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SIBUTU PASSAGE (Feb. 6, 2025) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), left, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) transit the Sibutu Passage Feb. 6, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brianna Walker)

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A Sanctioned Russian Oil Tanker Is Breaking Apart Off Oman — Threatening to Drown a Whale and Turtle Sanctuary in Crude

A sanctioned Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker, the Caroline Bezengi, has run aground and begun breaking apart off Oman, spilling crude into a protected...

Steve Balestrieri5 days ago

The U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 2020, marking the first time a Gerald R. Ford–class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway.

Dollars and Sense

Ships Are Now Refusing to Sail Through Hormuz — and a Maritime Expert Says It’s ‘Purely About the Fear’ Gripping Crews

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says two 'deviant' tankers exploded after passing through the Strait of Hormuz, where crews are now refusing to move, one expert...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

Putin Thinking Back in 2016 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Russia Has Now Bombed Ukraine’s State Gas Company 250 Times — and It’s Ramping Up the Strikes as a Brutal Winter Approaches

Russia has struck Ukraine's state gas operator, Naftogaz, for three straight days in Kharkiv Oblast — the 250th attack on its facilities since the...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

Ukraine War

Russia Is Standing in Gas Lines and Rationing Fuel — Months of Ukrainian Drone Strikes Have Crippled Its Oil Refineries

Months of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries have left Russia short of gasoline, with long lines at pumps and rationing hitting taxis, trucking,...

Isaac Seitz5 days ago

Dollars and Sense

A Top Analyst Warns the U.S. Is Losing an Economic War to Iran — Which Is Now Squeezing Both Ends of the Arabian Peninsula

Iran has taken the Strait of Hormuz out of commercial use, and now its Houthi allies are blockading the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb —...

Brandon Weichert5 days ago

(October 30, 2007) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) following a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). All Naval vessels are periodically inspected by INSURV to check their material condition and battle readiness. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) M. Jeremie Yoder.

Dollars and Sense

A Supertanker Loaded With Two Million Barrels of Saudi Crude Just Turned Around in the Red Sea to Escape the Houthis

A supertanker hauling about two million barrels of Saudi oil to China reversed course in the southern Red Sea under Houthi threat, Bloomberg reported,...

Stephen Silver5 days ago

B-52 Stratofortress, 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, loaded with 12 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) heads toward Iraq with it's new mission directive. The bomber's mission is to provide close air support for coalition troops stabilizing the country of Iraq, April 15, 2003. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqi's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Richard Freeland) (Released)

Dollars and Sense

A Retired Air Marshal Says Iran Just Won a Two-Year War Without Beating Its Enemies in the Air — It Bankrupted Them Instead

Over two years, Iran spent an estimated $4–6 billion on missiles and drones while forcing its enemies to spend far more on defense, a...

Anupam Agarwal5 days ago

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the South China Sea, June 8, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eliora Sims)

Dollars and Sense

Iran and Oman Just Floated a Plan to End the Hormuz Crisis — the Fix Is Charging Ships a Fee to Sail Through the Strait

Iran and Oman are moving toward a financial compromise to restore traffic through the Strait of Hormuz: charge selected ships for defined maritime services...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

(Oct. 30, 2007) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts rudder checks as part of the ship's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) following a six-month Planned Incremental Availability. All naval vessels are periodically inspected by INSURV to check their material condition and battle readiness. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class M. Jeremie Yoder (RELEASED)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Oil Shipments Through the Red Sea Have Already Dropped 36 Percent — the Houthis Just Declared a Blockade Over the Iran War

Yemen's Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, telling ships to avoid its ports, per Reuters and the New York Times. Saudi crude...

Steve Balestrieri5 days ago

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Sanctioned Russian Oil Tanker Is Breaking Apart Off Oman — Threatening to Drown a Whale and Turtle Sanctuary in Crude

Dollars and Sense

Ships Are Now Refusing to Sail Through Hormuz — and a Maritime Expert Says It’s ‘Purely About the Fear’ Gripping Crews

Ukraine War

Russia Has Now Bombed Ukraine’s State Gas Company 250 Times — and It’s Ramping Up the Strikes as a Brutal Winter Approaches

Ukraine War

Russia Is Standing in Gas Lines and Rationing Fuel — Months of Ukrainian Drone Strikes Have Crippled Its Oil Refineries

Dollars and Sense

A Top Analyst Warns the U.S. Is Losing an Economic War to Iran — Which Is Now Squeezing Both Ends of the Arabian Peninsula

Dollars and Sense

A Supertanker Loaded With Two Million Barrels of Saudi Crude Just Turned Around in the Red Sea to Escape the Houthis

Dollars and Sense

A Retired Air Marshal Says Iran Just Won a Two-Year War Without Beating Its Enemies in the Air — It Bankrupted Them Instead

Dollars and Sense

Iran and Oman Just Floated a Plan to End the Hormuz Crisis — the Fix Is Charging Ships a Fee to Sail Through the Strait

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Oil Shipments Through the Red Sea Have Already Dropped 36 Percent — the Houthis Just Declared a Blockade Over the Iran War

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