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A B-2 Spirit gets ready to taxi out for Red Flag-Nellis 24-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 16, 2024. This Red Flag provides complex realistic scenarios concentrated on warfighting in the Indo-Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Brianna Vetro)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Says Every Iranian Attack on a Ship Will Cost Tehran a Bridge or a Power Plant — and Iran Alone Picks When It Starts

Trump has set a price on every Iranian attack at sea: one bridge or one power plant, Tehran included. It removes all doubt about...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Saudi Arabia Shifted Millions of Barrels to Its Red Sea Port to Slip Around Hormuz — Now Houthi Missiles Can Reach It There

The United States has concentrated more than twenty warships and several hundred aircraft in the Middle East to fight Iran and protect traffic through...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

Putin in June 2016 Image Credit Russian Federation Photo

Dollars and Sense

Something Is Quietly Breaking Inside Russia — an Analyst Argues Kyiv’s Drone War Has Sparked a Nationwide Fuel Crisis

A sustained Ukrainian drone campaign against Russia's refineries has grown into a nationwide fuel crisis, one analyst argues, with gasoline output down to sixty-five...

Brandon WeichertJuly 21, 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)

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

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 guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) steams behind the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 31, 2006. The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Is Now Striking Tankers off the Oman Coast as the Strait of Hormuz Empties Out — and Only the Bravest Ships Still Dare to Cross

Tanker and gas-carrier traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply — from roughly 90 crossings to 30, by one count — as...

Isaac SeitzJuly 21, 2026

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)

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

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 BalestrieriJuly 21, 2026

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 SilverJuly 21, 2026

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 SilverJuly 21, 2026

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 SeitzJuly 21, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Says Every Iranian Attack on a Ship Will Cost Tehran a Bridge or a Power Plant — and Iran Alone Picks When It Starts

Dollars and Sense

Saudi Arabia Shifted Millions of Barrels to Its Red Sea Port to Slip Around Hormuz — Now Houthi Missiles Can Reach It There

Dollars and Sense

Something Is Quietly Breaking Inside Russia — an Analyst Argues Kyiv’s Drone War Has Sparked a Nationwide Fuel Crisis

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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Is Now Striking Tankers off the Oman Coast as the Strait of Hormuz Empties Out — and Only the Bravest Ships Still Dare to Cross

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

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