Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver is a journalist, essayist, and film critic, who is also a contributor to Philly Voice, Philadelphia Weekly, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Living Life Fearless, Backstage magazine, Broad Street Review, and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @StephenSilver.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Disaster Is Coming for the Lebanon Ceasefire: Israel Says an Explosive Drone Flew and Hezbollah Says It Never Happened

Israel says Hezbollah launched an explosive drone at an army engineering vehicle in southern Lebanon, calling it a blatant ceasefire violation; Hezbollah has not...

Stephen Silver4 days ago

Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09. Over 200 U.S. soldiers and approximately 650 German airmen will be participating in the realistic training within a combined construct, exercise the rigors associated with force projection and educate operators on their air missile defense systems. The 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command will deploy, operate and fire live missiles within a tactical scenario, under Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe operational readiness evaluation criteria.

Dollars and Sense

‘Nobody—and I Mean Nobody—Saw It Coming’: How China Quietly Took Hold of the Global Oil Market Without Anyone Noticing

The Atlantic reports that China is the main reason oil prices have not spiked during the war with Iran, after it sharply cut purchases...

Stephen Silver4 days ago

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) with the 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment fires toward a designated target at Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan on Sept. 20, 2023. U.S. Army soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members participated in showcasing their artillery prowess in front of VIPs and dignitaries. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Ryan S. Gay)

Dollars and Sense

‘A Divine Gift to the Great Iranian Nation’: How Tehran’s Deputy Speaker Describes Control of the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's deputy parliament speaker says control of the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Iran permanently, calling it a divine gift and an achievement of...

Stephen Silver4 days ago

The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, March 19, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

The Treaty

The Real Reason America Paused Its Iran War: It’s Running Out of Missiles to Defend Itself

America's stockpile of Patriot interceptors has fallen to roughly a third of its prewar level, and the New York Times reports the shortage helped...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

President Donald J. Trump rings the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq during an event to launch Trump Accounts, Monday, July 6, 2026, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

Dollars and Sense

Donald Trump Just Got Handed a Painful Truth: Most Americans Hate the Iran War

Support for the Iran war is collapsing even among Trump's MAGA base, polls show, as gas prices surge in every state. The Guardian found...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

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

Putin’s Ukraine Fairy Tale Is Colliding With Reality: His Prized Crimea Riviera Is Going Dark and Empty

Ukraine's drone campaign has knocked out power across northern Crimea, leaving most residents in the dark for days and mirroring Russia's own yearslong strikes...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

Ukraine War

Trump Has Come to Admire the Very Drones Ukraine Uses to Beat the Same Ones America Faces in the Iran War

Ukrainian drones struck a steel plant near Moscow and knocked out power in Feodosia as Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Washington. His arrival came as...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

Putin At a Conference Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Zelensky Says He Believes Putin Is Preparing to Mobilize Half a Million Russians and Send Them to the Front

Zelensky told Sky News he believes Putin is preparing to mobilize hundreds of thousands more soldiers — Newsweek reports the figure at 500,000 —...

Stephen Silver6 days ago

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. Carl Vinson is on a scheduled western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Just Delivered a Masterclass to Trump as a Painful Lesson: The US Military Can’t Bomb the Strait of Hormuz Free

Two weeks after Trump said the US would be the strait's 'guardian angel' and 'should be reimbursed,' Reuters reports Iran still claims control of...

Stephen Silver6 days ago

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Disaster Is Coming for the Lebanon Ceasefire: Israel Says an Explosive Drone Flew and Hezbollah Says It Never Happened

Dollars and Sense

‘Nobody—and I Mean Nobody—Saw It Coming’: How China Quietly Took Hold of the Global Oil Market Without Anyone Noticing

Dollars and Sense

‘A Divine Gift to the Great Iranian Nation’: How Tehran’s Deputy Speaker Describes Control of the Strait of Hormuz

The Treaty

The Real Reason America Paused Its Iran War: It’s Running Out of Missiles to Defend Itself

Dollars and Sense

Donald Trump Just Got Handed a Painful Truth: Most Americans Hate the Iran War

Ukraine War

Putin’s Ukraine Fairy Tale Is Colliding With Reality: His Prized Crimea Riviera Is Going Dark and Empty

Ukraine War

Trump Has Come to Admire the Very Drones Ukraine Uses to Beat the Same Ones America Faces in the Iran War

Ukraine War

Zelensky Says He Believes Putin Is Preparing to Mobilize Half a Million Russians and Send Them to the Front

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Just Delivered a Masterclass to Trump as a Painful Lesson: The US Military Can’t Bomb the Strait of Hormuz Free

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