Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More One Analyst Counted Russia’s Remaining T-80 Tanks From Satellite Images. He Found Just 203 One analyst counted just 203 of Russia's T-80 tanks parked outside a single plant — a snapshot of staggering losses, with Oryx tallying nearly... Caleb LarsonJune 16, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Don’t Tell the U.S. Navy: Iran Is the Only Country on Earth Still Flying the F-14 Tomcat Fighter Iran is the only country on Earth still flying the F-14 Tomcat — the Top Gun jet the U.S. retired in 2006. On June... Brandon WeichertJune 16, 2026
The Treaty Europe Refuses to Spend on Defense. That Means America Needs to Stop Defending Europe Rather than telling Europe how much to spend on its defense, the Trump administration should begin a phased military disengagement from the continent. Doug BandowJune 16, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Just Showed China How to Push the U.S. Navy Out of a Fight — With Cheap Drones and Missiles Iran didn't beat the United States symmetrically — it closed the Strait of Hormuz with minimal force and kept the U.S. fleet at a... Robert KellyJune 16, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Iran Deal’s Biggest Roadblock Isn’t Iran. It’s the Fighting in Lebanon That Won’t Stop Trump says the Iran deal is done — and this time Iranian and Pakistani officials agree. But its biggest threat isn't Iran. Israel says... Isaac SeitzJune 16, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Has a Problem: The Iran War May Cost the Global Economy $2.2 Trillion — and Stagflation Is Coming "Victory on paper, defeat in practice," one analyst warns: the Iran war may be ending, but the economic bill is just arriving. By his... Brandon WeichertJune 16, 2026
Ukraine War ‘Black Rain’ Over Russia: Ukraine Struck a Strategic Fuel Reserve, and the Oil Fell From the Sky Ukraine didn't hit a routine refinery this time — it struck one of Russia's "untouchable" strategic fuel reserves, held for wartime emergencies, 435 miles... Reuben JohnsonJune 16, 2026
Ukraine War Russia Is Offering Years of Salary to Enlist in the Ukraine War. Recruitment Still Fell 20% — Because ‘Rubles Don’t Fight Wars’ Russia's military recruitment fell 20 percent in the first quarter of 2026 against a year earlier — and the incentives meant to reverse it... Steve BalestrieriJune 15, 2026
The Treaty The Iran Deal May Be Harder to Defend Than the Obama Agreement Trump Tore Up "The object in war is to obtain a better peace," one scholar writes — "and a better peace has not been obtained." By his... Robert FarleyJune 15, 2026