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Trump Just Got Handed the Satellite Evidence: Construction at Pickaxe Mountain Surged This Year, Two Kilometers from Natanz

A new CSIS satellite analysis finds construction at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain surged this year — the busiest activity in the site's history, two kilometers...

Stephen Silver11 hours ago

North Korea KN-23 Missile DPRK State Media

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The US Military Just Got Handed a Problem Built to Outlast the War: Russia Is Reportedly Upgrading North Korea’s Missiles and Submarines

North Korea has moved from shipping artillery shells to supplying ballistic missiles, launch crews, and tens of thousands of troops for Russia's war on...

Steve Balestrieri2 days ago

151111-N-KM939-021 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2015) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) travels behind the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a Missile Exercise (MSLEX). Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are participating in a sustainment training exercise (SUSTEX) to prepare for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

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The US Navy Has a New Problem: Iran Tried to Sink a Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier and Guided Missile Destroyer

American forces struck an Iranian tanker at the anchorage of Kharg Island — the hub that handled nearly all of Iran's crude — after...

Jack Buckby4 days ago

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Ukraine War

Putin Just Handed the World a Big Clue That the Ukraine War Might Soon Get Far Worse

The Economist reports the Kremlin is worried about losing the public's quiet acceptance of the war, with refinery strikes, e-commerce fires and internet restrictions...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 1, 2026

Ukraine War

‘Putin’s Back Is Against the Wall’: There Is Now A Chance Russia Could Start Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in the Ukraine War

Reuben F. Johnson connects the threads of Ratcliffe's secret Moscow trip: Bloomberg's Kremlin sources describing a cornered Putin weighing nuclear options, Beijing's blunt ultimatum...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 27, 2026

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 SilverAugust 10, 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)

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

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM -- F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-18 Hornets and a B-2 Spirit, line the Andersen flight line during Exercise Valiant Shield, 22 June, 2006. Valiant Shield 2006, the U.S. Pacific Command exercise, which runs June 19 to 23, will be conducted in the vicinity of Guam. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training and interoperability among U.S. military forces while responding to a range of mission scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt Bennie J. Davis III)

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Iran Just Delivered a Masterclass to Trump As An Embarrasing Lesson: All America Can Do to Tehran Is Make Threats That Don’t Work

Brent M. Eastwood argues the Iran war has settled into a loop of strikes, threats, and stalled talks, with Trump promising decapitation and never...

Brent M. EastwoodAugust 4, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Got Handed the Satellite Evidence: Construction at Pickaxe Mountain Surged This Year, Two Kilometers from Natanz

Uncategorized

The US Military Just Got Handed a Problem Built to Outlast the War: Russia Is Reportedly Upgrading North Korea’s Missiles and Submarines

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The US Navy Has a New Problem: Iran Tried to Sink a Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier and Guided Missile Destroyer

Ukraine War

Putin Just Handed the World a Big Clue That the Ukraine War Might Soon Get Far Worse

Ukraine War

‘Putin’s Back Is Against the Wall’: There Is Now A Chance Russia Could Start Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in the Ukraine War

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

Iran Just Delivered a Masterclass to Trump As An Embarrasing Lesson: All America Can Do to Tehran Is Make Threats That Don’t Work

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