Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force’s 53rd Wing integrated a B-2 Spirit into a long-range scenario over Norway to trial AFRL’s...
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Ukraine War
Ukraine's commander-in-chief says Putin has ordered his General Staff to draw up options for a new offensive — one launched from Belarus, aimed at...
Dollars and Sense
Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz for oil. The bigger threat moving through it feeds the world: the natural gas and sulfur behind...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran's chief negotiator arrived in Doha with a warning: Tehran wants diplomacy, but it's "prepared for war." Days earlier the two sides were trading...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2014, Putin seized Crimea without firing a shot and was hailed as a strategic mastermind, his approval ratings soaring. Twelve years later, Ukraine...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The ceasefire that ended the latest U.S.-Iran war is looking dangerously thin. Tehran has warned that any further American strike would violate the agreement's...
Ukraine War
For four years Putin kept the war's economic pain away from ordinary Russians. That strategy has broken down. Fuel rationing has spread from the...
Ukraine War
The pressure on Putin is mounting on every front at once. Russian military bloggers now estimate a soldier reaching the worst stretches of the...
Ukraine War
The case that Putin is finished is getting louder: fuel lines, blackouts, Crimea in disarray, and even a once-loyal pro-war blogger now demanding answers...
The Treaty
Just as Washington tries to keep its fragile Iran talks alive in Doha, Israel's defense minister warned the war could reignite "within two days"...
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...
Dollars and Sense
Just days after Iran attacked two tankers and drew U.S. strikes in return, ships are cautiously returning to the Strait of Hormuz. Weekly traffic...
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...
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 – If aircraft carriers are becoming too vulnerable to long-range missiles, hypersonics, and swarms, replace the single “big deck” with...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has hinted for years at an SR-72 hypersonic successor to the SR-71, but the U.S....