Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The recent US “Operation Midnight Hammer” strike on Iranian nuclear facilities marked the first-ever combat use of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance...
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Dollars and Sense
The EIA raised its oil forecast as the Hormuz disruption drains global inventories, with July's shut-in topping one in every twenty barrels the world...
The Treaty
Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...
The Treaty
Trump calls it a chess game and says he's only semi-negotiating. Meanwhile the demands Iran once reserved for nuclear talks are attached to the...
Ukraine War
The alliance's mutual-defense clause has been triggered once in seventy-six years, after 9/11. It was written before cyberwarfare existed, and that ambiguity is exactly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Reuters sources say Iran is set to receive up to four hundred Chinese shoulder-fired anti-air missiles through a Hong Kong intermediary — a deal...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Under a new memorandum, Syria is taking civilian control at Russia's Tartus naval hub and Khmeimim air base, with military sites becoming joint training...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on TV this week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s Supreme Leader. But that might...
Ukraine War
Zelensky called the Novorossiysk strike a 'unique operation' against the fleet's last Black Sea stronghold, with hits on piers and port infrastructure confirmed and...
Ukraine War
Musk's Starlink cutoff left Russian infantry in an 'information bubble,' a Ukrainian analyst says, and Kyiv capitalized with its only real territorial gains in...
Ukraine War
Putin threatens to answer European ship seizures 'anywhere,' even the Pacific — while just nine of up to a thousand shadow tankers sit held.
The Treaty
Pakistan again says a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape — but the author notes Islamabad was optimistic before the last deal, which collapsed days...
The Treaty
A rebel missile strike on a commercial vessel at Bab el-Mandeb killed crew members and rescuers Wednesday — a turn the AP says risks...
The Treaty
Pakistan and Qatar say a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape, with Iran and Oman reportedly agreed on coordinates for a temporary Hormuz navigation system....
Dollars and Sense
Pakistani officials say both sides agreed to give diplomacy more time under the expiring Islamabad memorandum — and within hours a senior Iranian official...
Dollars and Sense
A US MH-60 put two Hellfires into the steering gear of the Panama-flagged Vela Nova as it tried to run the Hormuz blockade —...
Dollars and Sense
President Trump told Axios the United States is 'only semi-negotiating' with Iran, shifting to a strategy of waiting Tehran out while the blockade takes...
North Korea Talk
Ukraine's defense intelligence says Russian missile factories exceeded July's production targets across the board, even as Moscow leans on ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and,...
North Korea Talk
More than 120 Shahed-style drones flew as well, and Kyiv says they were upgraded jet-powered versions of the Iranian design. Russia has now taken...
North Korea Talk
Through its long war against Ukraine, Russia has received reinforcements from North Korea. Now, more of that is on the way. According to The...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – Despite the recent US “Operation Midnight Hammer” strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump is likely not seeking...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: Despite being a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, there are significant concerns that Iran maintains a clandestine chemical weapons...