July 2026

A B-52 Stratofortress lands at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 15, 2021. The aircraft was featured at the Cocoa Beach Air Show April 17 - 18. The B-52 is is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of flying at up to 50,000 feet. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Hormuz traffic has collapsed to its lowest level in weeks after the MOU with Iran fell apart — Kpler counted eight transits Thursday, Reuters...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Putin Back in 2025 Creative Commons Photo

The Treaty

Putin’s Approval Just Took Its Steepest One-Week Dive in Nearly Four Years — and the Bad News Comes From the Kremlin’s Own Pollsters

Polling published Friday by two Kremlin-linked survey groups shows Putin's approval taking its steepest weekly drop since the September 2022 mobilization, with FOM measuring...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Russia’s Richest Men Are Quietly Moving Their Fortunes Out of the Country — and Some of Them Are Reportedly Close to Putin Himself

Some of Russia's wealthiest businessmen — including figures reportedly close to Putin — are quietly moving assets abroad, Bloomberg reports, favoring Dubai, the Gulf,...

Isaac SeitzJuly 17, 2026

Putin Back in 2015 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov told ABC News that Ukraine's long-range campaign has moved the war onto Russian soil — even to Moscow....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin’s New Ukraine Problem Might Be the Thing That Sparks A War with NATO

A Russian dissident living in Latvia who ABC News describes as “once one of the most powerful men in Russia,” Mikhail Kasyanov, believes that...

Brandon WeichertJuly 17, 2026

210618-N-JW440-2053 STRAIT OF MALACCA (June 18, 2021) As seen from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Strait of Malacca with the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97). The ships are part of Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5, conducting underway operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat)

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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...

Brandon WeichertJuly 17, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Drone Priced Like a Used Toyota Yaris Just Wiped Out a Russian Su-24 Bomber — After Three Weeks of Planning and Two Precise Hits

Ukrainian special operations forces say two upgraded Hornet drones destroyed a Su-24M bomber at Saky Air Base in Crimea as it prepared for a...

Harrison KassJuly 17, 2026

President Donald J. Trump rings the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq during an event to launch Trump Accounts, Monday, July 6, 2026, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

The Treaty

The Strike That Killed Khamenei Was Supposed to End This War Fast — Nearly Five Months Later, Trump Has No Good Options Left

Nearly five months after the strike that killed Ali Khamenei, Trump's Iran war grinds on — the June ceasefire has collapsed and Washington is...

Stephen SilverJuly 17, 2026

Putin Back in 2010 Creative Commons Image

Dollars and Sense

Ukraine Just Turned Putin’s Crimea Into an Island — Nearly Half the Peninsula Has No Power and Its Supply Road Is a ‘Highway of Death’

Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have isolated occupied Crimea — cutting power to nearly half the peninsula, forcing the Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol,...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 17, 2026

National Security Journal

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

The Treaty

Putin’s Approval Just Took Its Steepest One-Week Dive in Nearly Four Years — and the Bad News Comes From the Kremlin’s Own Pollsters

Dollars and Sense

Russia’s Richest Men Are Quietly Moving Their Fortunes Out of the Country — and Some of Them Are Reportedly Close to Putin Himself

Ukraine War

Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Ukraine War

Putin’s New Ukraine Problem Might Be the Thing That Sparks A War with NATO

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Drone Priced Like a Used Toyota Yaris Just Wiped Out a Russian Su-24 Bomber — After Three Weeks of Planning and Two Precise Hits

The Treaty

The Strike That Killed Khamenei Was Supposed to End This War Fast — Nearly Five Months Later, Trump Has No Good Options Left

Dollars and Sense

Ukraine Just Turned Putin’s Crimea Into an Island — Nearly Half the Peninsula Has No Power and Its Supply Road Is a ‘Highway of Death’

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