Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine and the clearest pivot in undersea warfare since the torpedo....
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Ukraine War
When Putin admitted Russia's fuel shortages, he meant to look like a state in control. Instead he confirmed what Ukraine has quietly engineered: not...
The Treaty
For four years Putin projected nothing but confidence. This weekend that cracked: he admitted Russia faces a fuel deficit as Ukrainian drones torched yet...
Ukraine War
Ukraine has done real damage deep inside Russia — burning refineries, hunting fuel convoys, turning the rear into a battlefield Moscow can no longer...
Ukraine War
Crimea is the territory Putin prized above every other conquest — and right now it's blacked out, rationing fuel, and under emergency rule his...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
For years, China's air force had a glaring weakness: its fighters couldn't refuel in the air, so they couldn't reach far beyond China's coast....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Washington has approved billions in weapons for Taiwan — F-16s, HIMARS, anti-ship missiles. But it keeps refusing the one jet Taipei has wanted for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Putin declared this weekend that Russian forces are close to taking Kostiantynivka, the southern anchor of Ukraine's eastern fortress belt and the gateway to...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's deep-strike campaign just escalated past the refineries. Overnight, Kyiv hit the Dubna space-communications center outside Moscow — Russia's largest such complex and a...
Ukraine War
In a Siberian region six time zones from Moscow, the line for a working fuel pump stretched three kilometers. Garbage trucks have stopped running....
Ukraine War
Ukraine is negotiating with France for a license to build the SCALP cruise missile on its own soil, a step that would hand Kyiv...
The Treaty
After a weekend of strikes across the Persian Gulf, the U.S. and Iran just agreed to stand down and meet in Doha on Tuesday....
The Treaty
Hours after U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile sites and coastal radar over attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump issued a warning Tehran can't...
The Treaty
Shipping is "literally caught in the crossfire," one analyst says, as the U.S. and Iran battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz. After...
Dollars and Sense
The fight over the Strait of Hormuz has moved off the water and into the wording of diplomatic statements. Months after Iran’s blockade of...
Dollars and Sense
Oil just posted its worst quarter in five years, sliding all the way back to where it traded before the U.S. and Israel struck...
Dollars and Sense
The Strait of Hormuz was finally reopening — then two tankers were attacked, the U.S. struck Iran again, and shipping collapsed from 70 crossings...
North Korea Talk
North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...
North Korea Talk
The recent North Korea–China summit highlights Beijing’s increasing concern over Moscow’s growing influence in Pyongyang. Since the Ukraine war began, Russia and North Korea...
North Korea Talk
Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Forrestal-class—Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence—were America’s first true jet-era supercarriers, conceived to launch heavy strike aircraft and high-performance...
Dollars and Sense
Key Points and Summary – With days left before Ottawa releases its fighter review, PM Mark Carney could keep the first 16 F-35 fighters...