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‘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 BalestrieriJuly 27, 2026

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 WeichertJuly 27, 2026

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)

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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)

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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

North Korea Talk

China Has Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea

For years Beijing said it wanted both stability and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. Stability always ranked higher, but the second goal was at...

Dan BlumenthalJuly 22, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Everyone Is Asking If Putin Will Attack NATO Next — but a Scholar Says Russia Has Been Waging a Quiet War on It for Two Years

Russia has spent two years running a deniable campaign of sabotage, cable-cutting, and cyberattacks against NATO states, a scholar argues — pressure built to...

Andrew LathamJuly 21, 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)

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Says Its People Are ‘Counting Down the Minutes’ to Welcome US Troops — Daring an Invasion That Isn’t Coming

Iran's spokesmen taunt that they're 'counting down the minutes' to welcome American ground troops. Steve Balestrieri, a former Special Forces NCO, runs the numbers:...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 20, 2026

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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

North Korea Talk

China Has Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Everyone Is Asking If Putin Will Attack NATO Next — but a Scholar Says Russia Has Been Waging a Quiet War on It for Two Years

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Says Its People Are ‘Counting Down the Minutes’ to Welcome US Troops — Daring an Invasion That Isn’t Coming

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