North Korea Talk
Through its long war against Ukraine, Russia has received reinforcements from North Korea. Now, more of that is on the way. According to The...
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The Treaty
Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran didn't have to defeat the US military. It only had to survive, keep Hormuz restricted, and make the war expensive enough that waiting...
Ukraine War
Ukraine still holds nearly a fifth of the Donetsk region, including a chain of cities hardened against attack since 2014. The ground west of...
The Treaty
Neither side can force the other to fold, and neither is talking directly anymore. Iran has survived two rounds of maximum pressure already. Meanwhile...
Dollars and Sense
The administration says 8 to 8.5 million barrels move through the strait each night. An independent tracking firm counts closer to 3 million a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The drones are the length of a compact SUV, cruise at 100 mph, and get handed to a second team mid-flight. They now reach...
Dollars and Sense
Diesel is above five dollars a gallon against $3.72 a year ago, prediction markets give better than even odds the blockade ends by September...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Reopening Hormuz was never one of the stated war aims. Preventing an Iranian bomb was. If the B-2 raid on Fordow already settled that...