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This week’s 75th anniversary NATO summit finds the alliance as critical to global security as it has been at almost any time in its history....
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran's spokesmen taunt that they're 'counting down the minutes' to welcome American ground troops. Steve Balestrieri, a former Special Forces NCO, runs the numbers:...
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The KMT is betting that Taiwanese voters, rattled by a decade of rising tensions, want a less confrontational hand on cross-strait relations. Ted Galen...
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The Iran war has entered a more dangerous phase: six consecutive nights of US airstrikes on missile sites, coastal defenses, and energy infrastructure, answered...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump is threatening to strike Pickaxe Mountain — Iran's underground nuclear complex a mile from Natanz — if Tehran doesn't deescalate. Analysts say its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As US strikes on Iran reached a ninth straight night, President Masoud Pezeshkian declared his country in a 'full-scale war,' Isaac Seitz reports. Officials...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
NATO's highest-ranking officer, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, warns that a Russian move against Poland or the Baltics should be taken seriously — even as...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran's Revolutionary Guard vowed Monday that 'not a single drop' of oil or gas will transit Hormuz if US strikes continue — as Yemen's...
Ukraine War
Ukraine launched more than 400 drones at Moscow and its region overnight into Monday, striking a major Wildberries distribution hub in Koledino and other...
Ukraine War
Russia's strike on a cargo ship near Odesa and Ukraine's 400-drone barrage on Moscow are two rungs on a lengthening escalation ladder, Brandon Weichert...
Ukraine War
The fallout from Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal is spreading: a senior Ukrainian Air Force commander resigned in protest, calling the loss 'a great evil' for...
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US forces struck Iran for a ninth consecutive night into Monday, CENTCOM said, targeting command centers, air defenses, and coastal radars — while Iran...
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Vice President Vance entered office as the restraint Republican — then Trump made him the Iran deal's implementer and chief defender. The deal collapsed,...
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Donald Trump entered the Iran war with more opposition than support, and nearly five months of fighting have made the political problem worse. The...
Dollars and Sense
CENTCOM insists the Strait of Hormuz is open and traffic is flowing — but Kpler recorded just eight crossings on July 16, the fewest...
Dollars and Sense
With gasoline back at a $4.00 national average and Brent at $82.73 after a rare Monday dip, two wars are squeezing American drivers —...
Dollars and Sense
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says America's mission in Iran now centers on keeping oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz, Brandon Weichert writes —...
North Korea Talk
North Korea's foreign minister promised Putin on July 19 that Pyongyang will back Russia until victory — a pledge already embedded in the war....
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarines, built in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, remain essential to the fleet today. Designed...
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The president of the United States oversees both domestic and foreign policy. When the president is incapacitated, the dirty little secret is that domestic...