Ukraine War
Ukraine’s drone war has entered a phase its commanders call a ‘logistics lockdown,’ and it’s taking out things Russia can’t replace. The latest strike...
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Ukraine War
Russia is bleeding up to 1,500 men a day in the Ukraine war — enough that the army must rebuild a full division every...
The Treaty
Trump’s Ceasefire Mirage Is Collapsing: and the War Is About to Return: The purported ceasefire between the United States and the Islamic Republic of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran’s decision to walk away – breaking in the news right now – from the negotiating table and threatening to seal the Strait of...
Dollars and Sense
Most commentary on Russia’s frozen reserves treats the story as one of irony. Vladimir Putin accumulated nearly $300 billion to protect Russia from Western...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has reported that Pakistan Air Force J-10C fighters posted a perfect 9-0 record against Qatari Eurofighter...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz, commissioned in 1975, is scheduled to decommission next spring after nearly 52 years of service — even...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: From space, the project seems to have no end: more than 80 new nuclear launch pads spread across thousands of...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Russia can’t seem to fight a war without breaking something — and the latest casualty is its own budget, thanks...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Picture the war in Ukraine ending tomorrow on terms Putin can sell. The map might look like a draw. Russia’s...
Ukraine War
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in 2022, no one believed the war would reach Moscow, 500 kilometers away, behind dense air defenses. That...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Behind the headlines about Iran’s war is what’s happening to ordinary Iranians: their money is becoming worthless. -Inflation has hit...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: When Trump announced his blockade of Iran in April, the goal was simple: choke off the oil money that keeps...
The Treaty
Iran isn’t just blockading the Strait of Hormuz anymore — it’s monetizing it. A new law creates a dedicated agency, backed by the Revolutionary...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 Blackbird was built almost entirely of titanium to survive the heat of Mach 3 flight — but engineers...
Dollars and Sense
If Iran Makes Good on Its Threat to Close the Strait of Hormuz, Gas Could Hit $7 a Gallon in America
Summary and Key Points: Iran just threatened to ‘completely’ close the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that carries a fifth of the...
Dollars and Sense
Last week, the Trump administration was publicly signaling that a deal with Iran was coming soon – but the prospect of a permanent peace...
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: Four years into a war the Kremlin expected to win in weeks, Russia is leaning on North Korean soldiers to...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
When China rolled the DF-17 through Beijing, it was unveiling a weapon built for one purpose: to sink American carriers before they get close....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Canada and the F-35 Problem: Canada finds itself in quite a quandary. The country lies geographically above the United States, but in no way...