Jack Buckby

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Iran Just Targeted Four Gulf States in a Single Overnight Wave — and This Time the Warning Sirens Reached Deep Into Saudi Arabia

Iran launched overnight missile and drone attacks on Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia as the US completed a seventh straight night of strikes....

Jack BuckbyJuly 18, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America’s Iran Campaign Just Hit Seven Straight Nights of Strikes — and Now They’re Cutting Water and Power in the Extreme Heat

The US completed a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran early Saturday, expanding to bridges and rail around Bandar Abbas. Tehran says a...

Jack BuckbyJuly 18, 2026

The USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was hit and sunk by anti-ship missiles during a training drill.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Said ‘We Have Other People That Will Do the Ground Campaign for Us’ — a Cryptic Tease as the Iran War Hits Its Limits

Even after destroying Iran's coastal batteries, ports, and most of its navy, Washington cannot make commercial ships risk Hormuz — while Tehran cannot push...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 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

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

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise, Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high level of combat readiness and to maintain effective communication between the two forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Lefty Larimer)

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The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday a Russian recruit's average life expectancy on the battlefield is twenty to thirty minutes, crediting Ukraine's AI-powered drones....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Qatar Spent Months Mediating Between Washington and Tehran — It Just Formally Condemned Iran’s Attacks on Its Neighbors

Qatar formally condemned Iran's repeated attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait — a rupture from the mediator Iran has itself struck, including a March...

Jack BuckbyJuly 16, 2026

Putin On June 1 2026 Creative Commons Image

Ukraine War

Putin Says His Army Captured a Key Ukrainian City — Zelensky’s Answer: Meet Me There and We’ll End the War Face to Face

Putin claims Russia captured Kostiantynivka, the southern anchor of Ukraine's Donetsk defensive line — but ISW says the claim contradicts 'all available evidence,' DeepState's...

Jack BuckbyJuly 16, 2026

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Jack Buckby

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Just Targeted Four Gulf States in a Single Overnight Wave — and This Time the Warning Sirens Reached Deep Into Saudi Arabia

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America’s Iran Campaign Just Hit Seven Straight Nights of Strikes — and Now They’re Cutting Water and Power in the Extreme Heat

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Said ‘We Have Other People That Will Do the Ground Campaign for Us’ — a Cryptic Tease as the Iran War Hits Its Limits

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

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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Qatar Spent Months Mediating Between Washington and Tehran — It Just Formally Condemned Iran’s Attacks on Its Neighbors

Ukraine War

Putin Says His Army Captured a Key Ukrainian City — Zelensky’s Answer: Meet Me There and We’ll End the War Face to Face

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