Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Downed A U.S. Apache Over The Strait Of Hormuz. How Trump Responds Now Decides Everything A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went into the sea near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday local time, Monday evening in Washington,... Harry J. KazianisJune 9, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Started Charging the World a Toll to Move Its Oil Through Hormuz. It May Be the Mistake That Ends Its Grip The ongoing conflict in Iran, specifically in the Strait of Hormuz, has been the subject of ongoing debate. Some say that once the Strait... Steve BalestrieriJune 9, 2026
Dollars and Sense Oil Prices Just Dropped on Hopes of an Iran Deal. The Real Reason Is Something Else Entirely Oil prices fell again on Tuesday in response to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump indicating that a deal with Iran was close. Speaking... Jack BuckbyJune 9, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Hit 8 of Russia’s 10 Biggest Refineries in a Single Month — and It’s Not Slowing Down Russia’s energy ministry admitted that Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries and energy infrastructure are the cause of fuel shortages in Crimea and parts... Steve BalestrieriJune 9, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War Means America Is Draining Its Oil Reserve at a Record Pace. It Still Won’t Fix the Problem at the Gas Pump The most alarming number in American energy this spring is not the price on the gas pump sign. It is the speed at which... Harry J. KazianisJune 9, 2026
Dollars and Sense An Oil Giant Just Put a Timeline on the Coming Price Shock Due to the Iran War — and It’s Measured in Weeks The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is not completely empty, but it has been drawn down to critically low levels not seen since the... Steve BalestrieriJune 8, 2026
The Treaty The Iran-Israel War Didn’t End. It Quietly Moved Somewhere Else Iran has halted its direct missile and drone attacks against Israel—but Israel has made clear that it does not intend to halt military operations... Harrison KassJune 8, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More One Group Stands Between the Middle East and Peace — and It Isn’t Iran Last night, Iran carried out its first ballistic missile attacks against Israel for the first time since the ceasefire was enacted in April earlier... Isaac SeitzJune 8, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Latest Strikes Look Like the Iran War Reigniting. They May Actually Mean a Deal Is Close The Iran-Israel Strikes May Have Just Ended – What Now?: Late on June 7 and into the early hours of June 8, Iran launched... Jack BuckbyJune 8, 2026