Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS Iowa, lead ship of America’s fastest and most powerful class of battleships, had a storied career spanning...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran didn't beat the United States symmetrically — it closed the Strait of Hormuz with minimal force and kept the U.S. fleet at a...
The Treaty
"The object in war is to obtain a better peace," one scholar writes — "and a better peace has not been obtained." By his...
The Treaty
The US-Iran memorandum signed Monday isn't peace — it's a 60-day framework. And the biggest threat to it isn't at the table: Israel says...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran Ceasefire Won’t Fix the Energy Crisis Anytime Soon: With the markets and Washington breathing a deep sigh of relief over the informal...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump says the Iran deal is done — and this time Iranian and Pakistani officials agree. But its biggest threat isn't Iran. Israel says...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump and Iran signed a peace deal Monday — and still can't agree what it says. Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz open "toll-free":...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Iran deal has four structural flaws, one analyst argues: Washington and Tehran disagree on who controls Hormuz, Israel isn't bound by it, no...
Ukraine War
Ukraine didn't hit a routine refinery this time — it struck one of Russia's "untouchable" strategic fuel reserves, held for wartime emergencies, 435 miles...
Ukraine War
Russia's military recruitment fell 20 percent in the first quarter of 2026 against a year earlier — and the incentives meant to reverse it...
Ukraine War
Russia began the war with up to 20,000 reserve tanks. Satellite images now show roughly 2,000 — and it's pulling 1950s-era T-55s back into...
The Treaty
Washington says Hormuz is permanently toll-free. Iran says 60 days, then come the fees. Those positions can't both be true — and normally that...
The Treaty
Whatever gets signed in Switzerland on Friday, the war's most consequential outcome may be a conclusion forming in Tehran that no agreement can undo:...
The Treaty
Less than a day after President Trump declared the Iran war over and the deal "complete," Iranian state-affiliated media published what it says are...
Dollars and Sense
"Victory on paper, defeat in practice," one analyst warns: the Iran war may be ending, but the economic bill is just arriving. By his...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran war's most lasting hit to Trump may be in American living rooms, not the Gulf. His own Fed pick signaled rate cuts...
Dollars and Sense
Trump says the oil crisis is over. The damage says otherwise. Qatar lost 17 percent of its gas export capacity to Iranian strikes —...
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 – Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik-B, a 20-ton stealth drone, is envisioned as a “loyal wingman” for the Su-57 fighter, designed to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on F-4 Phantom II – The F-4 Phantom II, a large, twin-engine fighter from the 1950s, was a workhorse of...