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Trump declared ‘total and complete victory’ over Iran. Russia’s newspapers are laughing, China brokered the deal he couldn’t, and the U.S. burned through 18...
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Trump declared ‘total and complete victory’ over Iran. Russia’s newspapers are laughing, China brokered the deal he couldn’t, and the U.S. burned through 18...
Nine months after Donald Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program ‘obliterated,’ the two countries are negotiating in Pakistan with what the BBC calls a ‘total...
So, are aircraft carriers just obsolete battleships that should be turned into museums? The Iran war has given us some keen insight into this...
In March 2026, senior U.S. Army officials confirmed they are preparing a narrower version of “right to repair” legislation after Congress removed broader provisions...
During the Operation Epic Fury in Iran, which now appears to have been temporarily paused with a two-week ceasefire, the U.S. reportedly used a...
The Iran war will be assessed in the usual ways—targets hit, systems degraded, and what the ceasefire froze in place. That accounting misses where...
The Pentagon wants to buy more Tomahawk missiles — lots more of them. With hundreds of missiles fired at targets in Iran, stockpiles of...
The late Israeli political analyst and writer Amos Elon despaired throughout his life about the impossibility of maintaining peace agreements, truces, and ceasefires. There...
Why Saving Wounded American Military Personnel Is In Everyone’s DNA: This was a race against time that set the whole country on edge. An...
Iran’s remaining arsenal, high gas prices, Strait of Hormuz passage, and terrorism threats are all emphasized focal points for assessments of Operation Epic Fury,...