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Iran’s Own Army Chief Says His Forces Will Fight On for Ten to Twenty Generations if They Have To

The mechanism is access to the dollar: foreign banks, shippers and traders must choose between Iranian business and the far larger American system. Enforcement...

Jack BuckbyAugust 24, 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)

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Iran Has Published a List of Dozens of Tankers That It Says It Could Now Detain, Fine or Confiscate Outright

Tehran insists every shipowner needs its approval to enter the strait. It has not moved against any vessel on the list. Meanwhile the Houthis...

Georgia GilholyAugust 24, 2026

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, fire a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a truck mounted multiple-rocket launcher system, during exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012. The battalion conducted this historic live-fire exercise, simultaneously utilizing HIMARS, M777 Lightweight Howitzer and Expeditionary Fire Support System. This is the first time all three artillery weapons systems were fired during the same exercise. (DoD photo by LCpl Joseph Scanlan, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

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The US Military Just Canceled the Very Exercise That Rehearses Exactly What a War in Korea Would Actually Require

Seoul draws a distinction worth noting: shortening Ulchi Freedom Shield was the president's political choice, but canceling this one was capacity. Marines have moved...

Jack BuckbyAugust 24, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Iran Announced a Gas Field Holding More Than Seven Trillion Cubic Feet, Equal to Fifteen Years of a South Pars Phase

Jack Buckby examines Iran's badly timed discovery: a Fars province field worth fifteen years of a South Pars phase, announced while war-damaged plants await...

Harry J. KazianisAugust 23, 2026

A Louisiana Air National Guard F-15C Eagle streaks above the Ohio River during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2026. More than a dozen military aircraft performed during the show, including four Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and two UH-60 Black Hawks from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Frankfort-based 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

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Bessent Says Washington Will Impose the ‘Toughest Sanctions in History’ as Trump Hands Him the War’s Economic Front

Jack Buckby examines the job Trump has handed Scott Bessent: enforcing history's toughest sanctions against an Iran built to survive them, with China refusing...

Jack BuckbyAugust 22, 2026

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Donald Trump Just Got Handed the Signal He Has Been Waiting For: Iran’s President Says It Is Time to End the War

Jack Buckby reports on a split screen from Tehran: President Pezeshkian calls for ending the war while Iran holds leverage, the armed forces chief...

Jack BuckbyAugust 22, 2026

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‘We Didn’t Plan for This War’: Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Has a Message for the US Navy

The report said the 5,000 people on the aircraft carrier “went without basic supplies,” including toothpaste, deodorant, and soap, for long stretches of its...

Stephen SilverAugust 21, 2026

(Aug. 1, 2016) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) receives stores while conducting a vertical replenishment at sea, during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder)

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Iran Is an Oil State That Now Burns More Fuel at Home Than It Actually Manages to Produce for Itself

Beijing has now answered publicly, saying pressure is not the solution. One American commissioner argues China has already upgraded the old trade war into...

Georgia GilholyAugust 21, 2026

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander performs a vertical climb in an F-35A Lightning II during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 14, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35A Lightning II’s F-135 single-engine contains 43,000 pounds of thrust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook)

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Iran’s Own President Suggested on Friday That the Regime Should Look to End the War From a Position of Power

Seven commodity vessels crossed the strait on Thursday, none of them supertankers or gas carriers. Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb dropped as well. Chinese...

Jack BuckbyAugust 21, 2026

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Dollars and Sense

Iran’s Own Army Chief Says His Forces Will Fight On for Ten to Twenty Generations if They Have To

Dollars and Sense

Iran Has Published a List of Dozens of Tankers That It Says It Could Now Detain, Fine or Confiscate Outright

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The US Military Just Canceled the Very Exercise That Rehearses Exactly What a War in Korea Would Actually Require

Dollars and Sense

Iran Announced a Gas Field Holding More Than Seven Trillion Cubic Feet, Equal to Fifteen Years of a South Pars Phase

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Bessent Says Washington Will Impose the ‘Toughest Sanctions in History’ as Trump Hands Him the War’s Economic Front

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Just Got Handed the Signal He Has Been Waiting For: Iran’s President Says It Is Time to End the War

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘We Didn’t Plan for This War’: Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Has a Message for the US Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Is an Oil State That Now Burns More Fuel at Home Than It Actually Manages to Produce for Itself

Dollars and Sense

Iran’s Own President Suggested on Friday That the Regime Should Look to End the War From a Position of Power

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