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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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Forget About Oil and Hormuz: Scientists Are Warning About What Is Quietly Growing on All Those Idle Ship Hulls

A new study warns that more than fifteen hundred ships sitting idle near the Strait of Hormuz are accumulating marine growth that could spread...

Stephen Silver2 days ago

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Trump Was Just Handed a New Problem: America Can Still Stop Iran’s Missiles, and It Is Running Out of Things to Stop Them With

CENTCOM says Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired a wave of ballistic missiles from Iraq on Tuesday night and that American defenses stopped many of them....

Brandon Weichert4 days ago

Ukraine War

A Disaster Is Coming for Putin: He ‘Sunk’ the Russian Navy in the Ukraine War

Ukraine has damaged or destroyed a large share of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet using missiles, aerial drones and unmanned vessels. Moscow lost its flagship,...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 24, 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

(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)

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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 first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, March 19, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

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A Hundred and Twenty-Five Ships a Day Once Crossed the Strait of Hormuz — on Thursday, Exactly Three Commodity Vessels Made It

Only three commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday — down from a prewar average near 125 — with no supertanker or LNG...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2024) The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training ship, JS Kashima (TV-3508), middle, and Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer JS Shimakaze (TV-3521) while conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean, September 23, 2024. The U.S. Navy and JMSDF continue to train together to improve interoperability and strengthen joint capabilities. For more than 60 years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has been the corner stone of stability and security and is crucial to the mutual capability of responding to contingencies at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly)

Dollars and Sense

Iran Says Two Oil Tankers Just Exploded on Mines in the Strait of Hormuz — and Washington Says the Explosions Simply Never Happened

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed two oil tankers exploded on mines south of the Strait of Hormuz and warned sailors to stay out; CENTCOM dismissed...

Jack BuckbyJuly 18, 2026

A B-52 Stratofortress lands at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 15, 2021. The aircraft was featured at the Cocoa Beach Air Show April 17 - 18. The B-52 is is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of flying at up to 50,000 feet. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

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Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Hormuz traffic has collapsed to its lowest level in weeks after the MOU with Iran fell apart — Kpler counted eight transits Thursday, Reuters...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

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Two American Pilots Were Shot Down Over Water Too Dangerous to Reach — a Robot Boat Went in and Got Them

A Corsair drone boat pulled two downed Apache pilots from the Gulf of Oman after two hours in the water — too dangerous a...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 15, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Forget About Oil and Hormuz: Scientists Are Warning About What Is Quietly Growing on All Those Idle Ship Hulls

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Was Just Handed a New Problem: America Can Still Stop Iran’s Missiles, and It Is Running Out of Things to Stop Them With

Ukraine War

A Disaster Is Coming for Putin: He ‘Sunk’ the Russian Navy in the Ukraine War

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Real Houthi and Hormuz Problem: The U.S. Navy Can’t Win a War Over Fear

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

Uncategorized

A Hundred and Twenty-Five Ships a Day Once Crossed the Strait of Hormuz — on Thursday, Exactly Three Commodity Vessels Made It

Dollars and Sense

Iran Says Two Oil Tankers Just Exploded on Mines in the Strait of Hormuz — and Washington Says the Explosions Simply Never Happened

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Two American Pilots Were Shot Down Over Water Too Dangerous to Reach — a Robot Boat Went in and Got Them

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