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Moscow Just Got Handed a Choice It Cannot Win: Guard the Refineries at Home or Leave Gaps Over the Ground It Holds in Ukraine

Caleb Larson reports on fresh Ukrainian strikes against Wildberries storage sites near Moscow, part of what Zelensky calls his country's 'long-range sanctions' campaign. Larson...

Caleb LarsonAugust 4, 2026

250923-N-FY193-1405 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 23, 2025) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducts carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. Truman is currently underway carrying out routine operations that support the Navy’s commitment to readiness, innovation, and future fleet lethality. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen)

Dollars and Sense

Something Broke in the Traffic Numbers: Eight Ships Moved Through Hormuz on Sunday, Where a Hundred and Forty a Day Once Passed

Brandon J. Weichert reports that ship-tracking firm Kpler counted only eight vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, against roughly a hundred and...

Brandon WeichertAugust 4, 2026

KEKAHA, Hawaii — U.S. Army 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which can fire traditional rocket artillery rounds or long-range missiles with various payloads, on Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 11. 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. (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Courtesy Photo)

Ukraine War

The Missile Was Never Meant to Touch the Ground: How Kyiv Turned a Cold War Anti-Aircraft Round Into a Ballistic Strike Weapon

Reuben F. Johnson traces how Ukraine converted its surplus Soviet S-200 anti-aircraft missiles into improvised land-attack ballistic weapons, first discussed off the record early...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 4, 2026

Putin in October 2021 Creative Commons Photo

Ukraine War

Zelensky Says Russians Are Carrying Out a Drone ‘Safari’ Against Civilians in Kherson After Video of an Attack Spread Online

Stephen Silver reports that Kyiv has accused Russia of a war crime after video from Kherson circulated online, with Zelensky describing a drone 'safari'...

Stephen SilverAugust 4, 2026

President Donald Trump greets President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Friday, February 28, 2025, in the West Wing Lobby. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Dollars and Sense

‘Not Accurate’: A US Official’s Flat Rejection of the Iranian Account of What the Coming Hormuz Agreement Would Actually Do

Jack Buckby reports that Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC a Hormuz deal could come within a day, with Qatar confirming drafts are circulating. But...

Jack BuckbyAugust 4, 2026

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Trump Has a Problem: The US Military Has Blown Through “Virtually All” of Its Long-range Precision Missiles in the Iran War

Brandon J. Weichert reports on a new CSIS study finding that the United States has spent virtually all of its long-range precision missiles in...

Brandon WeichertAugust 4, 2026

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” perform an aerial demonstration during the Aviation Nation 2022 airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 4, 2022. The Thunderbirds perform maneuvers that test and showcase what is required from every combat aviator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Josey Blades)

Ukraine War

‘Shoot the Archer’: There Might Be Only One Way for Ukraine to Stop Putin’s Deadly Missile Attacks and it Involves F-16 Fighters

Reuben F. Johnson relays retired Admiral Mark Montgomery's argument, made in the Washington Post, that Kyiv must move from deflecting Russian missiles to shooting...

Reuben JohnsonAugust 4, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2024) The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training ship, JS Kashima (TV-3508), middle, and Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer JS Shimakaze (TV-3521) while conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean, September 23, 2024. The U.S. Navy and JMSDF continue to train together to improve interoperability and strengthen joint capabilities. For more than 60 years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has been the corner stone of stability and security and is crucial to the mutual capability of responding to contingencies at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly)

Dollars and Sense

‘If You Had to Sort of Design a Worst-Case Scenario’: A Marine Scientist Says the Ships Waiting Outside Hormuz Are Exactly That

Isaac Seitz reports on a new study by an international coalition of marine scientists warning that the vessels idling outside the Strait of Hormuz...

Isaac SeitzAugust 4, 2026

HIMARS Test US Military Creative Commons Photo

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Forget Hormuz and the Fifth of the World’s Oil It Carried: A Second Chokepoint Is in Play, and the Detour Runs Around All of Africa

Steve Balestrieri reports that the Houthis have declared an embargo on Saudi ports and are threatening the Bab el-Mandeb, the chokepoint their statements call...

Steve BalestrieriAugust 4, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Moscow Just Got Handed a Choice It Cannot Win: Guard the Refineries at Home or Leave Gaps Over the Ground It Holds in Ukraine

Dollars and Sense

Something Broke in the Traffic Numbers: Eight Ships Moved Through Hormuz on Sunday, Where a Hundred and Forty a Day Once Passed

Ukraine War

The Missile Was Never Meant to Touch the Ground: How Kyiv Turned a Cold War Anti-Aircraft Round Into a Ballistic Strike Weapon

Ukraine War

Zelensky Says Russians Are Carrying Out a Drone ‘Safari’ Against Civilians in Kherson After Video of an Attack Spread Online

Dollars and Sense

‘Not Accurate’: A US Official’s Flat Rejection of the Iranian Account of What the Coming Hormuz Agreement Would Actually Do

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Has a Problem: The US Military Has Blown Through “Virtually All” of Its Long-range Precision Missiles in the Iran War

Ukraine War

‘Shoot the Archer’: There Might Be Only One Way for Ukraine to Stop Putin’s Deadly Missile Attacks and it Involves F-16 Fighters

Dollars and Sense

‘If You Had to Sort of Design a Worst-Case Scenario’: A Marine Scientist Says the Ships Waiting Outside Hormuz Are Exactly That

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Forget Hormuz and the Fifth of the World’s Oil It Carried: A Second Chokepoint Is in Play, and the Detour Runs Around All of Africa

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