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On day 258 of the war in Ukraine, the situation on the ground remains pretty familiar to 19FortyFive readers who have been regular readers...
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German Foreign Minister Wadephul's fourth Kyiv visit — two days before Ukraine's Independence Day — capped an accelerating shift: Berlin is becoming Ukraine's principal...
The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative emerged from US Army Europe and Africa and NATO's Allied Land Command as a concept for restoring deterrence by...
For all the talk of spending targets, the Ankara NATO summit's real work happened elsewhere. Europe is being handed responsibility for NATO's conventional defense...
Western analysts fixate on North Korea's missiles. The real danger is speed — a mass artillery-and-missile salvo in the war's first hours, backed by...
I am a diehard SIG Sauer fan and a SIG P365-XL is what I carry. That has not changed. But after watching 7th Special...
CENTCOM says it has been clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz. The shipping industry is not convinced. American intelligence puts Iran's mine...
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta was founded in Gardone Val Trompia in 1526, which makes 2026 its 500th year in business. It sold arquebus barrels...
Adopted January 9, 1936 and retired in 1958, the M1 Garand armed American infantry through World War II and Korea. Over 5,500,000 were built...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled Operation Economic Outcast: secondary sanctions across five sectors and more than sixty targets, with no relief attached. Iran's...
Rezaei's threat goes beyond the strait: no oil leaving the Gulf by any route if neighbors cooperate. In practice that would mean strikes on...
Of the 1.5 billion barrels in emergency stocks, the IEA cannot order the commercial half released, leaving governments under a billion. The American reserve...
The Houthis have no warships. It doesn't need any. A blockade holds if shipowners and insurers decide the passage is not worth the risk,...
American forces struck Iranian positions preparing to fire mine-carrying missiles into the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran answered with a handful of missiles that reportedly...
Analysts dismissed American control of the Strait of Hormuz as a near-impossible task. The US government now says it has been helping tankers move...
Drones reached Moscow on three of the last five nights. A ballistic missile would not extend Ukraine's reach so much as compress Russia's warning...
Georgia Gilholy reports on Trump's map post declaring Hormuz 'New U.S. Territory,' a vessel struck off Oman hours earlier per UK Maritime Trade Operations,...
Trump ordered Ulchi Freedom Shield cut from eleven days to five before Kim Jong-un had agreed to anything in return. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the...
As President Trump downsizes the Ulchi Freedom Shield war games after South Korea declined to help with Iran, one uncomfortable fact goes almost completely...
Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine since late 2023. The early shots missed by kilometers. Later ones did not. That combat...
Iran's Shahab-1 came from the Scud-B and reached 300km. The Khorramshahr, derived from North Korea's Musudan, reaches 2,000km — a 6.7-fold increase in reach.
On day 258 of the war in Ukraine, the situation on the ground remains pretty familiar to 19FortyFive readers who have been regular readers...
Will Joe Biden Run in 2024? The ramifications of today’s midterm election will be far-reaching. The direct effects are obvious: the composition of congress...
China’s air force continues to hype its J-20 Mighty Dragon, a fifth-generation fighter with stealth characteristics. The J-20 not only flew at the 14th...
Russia expects to turn heads at the Zhuhai Airshow in China from Nov. 8-13. Russia is showcasing the Su-57 Felon fifth-generation fighter at the...
At the recent Airshow China 2022, which was held in Guangdong Province last week, attendees were able to see the FH-97A loyal wingman for...
