Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Russia’s Su-57, Its Only Stealth Fighter, Is Back over Ukraine — but It’s Firing Missiles from So Far Back It Never Has to Risk the Front Russia’s most advanced combat aircraft, the Su-57, appears to be back in action in Ukraine after a period of prolonged reduced activity earlier in... Jack BuckbyJune 1, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More China’s DF-27 Can Sink a US Aircraft Carrier from Thousands of Miles Inland — and the Pentagon Says It Can Now Reach the American Homeland Too Summary and Key Points: China has fielded a weapon that can threaten a US aircraft carrier from a launcher sitting thousands of miles inland... Harry J. KazianisJune 1, 2026
The Treaty Trump’s Blockade Has Choked Off 95% of the Tanker Traffic Around Iran — and Tehran Is Feeling It Summary and Key Points: When Trump announced his blockade of Iran in April, the goal was simple: choke off the oil money that keeps... Jack BuckbyJune 1, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s Newest $13B Carrier, May Be Out of Action for 14 Months After a Deployment Plagued by Fire and Failed Plumbing After a nearly year-long deployment, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the newest and most advanced aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, could be... Isaac SeitzJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Has Issued What Looks Like a ‘Declaration of War’ On Putin’s Oil and Gas Empire As the series of successful Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure has demonstrated, Kyiv can inflict meaningful, long-term damage on several key... Caleb LarsonJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War The Ukraine War Has Come for Moscow and Putin Has No Way to Stop Any of It Now Summary and Key Points: For three years, Moscow watched the war it started from a safe distance. That’s over. Ukraine’s long-range drones are now... Caleb LarsonJune 1, 2026
The Treaty Iran Has Turned the Strait of Hormuz Into a $100 Billion Tollbooth — and the World Is Paying Iran isn’t just blockading the Strait of Hormuz anymore — it’s monetizing it. A new law creates a dedicated agency, backed by the Revolutionary... Brandon WeichertJune 1, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Walked Out of Talks and Threatened the World’s Oil — Hours Later, Trump Said They Were Back On Last week, the Trump administration was publicly signaling that a deal with Iran was coming soon – but the prospect of a permanent peace... Jack BuckbyJune 1, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Is So Desperate In the Ukraine War That Russia Is Renting Soldiers, Fielding 1950s Tanks, and Charging Trenches on Dirt Bikes Summary and Key Points: Russia planned a three-day war. More than four years later, the way it actually fights tells a very different story... Harry J. KazianisJune 1, 2026