Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Ukrainian long-range drones have struck 24 of Russia’s 33 major oil refineries since 2022, knocking out roughly a quarter of...
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Dollars and Sense
The U.S. and its Gulf partners are racing to bypass the Strait of Hormuz — the UAE doubling its pipeline capacity, Saudi Arabia expanding...
Dollars and Sense
The IEA warns the renewed U.S.-Iran fighting could upend its forecast of a massive 2027 oil surplus, calling a lasting peace a "must" for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine's drone sector has transformed from an ad hoc network of volunteers modifying commercial quadcopters into an industry of hundreds of companies building strike...
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A new analysis argues the true beneficiaries of Trump's Iran war were America's great-power rivals. Russia reportedly fed Iran targeting data on U.S. bases...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Japan's merchant fleet has all but left the Gulf — down from roughly 45 ships to four, with crews cut from 1,100 to about...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Unclaimed airstrikes rocked southern Iran hours after CENTCOM declared its 90-target operation complete — and no country has stepped forward, with one Iranian lawmaker...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As Ukraine's strikes deepen Russia's fuel crisis, Trump called them "an escalation that can help lead to an end" — and the Kremlin conceded...
Ukraine War
Ukrainian drones set the Ilsky refinery ablaze for the 17th time since 2022, part of an overnight wave Russia says included 376 drones downed...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's strike on Omsk succeeded because Russia left its largest refinery almost completely undefended — a fatal assumption, with the drones' true endurance range...
Ukraine War
Putin dismissed Russia's fuel crisis as an enemy psy-op — but Yandex searches asking when the war will end just hit an all-time high....
The Treaty
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed to a crawl — just five ships tracked Wednesday, down from 45 on Monday — with...
The Treaty
Hours after Trump announced Iran had asked to continue talks, a source close to Tehran's negotiating team told the state-linked Fars agency that reports...
The Treaty
China delivered an ultimatum-like message to Moscow ruling out nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Zelensky revealed at the NATO summit — as prominent Russian voices...
Dollars and Sense
Brandon Weichert argues Washington has China backwards: in two wars, Beijing has played stabilizer — quietly draining its 1.4-billion-barrel oil reserve to hold down...
Dollars and Sense
Trump agreed to resume talks after Tehran asked — revealing the 90-target strike wave was meant to force Iran back to the table, not...
Dollars and Sense
National Security Editor Brandon Weichert argues there is no American victory left in the Iran war — only economic pain that could tip the...
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
The U.S. Navy’s New Columbia-Class Submarine Was Built to Fire Nuclear Missiles from Under the Waves
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), is now projected for delivery by late...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Japan’s modified Izumo-class destroyers JS Kaga and JS Izumo are now operating as light aircraft carriers for the U.S.-built F-35B Lightning II — Tokyo’s...