Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: In an embarrassing incident for the U.S. Navy, the brand-new Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665) sank at the...
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The Treaty
Buried at the end of Trump's announcement that the Iran war ends Sunday was a line that had nothing to do with the signing...
Ukraine War
All 32 NATO members reportedly agree on one unsettling date: 2029, when Russia could regain the power to threaten the alliance. The paradox? Russia...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Venezuela playbook worked: seize the oil, become the seller. Kharg Island breaks it on one fact — Iran's crude has a single serious...
Dollars and Sense
Before the bombs, officials were already warning that parts of Tehran — ten million people — might someday need evacuating. The reservoirs hit 12...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
"The death spiral must stop," the UN's chief told the Security Council as Russia battered Ukraine's power grid before winter. Moscow's reply: a warning...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran has paid a price: the Supreme Leader dead, fifty commanders gone, 55 aircraft destroyed, the navy largely wiped out. Iran has absorbed it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The reported deal frees billions, punts every nuclear question into a 60-day window — and Iran keeps "sovereignty" over Hormuz. One analyst's translation: here...
Ukraine War
The world gave Kyiv 72 hours. A Russian outlet was so sure it published a victory article two days in — you can still...
Ukraine War
GCHQ's estimate is staggering: around half a million Russian soldiers dead in Ukraine, most by drone. Total dead and wounded is now over one...
Ukraine War
Russia's showcase forum was built to prove it's open for business. Two heads of state came — Uzbekistan and Tanzania — and America sent...
The Treaty
The plan was so secret the Pentagon's top general flew the Atlantic rather than discuss it on an encrypted line: send U.S. troops into...
The Treaty
A White House official now puts the odds at "80 to 85 percent" — up from 75. But Washington and Tehran are still describing...
The Treaty
The signing could come Sunday in Geneva. The fight is over what gets signed: Iran's leaked version concedes almost nothing — no new nuclear...
Dollars and Sense
A deal in Geneva would end the war — not the lesson. For three months the world watched a fifth of its oil hang...
Dollars and Sense
Everyone counts Russia's dead. One analyst's uncomfortable audit runs the other ledger: Ukraine's losses far exceed the official 55,000, with many men reportedly dodging...
Dollars and Sense
"It's over for Iran," the White House declares — a claim nobody can verify. What's verifiable: the calm rests on three draining cushions —...
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 – Widespread, uniform skepticism from many Middle East experts questioning Israel’s recent strike on Iran is flawed and ignores the context of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The US Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter program is on hold, according to Navy Secretary John Phelan, who cited systemic problems with...