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Something Was Urgent Enough to Put America’s Spy Chief on a Plane to Moscow: This Might Have Been a Mission That Could Not Wait

Reuben F. Johnson reports on CIA Director John Ratcliffe's unannounced Moscow visit, tracing the aircraft's route through the base that serves America's most senior...

Reuben Johnson3 days ago

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise, Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high level of combat readiness and to maintain effective communication between the two forces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Lefty Larimer)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday a Russian recruit's average life expectancy on the battlefield is twenty to thirty minutes, crediting Ukraine's AI-powered drones....

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026