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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, fire a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during their Table 15 qualification on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 30, 2026. Table 15 is a mandatory U.S. Army training and certification exercise for field artillery batteries that tests their ability to integrate artillery fires into a realistic tactical scenario. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Robertson)

Ukraine War

Ukraine’s Special Forces Announced a Record: Their Drones Hit Critical Russian Plants Three Thousand Kilometers Away

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) said this week that it has struck a pair of Russian gas plants in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets region, in what...

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A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, releases flares over the Gulf Coast, April 3, 2026. The 96th Test Wing and 53rd Wing perform developmental and operational test series on the platform including next-generation survivability, radars, sensors and networking capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt Thomas Barley)

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The Houthis Captured Mocha, a Key Red Sea Port, in a Drive to Control Yemen’s Entire Coast, the Guardian Reports

The Houthis captured the Red Sea port of Mocha in a drive to control Yemen's coast, per the Guardian — pushing pressure toward two...

Stephen Silver3 hours ago

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Crofton, 52nd Fighter Wing commander, taxis in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during his fini flight at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, May 19, 2025. The fini flight is a long-standing U.S. Air Force tradition that marks the final flight of an aircrew member’s current assignment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Albert Morel)

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Hormuz Transits Fell to Single Digits — Just Seven Vessels in a Day, Down from a Ten-Day Average of Fourteen, per Reuters

Two weeks after officials told Axios the U.S. controlled Hormuz's southern lane and Trump declared that sucker is open, Reuters counts just seven transits...

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President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Republican Members Issues Conference at Trump National Doral Miami, Monday, March 9, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

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Donald Trump Just Dropped a Major Clue As to When the Iran War Might Finally Come to An End

Vance and Rubio are among advisers who have privately raised the prospect that the Iran war drags on through Trump's term, the Wall Street...

Stephen Silver1 day ago

Image Credit: Creative Commons. Image is of a Russian missile being tested.

Ukraine War

NATO Has a Problem: Ukraine Claims Russia Will Soon Test a New Ballistic Missile by the End of Year That Could Hit Western Ukraine

Kyiv's military intelligence says Moscow is finishing work on a new ballistic missile with a range of several hundred miles, and may conduct final...

Stephen Silver2 days ago

Fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah carried out a training exercise in Aaramta village in the Jezzine District, southern Lebanon, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. The show of force came ahead of “Liberation Day,” the annual celebration of the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon on May 25, 2000, and in the wake of a recent escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Gaza Strip.

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Trump Personally Asked Iraq’s New Prime Minister to Demilitarize the Militias — and the Closest to Iran Say They Won’t Disarm

Iran's most active proxies are no longer led by Hezbollah, per an AP-cited report: the Houthis and Iraqi militias have taken over, with Houthi...

Stephen Silver2 days ago

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Trump Just Got Handed the Satellite Evidence: Construction at Pickaxe Mountain Surged This Year, Two Kilometers from Natanz

A new CSIS satellite analysis finds construction at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain surged this year — the busiest activity in the site's history, two kilometers...

Stephen Silver2 days ago

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings)

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Donald Trump Just Ordered US Military Forces to Sink Iran’s Tanker Fleet and Tehran Is Already Firing Back

CENTCOM says it destroyed five Iranian crude tankers, naming the ships, after the IRGC fired ballistic missiles at a US warship two days running....

Stephen Silver2 days ago

President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after attending a Back to School and Education Freedom event, Monday, August 24, 2026, in the White House Rose Garden. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

Dollars and Sense

The Problem That Could Cost Donald Trump the Midterms: High Gas Prices That Just Refuse to Go Down Thanks to the Iran War

Oil touched its highest since July after the Houthi attack on Saudi oil, and the pain is landing at American pumps: records on Labor...

Stephen Silver3 days ago

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Ukraine War

Ukraine’s Special Forces Announced a Record: Their Drones Hit Critical Russian Plants Three Thousand Kilometers Away

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Houthis Captured Mocha, a Key Red Sea Port, in a Drive to Control Yemen’s Entire Coast, the Guardian Reports

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Hormuz Transits Fell to Single Digits — Just Seven Vessels in a Day, Down from a Ten-Day Average of Fourteen, per Reuters

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Just Dropped a Major Clue As to When the Iran War Might Finally Come to An End

Ukraine War

NATO Has a Problem: Ukraine Claims Russia Will Soon Test a New Ballistic Missile by the End of Year That Could Hit Western Ukraine

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Personally Asked Iraq’s New Prime Minister to Demilitarize the Militias — and the Closest to Iran Say They Won’t Disarm

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Got Handed the Satellite Evidence: Construction at Pickaxe Mountain Surged This Year, Two Kilometers from Natanz

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Just Ordered US Military Forces to Sink Iran’s Tanker Fleet and Tehran Is Already Firing Back

Dollars and Sense

The Problem That Could Cost Donald Trump the Midterms: High Gas Prices That Just Refuse to Go Down Thanks to the Iran War

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