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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) participates in a photo exercise alongside the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy during Operation NANOOK (OP NANOOK), Aug. 18, 2024. OP NANOOK is the Canadian Armed Forces' annual series of Arctic exercises designed to enhance defense capabilities, ensure the security of northern regions, and improve interoperability with Allied forces. Black participated in the operation alongside the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian and Danish Allies to bolster Arctic readiness and fulfill each nation's defense commitments. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rylin Paul)

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JPMorgan Iran Warning: Global Oil Reserves Will Hit ‘Operational Stress’ Levels by August From the Strait of Hormuz Blockade

The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for over two months due to the Iran war. The damage is spreading well beyond oil...

Harrison KassMay 11, 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)

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Hormuz Oil Crisis: 1,000,000,000 Barrels Have Vanished From the Global Market Due To Iran War — Pakistan Has Only 20 Days of Supply Left

Up to 1 billion barrels of oil supply have been removed from the global market. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 11, 2026

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Russia Found 511 Billion Barrels of Oil Beneath Antarctica — Nearly Double Saudi Arabia’s Reserves and It’s All Illegal to Drill

Russian geological surveys aboard the research vessel Akademik Alexander Karpinsky have mapped sedimentary formations beneath Antarctica’s Weddell Sea that could hold roughly 511 billion...

Jack BuckbyMay 8, 2026

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The Strait of Hormuz Just Stopped 20% of the World’s Oil — but the Strait of Malacca Could Stop One-Third of Global GDP

Iran has functionally closed the Strait of Hormuz during Operation Epic Fury, halting roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply and triggering an immediate...

Harrison KassMay 8, 2026

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 29, 2025. The Growlers are assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the CENTCOM AOR. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Wants to Make Sure it Can ‘Close’ the Strait of Hormuz Anytime It Wants

“Project Freedom” lasted 48 hours. The U.S. military launched escort operations through the Strait of Hormuz on May 5, sank six Iranian small boats,...

Andrew LathamMay 6, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Kharg Island Invasion Myth

The Iran War Kharg Island Invasion Challenge: Why U.S. Troop Deployments Are Just Political Posturing The news media are largely pearl-clutching about the results...

Steve BalestrieriMarch 27, 2026

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Is Iran Headed Towards a Persian Spring?

Synopsis and Key Points: Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray draws striking parallels between the current 2026 protests in Iran and the 2011...

Gordon GrayJanuary 13, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin’s Achilles Heel: Ukraine Has Declared War on Russian Oil

Key Points and Summary – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to “expand the geography” of long-range strikes, vowing Russia’s oil industry will “pay...

Reuben JohnsonOctober 28, 2025

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Ukraine’s Strategy to Beat Putin: Destroy the Oil

Key Points and Summary – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a significant escalation of the war, vowing to “expand the geography” and frequency of...

Georgia GilholyOctober 28, 2025

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JPMorgan Iran Warning: Global Oil Reserves Will Hit ‘Operational Stress’ Levels by August From the Strait of Hormuz Blockade

Dollars and Sense

Hormuz Oil Crisis: 1,000,000,000 Barrels Have Vanished From the Global Market Due To Iran War — Pakistan Has Only 20 Days of Supply Left

Dollars and Sense

Russia Found 511 Billion Barrels of Oil Beneath Antarctica — Nearly Double Saudi Arabia’s Reserves and It’s All Illegal to Drill

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The Strait of Hormuz Just Stopped 20% of the World’s Oil — but the Strait of Malacca Could Stop One-Third of Global GDP

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Wants to Make Sure it Can ‘Close’ the Strait of Hormuz Anytime It Wants

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Is Iran Headed Towards a Persian Spring?

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