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171030-N-EA818-367 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2017) The aircxraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Atlantic Ocean. Harry S. Truman has successfully completed tailored shipboard test availability and final evaluation problem and is underway preparing for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tommy Gooley/Released)

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Iran Calls It a Flight of Mourners From Khamenei’s Funeral — Sources Say It Carried IRGC Officers and Gold

Iran secretly flew IRGC members, missile-related equipment and gold into Yemen aboard a Mahan Air flight from Tehran this month, sources say — Tehran...

Brandon WeichertJuly 24, 2026

(Jan. 25, 2020) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean Jan. 25, 2020. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kaylianna Genier)

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‘The Bombs Are Going to Fall Fast’: Trump Might Smash Iran With An All Out Blitz of a Strike

A B-1B departed RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Wednesday and flew a mission against Iran, tracked by open-source flight watchers. An outlet linked to...

Jack BuckbyJuly 23, 2026

Israeli Air Force F-15I Image Credit IDF

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Every Vessel Tracked Crossing Hormuz on the Most Recent Day Used the Shipping Route Iran Established Itself

Only fifteen vessels crossed Hormuz on Wednesday, against roughly a hundred and thirty a day before the war, and nearly all remaining traffic now...

Jack BuckbyJuly 23, 2026

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North Korea Sent Fourteen Thousand Troops and Mountains of Shells — One Analyst Says Neither Changed the War

China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are treated as a bloc, but Eastwood argues the partnership is thinner than it looks: Beijing has sent...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 23, 2026

151111-N-KM939-021 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2015) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) travels behind the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a Missile Exercise (MSLEX). Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are participating in a sustainment training exercise (SUSTEX) to prepare for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

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American Analysts Say Iran Told the Houthis to Stand Ready to Close the Red Sea if Washington Hits Its Power Plants

The Houthis say ballistic and cruise missiles set two Saudi oil tankers ablaze in the Red Sea, and British maritime authorities confirmed at least...

Stephen SilverJuly 23, 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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The Regime Decentralized to Survive — and Now Iran No Longer Speaks With One Voice or Answers to a Single Commander

More than ten days into the renewed fighting, Iran faces three strategic paths over the Strait of Hormuz, according to a BBC assessment: settle...

Brandon WeichertJuly 22, 2026

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 21, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) transits the Mediterranean Sea in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel Gaither/Released)

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Saudi Arabia Built a Whole Pipeline to Escape Hormuz — and Now Needs the One Strait the Houthis Are Threatening to Close

The Houthis are threatening to blockade the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea passage Saudi Arabia leaned on after building a pipeline to bypass...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 22, 2026

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Saudi Arabia Surged Its Oil Exports to the Red Sea to Escape Hormuz — and the Houthis Just Declared a Blockade There Too

The Iran-backed Houthis have declared a blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in retaliation for Saudi strikes on Sanaa, threatening the Red Sea route...

Caleb LarsonJuly 22, 2026

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts rudder turns during sea trials.

The Treaty

CENTCOM Keeps Insisting the Strait of Hormuz Is Open — but the Latest Shipping Data Shows Traffic Has Collapsed by Ninety Percent

Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck another tanker off Oman on Tuesday, forcing its crew to abandon ship, as a tenth straight night of U.S. airstrikes...

Jack BuckbyJuly 21, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Calls It a Flight of Mourners From Khamenei’s Funeral — Sources Say It Carried IRGC Officers and Gold

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘The Bombs Are Going to Fall Fast’: Trump Might Smash Iran With An All Out Blitz of a Strike

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Every Vessel Tracked Crossing Hormuz on the Most Recent Day Used the Shipping Route Iran Established Itself

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

North Korea Sent Fourteen Thousand Troops and Mountains of Shells — One Analyst Says Neither Changed the War

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

American Analysts Say Iran Told the Houthis to Stand Ready to Close the Red Sea if Washington Hits Its Power Plants

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Regime Decentralized to Survive — and Now Iran No Longer Speaks With One Voice or Answers to a Single Commander

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Arabia Built a Whole Pipeline to Escape Hormuz — and Now Needs the One Strait the Houthis Are Threatening to Close

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Saudi Arabia Surged Its Oil Exports to the Red Sea to Escape Hormuz — and the Houthis Just Declared a Blockade There Too

The Treaty

CENTCOM Keeps Insisting the Strait of Hormuz Is Open — but the Latest Shipping Data Shows Traffic Has Collapsed by Ninety Percent

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