Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Gulf Has a Problem: Its Pitch as the Safe Neighborhood in a Rough Part of Town Is Taking Fire, and Investors Price Risk Nine months into the Iran war, Gulf economies are shrinking, Saudi Arabia has posted back-to-back contractions and strikes have hit Aramco’s headquarters. Pipelines have... Steve Balestrieri5 days ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The US Navy Has a Problem: Iran Says Its Hitting Oil Tankers with Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and Oil Prices Are Crying for Help Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim naval mines hit four tankers south of the Strait of Hormuz and that two other vessels were stopped, though the... Georgia Gilholy5 days ago
Dollars and Sense Billions Lost: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Sector Shrank by a Fifth Last Quarter Thanks to the Iran War That Has No End in Sight Saudi Arabia’s oil sector shrank by a fifth last quarter, pulling its economy down nearly four percent, and the IMF now expects the six... Georgia Gilholy6 days ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The US Navy Has a Problem: An Oil Tanker Just Hit Mines in the Strait of Hormuz A small boat attached two limpet mines to a tanker near Oman, starting an engine-room fire and briefly disabling it, maritime officials say, though... Georgia GilholyOctober 30, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘Black Rain’: Fires at Gulf Oil Sites Can Send Soot Falling From the Sky, and the Iran War Has Put More of Them at Risk Oil pollution from the war in the Persian Gulf may have doubled in area, satellite researchers say, with slicks closing UAE beaches and appearing... Harrison KassOctober 29, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Something Strange Is Happening in the Strait of Hormuz: Iran Says Three Tankers Hit Its Mines, Yet It Hasn’t Named a Single Ship Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says three oil tankers hit mines and caught fire after using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, a claim... Jack BuckbyOctober 29, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Donald Trump Will Be Mad: Iran Just Said No Way to the Latest Peace Deal to End the War Qatar has handed Iran a draft deal with a seven-day timeline to end the war, but a senior Iranian official told Reuters it contains... Stephen SilverOctober 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Just Got Handed Proof of a Deeper Problem: Oil Is Flowing Out of the Gulf But Oil Prices Just Won’t Come Down CENTCOM says it has helped more than three thousand ships through the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf oil is flowing again, but prices are... Shay BottomleyOctober 26, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Trump Just Got Handed a Reality Check From Iran: Tehran Keeps Trying to Sink Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Oil Is Spiking Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim seven vessels were attacked or mined in the Gulf and near Hormuz, though the claims are unverified, and a tanker... Georgia GilholyOctober 22, 2026