II are America’s two most advanced stealth fighters, both built by Lockheed Martin but...
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The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Iran has quietly built the legal and bureaucratic machinery to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz. -In May...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: Canada has selected Sweden’s Saab GlobalEye as its new Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: Iran has done more than close the Strait of Hormuz — it has claimed ownership of the route that carries...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced today, May 28, 2026, that Ukraine will receive up to 36...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France is building an 80,000-ton nuclear supercarrier, the FS France Libre — twice the displacement of the Charles de Gaulle and the largest warship...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleships were the fastest and most powerful the U.S. Navy ever built. The four ships — Iowa, New...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: For decades, rumors claimed the U.S. had secretly built the SR-91 Aurora — a hypersonic spy plane flying at Mach...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Russia has lost an estimated 250 to 400 aircraft over Ukraine, including Su-25 attack jets, Su-34 strike fighters, and —...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Ukrainian long-range drones have struck 24 of Russia’s 33 major oil refineries since 2022, knocking out roughly a quarter of...
Ukraine War
We are so used to Vladimir Putin leading Russia that it rarely seems that there could be a different president someday. He has created...
The Treaty
A fifth round of talks to end the Iran war is underway, but there’s little sign of a breakthrough. The proposed 60-day ceasefire would...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a U.S. base in Kuwait on May 28, after American forces hit Iranian military infrastructure...
The Treaty
Could Vladimir Putin grow so frustrated with the war in Ukraine that he would somehow attack the Baltics? Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have high...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed roughly a billion barrels of oil from the market, triggering the...
Dollars and Sense
Russia’s economy has held together not just because of oil revenue, but because the Kremlin is quietly forcing state banks to finance the war...
Dollars and Sense
America’s emergency oil stockpile is shrinking at one of the fastest rates ever recorded as the war with Iran continues to disrupt energy flows...
North Korea Talk
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on May 21 that Chinese President Xi Jinping may travel to Pyongyang as early as next week, according...
North Korea Talk
MANILA – Russia has paid North Korea up to $ 14.4 billion in military aid since 2023. The figure is roughly equivalent to North...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The F-111 Aardvark was the world’s first production variable-sweep-wing aircraft — a Cold War bomber built to fly fast and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat became one of the most successful fighters in U.S. Navy history — a Mach 2.3 jet that...