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...
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Ukraine War
Jack Buckby examines New York Times reporting on Ukraine's idled Western tanks, the crews retraining as drone operators, Russia's experimental tank shield and its...
Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby analyzes Washington's pivot from strikes to economic warfare against Iran, the new sanctions operation aimed at isolating Tehran, Beijing's blunt refusal to...
Ukraine War
A former British diplomat points to the Blitz: bombing civilians has historically stiffened resistance rather than broken it. He also warns about the durability...
Ukraine War
Unlike the shortage that ran from May to July, this one has reached the Moscow region. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan buy their processed fuel...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby examines the new shape of Russia's air campaign: jet-powered drones returning to Kyiv hours after dawn, four generations of Shahed derivatives in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
“As long as Moscow has room to escalate with conventional weapons,” explained one expert, it has “little incentive to cross the nuclear threshold.”
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
For now, the strategy seems simple: squeeze Iran economically until it is forced to compromise. The “economic D-Day” announcement, effectively placing sanctions on countries...
Ukraine War
Georgia Gilholy reports on the reversal at the heart of Russia's fuel crisis: an energy superpower importing gasoline by sea, sending crude to Kazakhstan...
Ukraine War
Russia struck nine Ukrainian cities overnight, and Moldova says drones crossed its border hours before Independence Day.
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson connects the threads of Ratcliffe's secret Moscow trip: Bloomberg's Kremlin sources describing a cornered Putin weighing nuclear options, Beijing's blunt ultimatum...
The Treaty
Stephen Silver looks ahead to the next presidential race: a stalemated Iran war neither party can ignore, the Obama precedent waiting for an antiwar...
The Treaty
Jack Buckby examines the mystery of three classified Putin decrees signed the week of the CIA director's Moscow visit: an imprisoned American, an infrastructure-seizure...
The Treaty
Diplomats in Middle Eastern embassies will be well prepared for another emergency evacuation, particularly having gone through the process less than six months ago.
Dollars and Sense
Trump, it’s clear, has decided to nationalize the race and make it about him and his presidency — despite an approval rating in the...
Dollars and Sense
“We’re not going into this to impeach,” a senior Democratic aide said of the party’s current strategy. “No one wants a failed vote on...
Dollars and Sense
Georgia Gilholy reports on Saudi Arabia's scramble to move its oil: crude rerouted through Egypt's Sumed pipeline, ship-to-ship sales to China outside Hormuz, tankers...
North Korea Talk
Georgia Gilholy reports on Lavrov's world-order message to Pyongyang, Zelensky's claim that up to fifty thousand more troops could follow the Kursk deployment, Reuters-reported...
North Korea Talk
Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.
North Korea Talk
Roughly 9,500 are already there. Reuters reports North Korean supplies have at times covered around half of Russia's frontline munitions, and the next contingent...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s lone aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has been undergoing extensive maintenance and repairs for years, casting doubt on its return...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, remains plagued by challenges despite promises of a return. -After years of repairs marked...