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U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Combat Drill. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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An Oil Tanker Bound for China Made a Complete U-Turn at the Yemen Border — and Five More Have Already Changed Course

The Iran-backed Houthis have declared a naval blockade of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a passage just fourteen miles wide that Saudi Arabia depends on...

Isaac SeitzJuly 22, 2026

Maj. Paul Lopez, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander, performs during the Chicago Air and Water Show, Aug. 17, 2019. Founded in 2007, the F-22 Demo Team showcases the unique capabilities of the world's premier fifth-generation fighter aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Samuel Eckholm)

Dollars and Sense

The World’s Richest Oil States Cannot Buy Fresh Water — They Burn Energy to Make It, and Iran Is Hitting Those Plants

Tens of millions in the Gulf drink water that comes out of a machine. Those machines are being hit, and they are slow and...

Stephen SilverJuly 22, 2026

A B-2 Spirit gets ready to taxi out for Red Flag-Nellis 24-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 16, 2024. This Red Flag provides complex realistic scenarios concentrated on warfighting in the Indo-Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Brianna Vetro)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Says Every Iranian Attack on a Ship Will Cost Tehran a Bridge or a Power Plant — and Iran Alone Picks When It Starts

Trump has set a price on every Iranian attack at sea: one bridge or one power plant, Tehran included. It removes all doubt about...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Saudi Arabia Shifted Millions of Barrels to Its Red Sea Port to Slip Around Hormuz — Now Houthi Missiles Can Reach It There

The United States has concentrated more than twenty warships and several hundred aircraft in the Middle East to fight Iran and protect traffic through...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

Putin in June 2016 Image Credit Russian Federation Photo

Dollars and Sense

Something Is Quietly Breaking Inside Russia — an Analyst Argues Kyiv’s Drone War Has Sparked a Nationwide Fuel Crisis

A sustained Ukrainian drone campaign against Russia's refineries has grown into a nationwide fuel crisis, one analyst argues, with gasoline output down to sixty-five...

Brandon WeichertJuly 21, 2026

(Aug. 8, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at sea during exercise Saxon Warrior 2017, Aug. 8. Saxon Warrior is a United States and United Kingdom co-hosted carrier strike group exercise that demonstrates allied interoperability and capability to respond to crises and deter potential threats. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold /Released)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Houthis Are Blockading Saudi Arabia — and the U.S. Now Fears It Lacks the Missiles to Fight Iran and Yemen at Once

Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen have declared a naval blockade on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait against Saudi Arabia, threatening a second oil chokepoint alongside...

Isaac SeitzJuly 21, 2026

The guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) steams behind the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 31, 2006. The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Is Now Striking Tankers off the Oman Coast as the Strait of Hormuz Empties Out — and Only the Bravest Ships Still Dare to Cross

Tanker and gas-carrier traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply — from roughly 90 crossings to 30, by one count — as...

Isaac SeitzJuly 21, 2026

The U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 2020, marking the first time a Gerald R. Ford–class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway.

Dollars and Sense

Ships Are Now Refusing to Sail Through Hormuz — and a Maritime Expert Says It’s ‘Purely About the Fear’ Gripping Crews

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says two 'deviant' tankers exploded after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, where crews are now refusing to move, one expert...

Stephen SilverJuly 21, 2026

Putin Thinking Back in 2016 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Russia Has Now Bombed Ukraine’s State Gas Company 250 Times — and It’s Ramping Up the Strikes as a Brutal Winter Approaches

Russia has struck Ukraine's state gas operator, Naftogaz, for three straight days in Kharkiv Oblast — the 250th attack on its facilities since the...

Stephen SilverJuly 21, 2026

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Dollars and Sense

An Oil Tanker Bound for China Made a Complete U-Turn at the Yemen Border — and Five More Have Already Changed Course

Dollars and Sense

The World’s Richest Oil States Cannot Buy Fresh Water — They Burn Energy to Make It, and Iran Is Hitting Those Plants

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Says Every Iranian Attack on a Ship Will Cost Tehran a Bridge or a Power Plant — and Iran Alone Picks When It Starts

Dollars and Sense

Saudi Arabia Shifted Millions of Barrels to Its Red Sea Port to Slip Around Hormuz — Now Houthi Missiles Can Reach It There

Dollars and Sense

Something Is Quietly Breaking Inside Russia — an Analyst Argues Kyiv’s Drone War Has Sparked a Nationwide Fuel Crisis

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Houthis Are Blockading Saudi Arabia — and the U.S. Now Fears It Lacks the Missiles to Fight Iran and Yemen at Once

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Is Now Striking Tankers off the Oman Coast as the Strait of Hormuz Empties Out — and Only the Bravest Ships Still Dare to Cross

Dollars and Sense

Ships Are Now Refusing to Sail Through Hormuz — and a Maritime Expert Says It’s ‘Purely About the Fear’ Gripping Crews

Ukraine War

Russia Has Now Bombed Ukraine’s State Gas Company 250 Times — and It’s Ramping Up the Strikes as a Brutal Winter Approaches

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