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Even before the outbreak of Operation Epic Fury, which is now paused due to a ceasefire, Iran’s naval capabilities were not all that impressive...
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Even before the outbreak of Operation Epic Fury, which is now paused due to a ceasefire, Iran’s naval capabilities were not all that impressive...
The U.S. has largely achieved air superiority around Iran, and the USS Tripoli is an amphibious ship built for aviation with F-35Bs and Osprey...
The Iran Crisis Isn’t Exactly Over: The U.S. Navy has a near-perfect record of shooting down drones and missiles at sea. Oil tanker crews...
The entire U.S. stealth bomber fleet is 19 aircraft. The Iran war nearly used them all — and that was just one conflict against...
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...