Defense Archives

(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Bennie J. Davis III)

Uncategorized

Iran Says Its Only Operating Nuclear Power Reactor Is Running Normally — Satellite Images Show Fresh Impact Scars Inside the Complex

Iran says its only operating nuclear power reactor stayed online — but Sentinel-2 imagery analyzed by Al Jazeera shows new impact scars inside the...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

President Donald J. Trump participates in an interview with Trey Yingst, foreign correspondent for Fox New, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Joyce Boghosian)

The Treaty

Trump Is Now Fighting America’s Least Popular War Since Comparable Polling Began — and Voters Oppose It by a Full Thirty-Point Margin

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds that 57 percent of Americans believe the Iran war was the wrong decision, compared with 27 percent who support...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America’s Iran Campaign Just Hit Seven Straight Nights of Strikes — and Now They’re Cutting Water and Power in the Extreme Heat

The US completed a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran early Saturday, expanding to bridges and rail around Bandar Abbas. Tehran says a...

Jack BuckbyJuly 18, 2026

The USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was hit and sunk by anti-ship missiles during a training drill.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Said ‘We Have Other People That Will Do the Ground Campaign for Us’ — a Cryptic Tease as the Iran War Hits Its Limits

Even after destroying Iran's coastal batteries, ports, and most of its navy, Washington cannot make commercial ships risk Hormuz — while Tehran cannot push...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

A B-52 Stratofortress lands at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 15, 2021. The aircraft was featured at the Cocoa Beach Air Show April 17 - 18. The B-52 is is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of flying at up to 50,000 feet. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Hormuz traffic has collapsed to its lowest level in weeks after the MOU with Iran fell apart — Kpler counted eight transits Thursday, Reuters...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

Finnish artillery units fire Howitzers At Rovajärvi exercise area In northern Finland.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Director Said It Out Loud: A Russian Recruit’s Life Expectancy on the Ukrainian Front Is Twenty to Thirty Minutes

CIA Director Ratcliffe says a Russian recruit's life expectancy at the front is now 20 to 30 minutes, crediting cheap AI-guided Ukrainian drones —...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 17, 2026

MSTA Russian Artillery Creative Commons Image

Ukraine War

Putin Classified His Arms Giant’s Finances So No One Could See the Damage — Four Months Later, His Own CEO Admitted It Out Loud

Rostec's profits fell 42 percent to 76.4 billion rubles — the worst drop since its 2007 founding — even as revenue jumped 25 percent...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 17, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin Invaded Ukraine to Keep NATO Away — Instead He Drove Finland and Sweden Straight Into the Alliance

Reuben Johnson argues every rationale Putin gave for invading Ukraine has collapsed: the drive to block NATO instead pushed Finland and Sweden into the...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 15, 2026

President Donald J. Trump meets with guests, including Penske Corporation Chairman Roger Penske, in the Oval Office before participating in a Freedom 250 Grand Prix Showcase on West Executive Avenue at the White House, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Dollars and Sense

Washington Assumes an Emptying Oil Reserve Will Force Restraint on Trump — It May Push Him Toward a Bigger War Instead

Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — down 99 million barrels to a 1983 low, worth about sixteen days of prewar Hormuz...

Andrew LathamJuly 15, 2026

National Security Journal

All posts tagged "Defense"

Uncategorized

Iran Says Its Only Operating Nuclear Power Reactor Is Running Normally — Satellite Images Show Fresh Impact Scars Inside the Complex

The Treaty

Trump Is Now Fighting America’s Least Popular War Since Comparable Polling Began — and Voters Oppose It by a Full Thirty-Point Margin

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America’s Iran Campaign Just Hit Seven Straight Nights of Strikes — and Now They’re Cutting Water and Power in the Extreme Heat

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Said ‘We Have Other People That Will Do the Ground Campaign for Us’ — a Cryptic Tease as the Iran War Hits Its Limits

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The CIA Director Said It Out Loud: A Russian Recruit’s Life Expectancy on the Ukrainian Front Is Twenty to Thirty Minutes

Ukraine War

Putin Classified His Arms Giant’s Finances So No One Could See the Damage — Four Months Later, His Own CEO Admitted It Out Loud

Ukraine War

Putin Invaded Ukraine to Keep NATO Away — Instead He Drove Finland and Sweden Straight Into the Alliance

Dollars and Sense

Washington Assumes an Emptying Oil Reserve Will Force Restraint on Trump — It May Push Him Toward a Bigger War Instead

Recent Posts

Recent Posts

Recent Comments