Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Black Sea Fleet had 74 vessels, a Slava-class flagship cruiser, and overwhelming...
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Ukraine War
DeepState counted 19 settlements regained and Russians pushed back in six more areas. The Institute for the Study of War documented significant advances. A...
Ukraine War
A Fox report details a 'dangerous new front': the executives and engineers behind drone technology are being hunted. A Russian FPV-drone boss was critically...
Dollars and Sense
The EIA raised its oil forecast as the Hormuz disruption drains global inventories, with July's shut-in topping one in every twenty barrels the world...
The Treaty
Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Feodosia oil terminal is out of action, the Chonhar bridge has been damaged, and fuel trucks have been hit near Armiansk. Almost everything...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iraqi crude now crosses Syria by truck to the Mediterranean. Abu Dhabi is doubling its capacity outside the strait. None of it replaces Hormuz...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Satellite analysis showed the terminal active again after 25 days with no vessel alongside. Turning away an empty ship is one thing; intercepting two...
Ukraine War
Storage is filling ahead of September's corn harvest, domestic prices have dropped below the cost of production, and farmers need export revenue now to...
Ukraine War
Interceptor deliveries have fallen to a fraction of last year's while Russia fires roughly twice as many ballistic missiles a month. Poland's declassified ledger...
Ukraine War
Moscow is rerouting to the Baltic, the Caspian and overland — but the Azov route was already restricted in July, and Novorossiysk had stopped...
The Treaty
Pakistan again says a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape — but the author notes Islamabad was optimistic before the last deal, which collapsed days...
The Treaty
A rebel missile strike on a commercial vessel at Bab el-Mandeb killed crew members and rescuers Wednesday — a turn the AP says risks...
The Treaty
Pakistan and Qatar say a US-Iran arrangement is taking shape, with Iran and Oman reportedly agreed on coordinates for a temporary Hormuz navigation system....
Dollars and Sense
Wright puts the outflow at 14 to 15 million barrels a day against 20 million before the war, with 8 to 9 million crossing...
Dollars and Sense
Hegseth says the Navy can hold the blockade indefinitely by rotating ships. Two vessels crossed the strait on Friday, though the count is imprecise...
Dollars and Sense
Tehran says it has control and management of the Strait of Hormuz. Washington says it can sustain the blockade until a deal comes. A...
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...
North Korea Talk
Ukraine's defense intelligence says Russian missile factories exceeded July's production targets across the board, even as Moscow leans on ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and,...
North Korea Talk
More than 120 Shahed-style drones flew as well, and Kyiv says they were upgraded jet-powered versions of the Iranian design. Russia has now taken...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: The Russian Aerospace Forces entered Ukraine in February 2022 with approximately 1,400 frontline combat aircraft and a plan to establish...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Nine of the 18 countries participating in a Czech-led initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine have now withdrawn from the effort. The number of...