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Iran Opened the Strait to Make Payroll. Not to Make Peace.
Oil crashed 13% on Friday after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was ‘open for business.’ But ships still need Iranian permission to transit,...
Oil Just Crashed 13%. The Strait of Hormuz Reopened. But Iran Set a Condition. What Happens Next?
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Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
Dassault Aviation is arguably the most famous and successful name in French military aviation history (in fairness, it’s also made its fair share of...
The White House says Iran now has ‘zero submarine vessels.’ But Defense Secretary Hegseth confirmed only 11 submarines destroyed out of 25 — leaving...
The F-22 Raptor—the world’s first operational 5th Generation stealth fighter and therefore a major set of bragging rights for both Lockheed Martin’s famed “Skunk...
Australia may reach the 2030s without a single operational submarine if AUKUS fails to deliver, and the two countries supposed to provide them can’t...
In 2012, the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline went operational — 236 miles of steel moving 1.5 million barrels per day, completely clear...
Archaeologists working with Dicle University have identified a surprisingly well-preserved settlement dating back approximately 2,400 years beneath Dicle Dam Lake in southeastern Turkey. The...
India is not currently in talks to acquire the F-35, but the question of whether it should buy the aircraft has only grown more...
The Iran Strait of Hormuz Crisis – From Bad to Worse? As of Monday morning, April 13, a U.S. military blockade of maritime traffic...
Three and a half months after Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Caribbean air travel is finally returning to normal — Puerto...
In 1967, Israel defeated Egypt in Just Six Days. Could Israel do the Same with Turkey? – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser made no...
House Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The effort, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Rep. John...
Mental Health and Psychological Stress In The On-Again, Off-Again Campaign Against Iran: US military warfighters facing the threats associated with combat operations over Iran...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
The Eurofighter 'Shot Down' F-22 Raptors in Alaska. The Air Force Noticed. Here's the warplanes origin story.
The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B just completed its eighth mission after spending over 900 days in orbit with a shuttered payload bay doing classified...
The Soviet Union’s top admiral begged Stalin for aircraft carriers. Stalin gave him zero, and seven decades later, Russia still hasn’t built a single...
A Swedish diesel submarine costing a fraction of an American supercarrier repeatedly penetrated a carrier strike group’s defenses and ‘sank’ the carrier during exercises...
China is the only country besides America with two operational stealth fighters. The J-20 entered service in 2017. The J-35 joined in 2025. Neither...
