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The Treaty

Iran’s New National Security Chief Once Said Control of Hormuz Is ‘More Important Than Dozens of Atomic Bombs’

Trump declared the "Immediate, Complete, and Total" opening of the strait on August 1. Days later Iran's foreign ministry is still describing a reopening...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

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)

Ukraine War

The Nuclear Stigma Has Held for Eighty Years: A Single Tactical Nuke in the Ukraine War Could End It

The case against tactical nuclear use is not only humanitarian. If such weapons are shown to accomplish what the largest conventional munitions cannot, every...

Michael RubinAugust 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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Has a Problem: He Can Bomb Every Iran Nuclear Site on the List and Still Not Know Where the Uranium Is

A Wall Street Journal review says U.S. planners are weighing targets beyond Pickaxe Mountain, including Isfahan, Fordow, Natanz and Taleghan 2 at Parchin. Grossi...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 26, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia Holds the World’s Largest Nuclear Arsenal — and a Retired Chinese Colonel Says It Has Stopped Absolutely Nothing

Russia holds the world's largest nuclear arsenal, yet Ukraine keeps striking deep inside its territory. In a South China Morning Post essay, retired Chinese...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 22, 2026

North Korea Talk

China Has Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea

For years Beijing said it wanted both stability and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. Stability always ranked higher, but the second goal was at...

Dan BlumenthalJuly 22, 2026

Putin Back in July of 2020 Creative Commons Image

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia’s Hardliners Are Openly Pushing Putin to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons on Ukraine — and the West Fears He Just Might

As Ukraine's drone strikes bite, hardline Russian voices are openly urging Vladimir Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons — and even stage a nuclear...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 21, 2026

Putin In a Meeting Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Zelensky Says China Privately Warned Russia Not to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine — a Sign of Beijing’s Growing Hold on Moscow

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says intelligence shared at NATO indicates China privately urged Russia not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. If accurate, it suggests...

Harrison KassJuly 21, 2026

(U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Bennie J. Davis III)

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Iran Says Its Only Operating Nuclear Power Reactor Is Running Normally — Satellite Images Show Fresh Impact Scars Inside the Complex

Iran says its only operating nuclear power reactor stayed online — but Sentinel-2 imagery analyzed by Al Jazeera shows new impact scars inside the...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

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The Treaty

Iran’s New National Security Chief Once Said Control of Hormuz Is ‘More Important Than Dozens of Atomic Bombs’

Ukraine War

The Nuclear Stigma Has Held for Eighty Years: A Single Tactical Nuke in the Ukraine War Could End It

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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Has a Problem: He Can Bomb Every Iran Nuclear Site on the List and Still Not Know Where the Uranium Is

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia Holds the World’s Largest Nuclear Arsenal — and a Retired Chinese Colonel Says It Has Stopped Absolutely Nothing

North Korea Talk

China Has Quietly Accepted a Nuclear North Korea

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia’s Hardliners Are Openly Pushing Putin to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons on Ukraine — and the West Fears He Just Might

Ukraine War

Zelensky Says China Privately Warned Russia Not to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine — a Sign of Beijing’s Growing Hold on Moscow

Uncategorized

Iran Says Its Only Operating Nuclear Power Reactor Is Running Normally — Satellite Images Show Fresh Impact Scars Inside the Complex

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