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President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

Dollars and Sense

Donald Trump Can Drop All the Bombs He Wants: He Can’t Bomb the Strait of Hormuz Open

A Breaking Defense analysis by Maximilian Bremer and Kelly Grieco argues America won air superiority at high altitude over Iran but never extended it...

Stephen Silver23 hours ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Zelensky Says Russia May Draft Up to Half a Million More Troops, and Only After September’s Parliamentary Elections

Zelensky says Ukrainian intelligence expects Russia to draft up to half a million additional troops after September's parliamentary elections. The Kremlin has said nothing...

Brandon Weichert3 days ago

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Ukraine War

Putin Has Let North Korea Turn the Ukraine War Into a Giant ‘Dangerous Missile Lab’

Johnson details the 'ballistic missile lab': Russian engineers refined North Korea's KN-23 through live combat launches — CEP shrinking from 0.6-1.9 miles in December...

Reuben Johnson4 days ago

Neptune Cruise Missile Ukraine Government Photo

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘Iran Has No Standing to Pretend to Be a Victim’: Kyiv’s Answer to Tehran’s Threats Over the Caspian Strike

After Ukrainian drones struck an Iranian-linked vessel and a Russian warship over 500 miles away in the Caspian, Iran's FM called Zelensky a 'freeloader,'...

Steve Balestrieri5 days ago

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, fire a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during their Table 15 qualification on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 30, 2026. Table 15 is a mandatory U.S. Army training and certification exercise for field artillery batteries that tests their ability to integrate artillery fires into a realistic tactical scenario. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Robertson)

North Korea Talk

North Korea Just Might Send Thousands of Fresh Soldiers to Fight in Ukraine in a Major Escalation

Brandon Weichert ties Zelensky's unverified claim — Russia seeking 30,000 more North Korean troops, atop roughly 14,000 deployed now — to Gen. Xavier Brunson's...

Brandon Weichert5 days ago

U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) steams in the Indian Ocean, July 2, 2026. Mustin is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Has Two Ways to Beat Iran and No Idea Which One Works

Professor Andrew Latham reads the blockade numbers: non-Iranian Hormuz transits collapsed to a fraction of last year's while Iran-linked traffic barely dipped, moving inside...

Andrew LathamJuly 24, 2026

The Treaty

Saudi Arabia Bought Off the Houthis. Now They Are Blockading Its Ports

Saudi Arabia stopped bombing the Houthis, pulled back in Yemen, and let its proxies work with them. Michael Rubin on what that bought Riyadh,...

Michael RubinJuly 24, 2026

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, during Flight Experiment THAAD (FET)-01 on July 30, 2017 (EDT). During the test, the THAAD weapon system successfully intercepted an air-launched, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target.

Dollars and Sense

The US Military Wants 857 THAAD Interceptors. It Can Build 96 a Year

The outrage over firing a costly missile at a cheap drone misses the point, Dr. Andrew Latham argues: the problem is not the price...

Andrew LathamJuly 23, 2026

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) April 24, 2013, in the Pacific Ocean. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group was returning from an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Ignacio D. Perez/Released)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday and headed for Suez instead. Nobody fired at...

Andrew LathamJuly 22, 2026

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Dollars and Sense

Donald Trump Can Drop All the Bombs He Wants: He Can’t Bomb the Strait of Hormuz Open

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Zelensky Says Russia May Draft Up to Half a Million More Troops, and Only After September’s Parliamentary Elections

Ukraine War

Putin Has Let North Korea Turn the Ukraine War Into a Giant ‘Dangerous Missile Lab’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘Iran Has No Standing to Pretend to Be a Victim’: Kyiv’s Answer to Tehran’s Threats Over the Caspian Strike

North Korea Talk

North Korea Just Might Send Thousands of Fresh Soldiers to Fight in Ukraine in a Major Escalation

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Has Two Ways to Beat Iran and No Idea Which One Works

The Treaty

Saudi Arabia Bought Off the Houthis. Now They Are Blockading Its Ports

Dollars and Sense

The US Military Wants 857 THAAD Interceptors. It Can Build 96 a Year

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

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