Christian D. Orr

Christian Orr

Christian D. Orr is a former Air Force officer, Federal law enforcement officer, and private military contractor (with assignments worked in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kosovo, Japan, Germany, and the Pentagon). Chris holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California (USC) and an M.A. in Intelligence Studies (concentration in Terrorism Studies) from American Military University (AMU). He has also been published in The Daily Torch and The Journal of Intelligence and Cyber Security. Last but not least, he is a Companion of the Order of the Naval Order of the United States (NOUS).

Putin Back in 2016. Image Credit Creative Commons

Ukraine War

Russia Might Have a Sneaky Plan to Win the Ukraine War: Draft 500,000 Fresh Soldiers to Turn the Tide

Zelensky says Russia could draft between three hundred thousand and half a million troops after September's elections. A Russian opposition outlet reports some would...

Christian Orr23 hours ago

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Discovered It Can Hit Moscow Night After Night with Missiles and Drones (But The Price Is High)

To apply a morbid paraphrase to Charles Dickens’s 19th-century literary classic “A Tale of Two Cities,” the current and seemingly interminable (having raged since...

Christian OrrJuly 22, 2026

Ukraine War

For Twelve Years They Were Told Crimea Was Protected — Now Residents Say They Have Been Thrown Back to the Stone Age

Ukrainian strikes have brought blackouts and fuel shortages to Crimea, where the Guardian reports that most of the peninsula's residents have lost power and...

Christian OrrJuly 22, 2026

Putin In November of 2020 Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Zelenskyy Just Hit Moscow With One of the Biggest Drone Attack in Two Years — and Vowed It’s Only the Beginning of the End for Putin

More than 430 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow overnight in the capital's largest attack in two years, disrupting flights at Russia's busiest airport. It fits...

Christian OrrJuly 8, 2026

A Louisiana Air National Guard F-15C Eagle streaks above the Ohio River during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2026. More than a dozen military aircraft performed during the show, including four Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and two UH-60 Black Hawks from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Frankfort-based 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

Dollars and Sense

‘Our Missiles and Drones Are Ready to Fire at You’: Iran Warned Ships Near Hormuz — Then the Guard Corps Made Good on the Threat

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, aka Sepah or Pasdaran) is at it again. Not quite three weeks after the official signing of the...

Christian OrrJuly 7, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The F-14 Tomcat from Top Gun Could Have Had an Even Deadlier Successor — and the U.S. Navy Said No

Summary and Key Points: Top Gun: Maverick reminded the world why the F-14 Tomcat is the most beloved fighter the Navy ever flew. What...

Christian OrrJune 3, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Chuck Yeager Called the F-20 Tigershark the Finest Fighter in the World — and Then America Never Bought a Single One

Summary and Key Points: He broke the sound barrier — and in his 1986 memoir, Chuck Yeager called it the finest fighter in the...

Christian OrrJune 3, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nuclear Attack Submarine USS Scorpion Sank in 1968 With 99 Men Aboard and the U.S. Navy Still Does Not Know Why

Summary and Key Points: The Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarines were the fastest SSNs in the world when they debuted in 1959, capable of 33...

Christian OrrMay 25, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘Just Not There Yet’: China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Just Might Be a ‘Nefarious Head Fake’

The Chinese H-20 stealth bomber is not expected to be operational until the 2030s, per U.S. Intelligence Community estimates. Gen. Stephen L. Davis (head...

Christian OrrMay 17, 2026

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Christian Orr

Ukraine War

Russia Might Have a Sneaky Plan to Win the Ukraine War: Draft 500,000 Fresh Soldiers to Turn the Tide

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Discovered It Can Hit Moscow Night After Night with Missiles and Drones (But The Price Is High)

Ukraine War

For Twelve Years They Were Told Crimea Was Protected — Now Residents Say They Have Been Thrown Back to the Stone Age

Ukraine War

Zelenskyy Just Hit Moscow With One of the Biggest Drone Attack in Two Years — and Vowed It’s Only the Beginning of the End for Putin

Dollars and Sense

‘Our Missiles and Drones Are Ready to Fire at You’: Iran Warned Ships Near Hormuz — Then the Guard Corps Made Good on the Threat

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The F-14 Tomcat from Top Gun Could Have Had an Even Deadlier Successor — and the U.S. Navy Said No

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Chuck Yeager Called the F-20 Tigershark the Finest Fighter in the World — and Then America Never Bought a Single One

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nuclear Attack Submarine USS Scorpion Sank in 1968 With 99 Men Aboard and the U.S. Navy Still Does Not Know Why

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘Just Not There Yet’: China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Just Might Be a ‘Nefarious Head Fake’

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