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Ukraine Is Choking Off the One Place Putin Prizes Most — and His Options to Hit Back Are Louder Than They Are Effective

Ukraine has spent the summer methodically choking off Crimea — the fuel, the tourists, the supply routes — and the squeeze is now impossible...

Harry J. KazianisJune 27, 2026

Putin 2021 Photo on Airplane Image Credit Russian Federation

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Ukraine Just Hit the Factory That Builds the Launchers for Russia’s Iskander Missiles — With a Missile It Designed and Built Itself

Ukraine struck nearly 900 kilometers into Russia overnight, hitting the plant that builds the launchers for the same Iskander missiles Russia fires at Ukrainian...

Harry J. KazianisJune 27, 2026

NAVAL BASE GUAM (Jan. 18, 2025) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, Jan. 18, 2025. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15, based at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam, Minnesota is one of five forward-deployed fast-attack submarines. Renowned for their unparalleled speed, endurance, stealth, and mobility, fast-attack submarines are the backbone of the Navy’s submarine force. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam’s fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine force's forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. James Caliva)

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South Korea Is Joining a Club Only Six Countries Belong To — and It’s Aimed Squarely at China and North Korea

South Korea is moving to build nuclear-powered attack submarines for the first time — joining an exclusive club of just six nations that operate...

Harry J. KazianisJune 27, 2026

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The U.S. Kicked Turkey Out of the F-35 Program Over a Russian Missile System. Now It May Sell Ankara $700 Million in Fighter-Jet Engines

The U.S. expelled Turkey from the F-35 stealth-fighter program after Ankara bought a Russian air-defense system. Now the Trump administration appears poised to approve...

Caleb LarsonJune 27, 2026

Putin in May 2022 Looking Tough Creative Commons Image

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Ukraine Just Promised Russia 40 Days of Strikes. The Real Problem Is That Putin Has No Good Way to Respond

Ukraine has promised Russia a punishing 40 days of strikes — and the deeper problem, this analysis argues, is that Putin has no good...

Jack BuckbyJune 26, 2026

A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin assigned to 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fires during an artillery direct fire range at Fort Carson, Colorado, April 28, 2023. Direct fire ranges test gun crews' abilities to engage threats at close range, one of the few times a gun crew can see their targets without a forward observer. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Tobias Cukale)

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Crimea Just Declared a State of Emergency — and Video Shows Residents Trapped Trying to Flee Over Damaged Bridges

Crimea declared a state of emergency Friday after weeks of Ukrainian strikes crippled its power and fuel — and viral video shows residents and...

Jack BuckbyJune 26, 2026

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Ukraine Is on Track to Build 8 Million Drones This Year — and Russia’s Air Defenses Can’t Keep Up

Growing Ukrainian Drone Strikes Overwhelm Russian Air Defenses: Ukraine is overwhelming Russia’s air defenses with a growing fleet of long-range drones that target oil...

Steve BalestrieriJune 26, 2026

Putin in May of 2021 Russian Federation Photo

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Ukraine Just Sent 660 Drones at Russia in One Night — and Exposed the One Problem No Air Defense Can Solve

Ukraine sent more than 660 drones at Russia in a single night — one of the largest strikes of the war. But the deeper...

Harrison KassJune 26, 2026

Sky Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment engaged targets with the Carl Gustaf 84mm weapon system in Grafenwoehr, Germany September 8, 2018 during Saber Junction 18. Exercise Saber Junction 18 is a U.S. Army Europe-directed exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.

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Ukraine’s Spy Chief Just Named the Five Border Crossings Where Belarus Is Building Bases ‘With No Purpose Other Than Military’

Ukraine's foreign intelligence chief has handed Zelensky an assessment naming five specific border crossings where Belarus, "under obvious Russian influence," is building ammunition depots,...

Reuben JohnsonJune 26, 2026

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Ukraine War

Ukraine Is Choking Off the One Place Putin Prizes Most — and His Options to Hit Back Are Louder Than They Are Effective

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Hit the Factory That Builds the Launchers for Russia’s Iskander Missiles — With a Missile It Designed and Built Itself

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

South Korea Is Joining a Club Only Six Countries Belong To — and It’s Aimed Squarely at China and North Korea

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Kicked Turkey Out of the F-35 Program Over a Russian Missile System. Now It May Sell Ankara $700 Million in Fighter-Jet Engines

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Promised Russia 40 Days of Strikes. The Real Problem Is That Putin Has No Good Way to Respond

Ukraine War

Crimea Just Declared a State of Emergency — and Video Shows Residents Trapped Trying to Flee Over Damaged Bridges

Ukraine War

Ukraine Is on Track to Build 8 Million Drones This Year — and Russia’s Air Defenses Can’t Keep Up

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Sent 660 Drones at Russia in One Night — and Exposed the One Problem No Air Defense Can Solve

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Spy Chief Just Named the Five Border Crossings Where Belarus Is Building Bases ‘With No Purpose Other Than Military’

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