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A M109A7 Paladin, assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, Division Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, fires a round during Operator New Equipment Training on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 25, 2025. The First Team is fielding new equipment, as part of the Transforming in Contact initiative, and conducting training to increase familiarization and precision with the new vehicles. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. David Dumas)

Ukraine War

The Kremlin Has Just Admitted ‘Certain Problems’ Are Hitting Its Oil Industry, Because Russians Can No Longer Ignore Them

Jack Buckby argues Kyiv's long-range campaign has forced Moscow to defend the world's largest country against strikes that now reach Siberia, with every battery...

Jack BuckbyAugust 5, 2026

USS Fort Worth US Navy Littoral Combat Ship

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

“The Whole Littoral Combat Ship Concept Has Failed”: The US Navy Planned 55, Ordered 32, Has 27 Left — and Just Retired One at 56 Percent of Its Life.

The US Navy decommissioned USS Fort Worth at Naval Base San Diego on 29 July 2026, nearly 14 years after commissioning — about 56...

Steve BalestrieriAugust 5, 2026

Ukraine War

The Ukraine War War Entered ‘a Dangerous Escalatory Spiral,’ With Each Side Striking Deeper Into the Other

Stephen Silver reports on a New York Times op-ed by Thomas E. Graham, a former Russia adviser to George W. Bush, arguing the war...

Stephen SilverAugust 5, 2026

President Donald Trump signs executive orders flanked by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya, Monday, May 5, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

Dollars and Sense

The Strait of Hormuz Could Soon Be Opened If Iran Approves A New Deal on the Table

Stephen Silver reports that officials from Iran and Oman told the Associated Press they have finalized a draft deal on the Strait of Hormuz,...

Stephen SilverAugust 5, 2026

Putin Sitting in a Meeting Russian Federation Image

Ukraine War

How to Finally End the Ukraine War: Time to ‘Bring Putin to His Knees’

Most likely to bring Putin to his knees is Ukraine’s progressive strangulation of Crimea. If Russian soldiers and civilians continue to flee the peninsula,...

Alexander MotylAugust 5, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Something Strange Happened in Tehran Within Hours: The Deal Was Postponed, Then Declared to Be in Its Final Stage Instead

Jack Buckby reports that Iran publicly disputed Washington's account of the Hormuz talks hours after the US suggested a deal could be announced. Iranian...

Jack BuckbyAugust 5, 2026

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Is Down to Just Two Choices In the Iran War If No Deal: Admit Defeat and Move On or Maybe Use Nuclear Weapons

Isaac Seitz reports that Trump expects an Iran deal within a day, one that could leave Tehran with partial control of the Strait of...

Isaac SeitzAugust 5, 2026

Putin Back in 2022 Russian Government Photo

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Exposed ‘A Dangerous Security Blind Spot’ That Putin and the Russian Military Can’t Close

Reuben F. Johnson reports on the fallout from the Moscow restaurant bombing, citing Quincy Institute fellow Mark Episkopos on the 'dangerous security blind spot'...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 5, 2026

Ukraine War

Something Ten Drone Operators Did in an Estonian Exercise Should Worry NATO: They Wiped Out a Force of Several Thousand

Steve Balestrieri reports on Valery Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's former top commander and now its ambassador to Britain, telling a meeting of ambassadors that his country...

Steve BalestrieriAugust 4, 2026

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Ukraine War

The Kremlin Has Just Admitted ‘Certain Problems’ Are Hitting Its Oil Industry, Because Russians Can No Longer Ignore Them

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

“The Whole Littoral Combat Ship Concept Has Failed”: The US Navy Planned 55, Ordered 32, Has 27 Left — and Just Retired One at 56 Percent of Its Life.

Ukraine War

The Ukraine War War Entered ‘a Dangerous Escalatory Spiral,’ With Each Side Striking Deeper Into the Other

Dollars and Sense

The Strait of Hormuz Could Soon Be Opened If Iran Approves A New Deal on the Table

Ukraine War

How to Finally End the Ukraine War: Time to ‘Bring Putin to His Knees’

Dollars and Sense

Something Strange Happened in Tehran Within Hours: The Deal Was Postponed, Then Declared to Be in Its Final Stage Instead

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Is Down to Just Two Choices In the Iran War If No Deal: Admit Defeat and Move On or Maybe Use Nuclear Weapons

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Exposed ‘A Dangerous Security Blind Spot’ That Putin and the Russian Military Can’t Close

Ukraine War

Something Ten Drone Operators Did in an Estonian Exercise Should Worry NATO: They Wiped Out a Force of Several Thousand

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