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(Dec. 01, 2020) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a missile exercise. This event marked the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile was operationally tested, marking the Navy’s transition to a more advanced capability for the fleet. Block V includes an upgrade that will enhance navigation performance and provide robust and reliable communications. Chafee is currently assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and is homeported in Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Ens. Sean Ianno/Released) (Dec. 01, 2020) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a missile exercise. This event marked the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile was operationally tested, marking the Navy’s transition to a more advanced capability for the fleet. Block V includes an upgrade that will enhance navigation performance and provide robust and reliable communications. Chafee is currently assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and is homeported in Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Ens. Sean Ianno/Released)

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The Iran War Just Entered a More Dangerous Phase — Six Straight Nights of US Strikes, and Retaliation Felt From Bahrain to Jordan

The Iran war has entered a more dangerous phase: six consecutive nights of US airstrikes on missile sites, coastal defenses, and energy infrastructure, answered...

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Trump Is Threatening to Bomb Iran’s ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ — a Nuclear Site Buried So Deep American Bombs May Not Be Able to Kill It

Trump is threatening to strike Pickaxe Mountain — Iran's underground nuclear complex a mile from Natanz — if Tehran doesn't deescalate. Analysts say its...

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise, Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high level of combat readiness and to maintain effective communication between the two forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Lefty Larimer)

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The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday a Russian recruit's average life expectancy on the battlefield is twenty to thirty minutes, crediting Ukraine's AI-powered drones....

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The CIA Director Said It Out Loud: A Russian Recruit’s Life Expectancy on the Ukrainian Front Is Twenty to Thirty Minutes

CIA Director Ratcliffe says a Russian recruit's life expectancy at the front is now 20 to 30 minutes, crediting cheap AI-guided Ukrainian drones —...

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Iran Just Targeted Four Gulf States in a Single Overnight Wave — and This Time the Warning Sirens Reached Deep Into Saudi Arabia

Iran launched overnight missile and drone attacks on Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia as the US completed a seventh straight night of strikes....

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America’s Iran Campaign Just Hit Seven Straight Nights of Strikes — and Now They’re Cutting Water and Power in the Extreme Heat

The US completed a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran early Saturday, expanding to bridges and rail around Bandar Abbas. Tehran says a...

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Explosions Just Rocked the Air Base That Houses Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet — and Moscow Isn’t Saying What Happened There

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast, home to the Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers that launch cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities...

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Ukraine War
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Ukraine War

Ukraine Says It Just Destroyed Another Tu-95 Bomber Deep Inside Russia — an Aircraft Moscow Has No Way of Ever Building Again

Ukraine's SBU says long-range drones flew about 500 miles into Russia and destroyed a Tu-95 at Engels, tearing off its tail — a claim...

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A M109A7 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, fires a round during Operator New Equipment Training on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 25, 2025. The First Team is fielding new equipment, as part of the Transforming in Contact initiative, and conducting training to increase familiarization and precision with the new vehicles. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. David Dumas) A M109A7 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, fires a round during Operator New Equipment Training on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 25, 2025. The First Team is fielding new equipment, as part of the Transforming in Contact initiative, and conducting training to increase familiarization and precision with the new vehicles. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. David Dumas)

Ukraine War

Kyiv Now Says Russia’s War Losses Are Approaching One and a Half Million — and Recruiting Can No Longer Keep Pace With the Toll

Ukraine's General Staff estimates Russian personnel losses at roughly 1.43 million since February 2022 — a figure CSIS's independent assessment broadly supports, with 400,000...

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Russians Are Pulling Cash Out of Their Banks at the Fastest Pace Since the Pandemic — and Ukrainian Drones Are the Hidden Reason Why

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Iraq Is Sending Its Fuel West on a Four-to-Six-Day Truck Odyssey Through Syria — Because Almost No Ship Will Risk Hormuz Now

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Trump Is Now Fighting America’s Least Popular War Since Comparable Polling Began — and Voters Oppose It by a Full Thirty-Point Margin

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Iran Says Two Oil Tankers Just Exploded on Mines in the Strait of Hormuz — and Washington Says the Explosions Simply Never Happened

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed two oil tankers exploded on mines south of the Strait of Hormuz and warned sailors to stay out; CENTCOM dismissed...

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There’s a Hidden Reason Oil Prices Never Went Stratospheric During the Iran War — and That Safety Net Is Quietly Disappearing Now

Oil prices never hit the feared stratosphere during the Iran War for a hidden reason: China pulled back from the market, living off vast...

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Europe Swore Off Russian Energy Years Ago — It’s Still Buying the Same Fuel Through Middlemen, Just at Higher Prices Than Before

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Iran Is Running the North Korea Playbook: Stall, Negotiate, and Build a Nuclear Bomb Anyway

North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...

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Russia Is Quietly Handing North Korea Some of Its Most Dangerous Military Secrets

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...

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China and Russia Are Supposed to Be Partners. In North Korea, Xi Just Made a Move That Exposes the Rivalry Beneath

Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...

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