Isaac Seitz

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Moscow Is Getting Smashed Over and Over: Ukraine Fires Hundreds of Drone Strikes at Russia and Putin Is Counting the Fireballs

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, air defenses managed to intercept around 320 Ukrainian attack drones across Russia.

Isaac SeitzAugust 4, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2024) The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training ship, JS Kashima (TV-3508), middle, and Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer JS Shimakaze (TV-3521) while conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean, September 23, 2024. The U.S. Navy and JMSDF continue to train together to improve interoperability and strengthen joint capabilities. For more than 60 years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has been the corner stone of stability and security and is crucial to the mutual capability of responding to contingencies at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly)

Dollars and Sense

‘If You Had to Sort of Design a Worst-Case Scenario’: A Marine Scientist Says the Ships Waiting Outside Hormuz Are Exactly That

Isaac Seitz reports on a new study by an international coalition of marine scientists warning that the vessels idling outside the Strait of Hormuz...

Isaac SeitzAugust 4, 2026

An M109 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, fires a round of high-explosive artillery during Dynamic Front on Forward Operating Site Torun, Poland, Nov. 19, 2024. Dynamic Front takes place from Nov. 4-24 in Finland, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and Romania, and demonstrates NATO’s ability to share fire missions, target information, and operational graphics from the Arctic to the Black Sea. It increases the lethality of the Alliance through long-range fires, builds unit readiness in a complex joint, multi-national environment, and leverages host nation capabilities to increase USAREUR-AF’s operational reach. Dynamic Front includes more than 1,800 U.S. and 3,700 multi-national service members from 28 Allied and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Julian Winston)

Ukraine War

‘Winter Is Coming, Obviously’: A Ukrainian Defense CEO’s Blunt Forecast That This One Will Be Even Harder Than the Last

Isaac Seitz reports Ukraine faces its hardest winter yet as air-defense missiles run short on every front: reports say America has burned through nearly...

Isaac SeitzAugust 3, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Blackhawk Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a night live fire training as part of Exercise Spring Storm 23 held at Camp Tapa, Estonia, May 25, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Agustín Montañez)

Ukraine War

Kyiv Just Got Handed a Brutal Problem: More Than Twenty Missiles Came In and Its Air Defenses Shot Down None of Them

Isaac Seitz reports drones burned Wildberries warehouses in Samara and Vladimir — more than a tenth of the retailer's warehouse space is now destroyed,...

Isaac SeitzAugust 3, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" performs during the 2026 Sioux Falls AirShow: Power on the Prairie at Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 17, 2026. The Thunderbirds' demonstration featured close-formation flying and solo routines showcasing the precision and performance of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Luke Olson)

Ukraine War

Russia Fired More Than 70 Missiles at Ukraine in a Single Night — and Kyiv’s Thinning F-16 Shield Just Lost Another Jet

Five confirmed losses. Roughly 38 flyable jets. A missile shortage that keeps getting worse. The pilot survived this crash — but Ukraine's air shield...

Isaac SeitzJuly 30, 2026

Maj. Kristin Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, flies an F-35 assigned to the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron at the Wings Over Houston Airshow, Texas, Oct. 15, 2023. The airshow showcases vintage World War II aircraft alongside modern aviation and has supported a variety of local and national charities during its 39-year history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Ergish)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Says It Hit Three F-35 Fighters in Jordan, CENTCOM Says Nothing Got Through, and the Satellite Imagery Is Too Poor to Tell

Iranian sources say drones and ballistic missiles struck two Jordanian air bases and hit three F-35 fighters. CENTCOM denies it. Satellite imagery appears to...

Isaac SeitzJuly 30, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during a training flight over the Pacific Ocean, July 8, 2026. Aerial refueling capabilities extend airborne training time and combat radius, ensuring joint and allied aircraft are postured to maintain regional peace and stability within the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erin Currie) 18 WG/PA

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Should Read This: Americans Care More About Fuel Prices Than About Iran’s Nuclear Program

An Associated Press poll finds one in three Americans supports the war with Iran, with Republican backing down from a June peak. More respondents...

Isaac SeitzJuly 30, 2026

Ukraine War

Russia Is Now Building More Ballistic Missiles Every Month Than America Is Building the Missiles Meant to Stop Them

Zelensky asked Washington for three hundred PAC-3 missiles before winter, and Trump offered a license to build them in Ukraine instead. Analysts say the...

Isaac SeitzJuly 29, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘We Won’t Gain Anything by Creating a New Front’: How Tehran’s Own Analysts Talked It Out of Attacking Ukraine

Ukraine's armed forces spent a day braced for an Iranian ballistic missile strike after Kyiv hit an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian, according...

Isaac SeitzJuly 29, 2026

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Isaac Seitz

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Moscow Is Getting Smashed Over and Over: Ukraine Fires Hundreds of Drone Strikes at Russia and Putin Is Counting the Fireballs

Dollars and Sense

‘If You Had to Sort of Design a Worst-Case Scenario’: A Marine Scientist Says the Ships Waiting Outside Hormuz Are Exactly That

Ukraine War

‘Winter Is Coming, Obviously’: A Ukrainian Defense CEO’s Blunt Forecast That This One Will Be Even Harder Than the Last

Ukraine War

Kyiv Just Got Handed a Brutal Problem: More Than Twenty Missiles Came In and Its Air Defenses Shot Down None of Them

Ukraine War

Russia Fired More Than 70 Missiles at Ukraine in a Single Night — and Kyiv’s Thinning F-16 Shield Just Lost Another Jet

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Says It Hit Three F-35 Fighters in Jordan, CENTCOM Says Nothing Got Through, and the Satellite Imagery Is Too Poor to Tell

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Should Read This: Americans Care More About Fuel Prices Than About Iran’s Nuclear Program

Ukraine War

Russia Is Now Building More Ballistic Missiles Every Month Than America Is Building the Missiles Meant to Stop Them

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘We Won’t Gain Anything by Creating a New Front’: How Tehran’s Own Analysts Talked It Out of Attacking Ukraine

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