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A B-52 Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing returns home to Barksdale Air Force Base following a Bomber Task Force mission at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 20, 2023. BTF missions demonstrate the credibility of the United States forces to address a global security environment that is more diverse and uncertain than at any other time in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Seth Watson)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Ceasefire Holding Back Another Middle East War Now Hangs on a Single Clause — and Iran Just Warned It’s Close to Breaking

The ceasefire that ended the latest U.S.-Iran war is looking dangerously thin. Tehran has warned that any further American strike would violate the agreement's...

Harrison KassJune 30, 2026

Marines with Bravo Company, 4th Tanks Battalion, fire the M1A1 Abrams tank during a live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Arrow 18 in Pohjankangas Training Area near Kankaanpaa, Finland, May 15, 2018. Exercise Arrow is an annual Finnish multi-national exercise with the purpose of training with mechanized infantry, artillery, and mortar field training skills in a live-fire exercise. This is the first year the Marine Corps is participating in this exercise and the first time the M1A1 Abrams tanks have been in Finland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek/Released)

Ukraine War

Crimea Was the Jewel of Putin’s Empire: Ukraine Has Quietly Turned It Into the Anchor That Could Drag Him Down

Crimea was the prize of Putin's empire — seized without a shot in 2014, the "unsinkable aircraft carrier" anchoring Russia's war in the south....

Steve BalestrieriJune 30, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Drones Have Moscow Rattled Enough That Putin Is Rushing New Air Defenses Around the Capital — and It May Already Be Too Late

The nightly drone and missile barrages have reached Moscow often enough that Putin is now reinforcing the air defenses around the capital with new...

Brent M. EastwoodJune 30, 2026

U.S. Air Force Major Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning ll Demonstration Team pilot and commander, flies during sunset over Mathers Airport, Calif., Sept. 24th, 2021, at the California Capital Airshow. The team consists of approximately 15 total Airmen to include the pilot and commander, pilot safety officers, superintendent, team chief, maintenance Airmen, aircrew flight equipment specialists, and public affairs personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Barley)

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Iran’s Inflation Just Hit a Level the Country Hasn’t Seen Since World War II — and the Regime Reportedly Can’t Even Pay Its Own Troops

Iran's economy is buckling. Inflation has hit its highest level since 1942, food prices have more than doubled, the rial is collapsing toward record...

Steve BalestrieriJune 30, 2026

Russia's President Putin Sitting at a Desk

Ukraine War

One of the World’s Biggest Fuel Exporters Just Admitted It May Have to Start Importing Gasoline — Because Ukraine Won’t Stop Hitting Its Refineries

It's an admission that would have been unthinkable a year ago: the Kremlin says Russia, one of the world's biggest exporters of refined fuel,...

Jack BuckbyJune 30, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Struck the Facility That Helps Russia See the Battlefield From Space — More Than 500 Kilometers Inside Russia

Ukraine's deep-strike campaign just escalated past the refineries. Overnight, Kyiv hit the Dubna space-communications center outside Moscow — Russia's largest such complex and a...

Jack BuckbyJune 30, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor approaches the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission over the Florida Panhandle, Dec. 14, 2022. Aerial refueling allows pilots to stay airborne for longer periods of time, increasing the mission capabilities individual aircraft can support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Betty R. Chevalier)

Dollars and Sense

Iran Has a New Plan for the World’s Most Important Oil Route: Make Every Ship Pay to Pass — and Washington Says That’s a Red Line

The fight over the Strait of Hormuz has moved off the water and into the wording of diplomatic statements. Months after Iran’s blockade of...

Harry J. KazianisJune 30, 2026

Ukraine War

A Russian Woman’s Husband Fell Into a Coma and the Ambulance Couldn’t Come — There Was No Fuel Due to the Ukraine War

In a Siberian region six time zones from Moscow, the line for a working fuel pump stretched three kilometers. Garbage trucks have stopped running....

Harry J. KazianisJune 30, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Just Showed Off the One Capability It Was Always Missing — and It Quietly Extends Its Fighters’ Reach All the Way to U.S. Bases

For years, China's air force had a glaring weakness: its fighters couldn't refuel in the air, so they couldn't reach far beyond China's coast....

Steve BalestrieriJune 30, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Ceasefire Holding Back Another Middle East War Now Hangs on a Single Clause — and Iran Just Warned It’s Close to Breaking

Ukraine War

Crimea Was the Jewel of Putin’s Empire: Ukraine Has Quietly Turned It Into the Anchor That Could Drag Him Down

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Drones Have Moscow Rattled Enough That Putin Is Rushing New Air Defenses Around the Capital — and It May Already Be Too Late

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran’s Inflation Just Hit a Level the Country Hasn’t Seen Since World War II — and the Regime Reportedly Can’t Even Pay Its Own Troops

Ukraine War

One of the World’s Biggest Fuel Exporters Just Admitted It May Have to Start Importing Gasoline — Because Ukraine Won’t Stop Hitting Its Refineries

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Struck the Facility That Helps Russia See the Battlefield From Space — More Than 500 Kilometers Inside Russia

Dollars and Sense

Iran Has a New Plan for the World’s Most Important Oil Route: Make Every Ship Pay to Pass — and Washington Says That’s a Red Line

Ukraine War

A Russian Woman’s Husband Fell Into a Coma and the Ambulance Couldn’t Come — There Was No Fuel Due to the Ukraine War

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Just Showed Off the One Capability It Was Always Missing — and It Quietly Extends Its Fighters’ Reach All the Way to U.S. Bases

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