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Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: Iran has halted its strikes on Israel, and the relief is widely shared: Washington calls it a success, Israel says...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The precarious ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the United States nearly broke down last night, as Iran launched a ballistic missile attack against Israel...
The Treaty
Donald Trump Wanted To End The Iran War. Overnight, Israel Showed Him He Isn’t In Control: By this morning, June 8, 2026, the President...
Ukraine War
Trump Could Get a Ukraine Deal—But Not the One Washington Wants: U.S. President Donald Trump may be able to secure a deal with Ukraine....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Joint Strike Missile (JSM) is a weapon specifically designed to fit inside the F-35 Lightning II’s internal weapons bay while preserving that fifth-generation...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Europe’s economy depends on middle distillates – refined petroleum products that are obtained in the middle boiling range during crude oil distillation. Diesel, specifically,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier just finished the longest U.S. carrier deployment since Vietnam. But a laundry-room fire, the...
Ukraine War
Ukraine Is Confident – But Will It Change the Outcome of the War?: During the early days of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
Ukraine War
As Ukraine has been ramping up its drone operations against Moscow, more and more Ukrainian drones are ending up where they don’t belong. Most...
Ukraine War
As if Russian President Vladimir Putin needed any more embarrassing news about his disastrous war with Ukraine, the latest fiasco is an even deeper...
The Treaty
Now that the world has awoken to the complete breakdown of the ceasefire between the United States, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Israel,...
The Treaty
Iran has halted its direct missile and drone attacks against Israel—but Israel has made clear that it does not intend to halt military operations...
The Treaty
Iran’s Strategic Victory: The Week the War’s Outcome Became Clear – With the resumption of hostilities in the War for the Greater Middle East,...
Dollars and Sense
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is not completely empty, but it has been drawn down to critically low levels not seen since the...
Dollars and Sense
The Strait of Hormuz Standoff Is A Game of Economic Chicken. Neither Iran Nor The West Can Win: Iran held its fire on Monday, declining...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: For the first time in history, all 22 National Guard generals who command America’s Air National Guard fighter squadrons have...
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...
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: Four years into a war the Kremlin expected to win in weeks, Russia is leaning on North Korean soldiers to...
North Korea Talk
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on May 21 that Chinese President Xi Jinping may travel to Pyongyang as early as next week, according...
Dollars and Sense
One of the critical elements of modern warfare, reinforced by the war in Ukraine, is the importance of air superiority and the need to...
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. could intercept incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) using advanced and developing missile defense technologies. -Ground-based interceptors in Alaska...