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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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Professor Andrew Latham reads the blockade numbers: non-Iranian Hormuz transits collapsed to a fraction of last year's while Iran-linked traffic barely dipped, moving inside...
The Treaty
Saudi Arabia stopped bombing the Houthis, pulled back in Yemen, and let its proxies work with them. Michael Rubin on what that bought Riyadh,...
Dollars and Sense
The outrage over firing a costly missile at a cheap drone misses the point, Dr. Andrew Latham argues: the problem is not the price...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday and headed for Suez instead. Nobody fired at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
While Washington keeps escalating, Iran appears to be determined to fight for as long as possible. It is, after all, a fight that will...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump posted that Xi and Putin both assured him China and Russia will not arm Iran — but US officials say Russia provided targeting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Analyst Brandon Weichert argues US strikes face diminishing returns because Iran buried its key facilities underground over two decades. He calls seizing Kharg Island...
Ukraine War
The Atlantic reports Zelensky dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov and commander Syrsky after a feud over drone strategy — just as Reuters embedded with 'Magyar's...
Ukraine War
Romanian F-16s, backed by Italian Typhoons on NATO air policing, tracked an unidentified drone for over an hour before shooting it down near Buzau...
Ukraine War
Ukraine has damaged or destroyed a large share of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet using missiles, aerial drones and unmanned vessels. Moscow lost its flagship,...
The Treaty
Trump’s tariffs have not destroyed the U.S. economy, but the damage is measurable. Consumer prices rose, investment weakened, manufacturing employment failed to surge and...
The Treaty
Senate GOP policy chair Shelley Moore Capito says the public is growing weary of the Iran war, echoing Jim Justice's off-ramp call. Quinnipiac finds...
The Treaty
Administration officials told the Wall Street Journal that President Trump is in revenge mode, convinced only greater force can end the Iran war. He...
Dollars and Sense
President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 10 percent to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies as the Iran war pushed oil above $100....
Dollars and Sense
Donald Trump said the world could exhaust its oil reserves within four weeks if Hormuz remained restricted. He then returned to war with Iran....
Dollars and Sense
Reuters reports Yemeni officials and Western diplomats see a sharply higher risk of civil war returning, with Houthi and government forces reinforcing front lines...
North Korea Talk
For years Beijing said it wanted both stability and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. Stability always ranked higher, but the second goal was at...
North Korea Talk
Pyongyang promised Moscow it will stay until victory. Moscow promised something back — and Beijing is watching its hold on Kim slip away.
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....
The Treaty
The president of the United States oversees both domestic and foreign policy. When the president is incapacitated, the dirty little secret is that domestic...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Facts: The XB-70 Valkyrie, an advanced supersonic bomber developed by North American Aviation, aimed to replace the B-52 with a Mach...