March 12, 2025: Iran is using their Fajr-5 Multiple Launch Rocket System to place naval mines in the Persian Gulf. This mine deployment has only been tested during naval exercises. If used in an ...

Trump makes the case that the deal serves as an informal security guarantee for Ukraine -- meaning the minerals-for-support deal tells Moscow the U.S. has a strategic interest in peace, in Ukraine's ...

By early November Ukraine still occupied over a thousand square kilometers of Russian territory and the Russians were still unprepared to oust the Ukrainians. By early 2025 Russian forces had retaken ...

The United States no longer tolerates Qatari relationships with Iran and Hezbollah. Qatar has been told to sever its Iranian and Hezbollah ties or face sanctions and isolation by the U.S. forces in ...

March 9, 2025: A major military expenditure in Ukraine is for drones. Several million are being built this year. The total for 2024 was 1.5 million drones. There have been problems. Chinese component ...

Russia is building a drone manufacturing infrastructure. By 2026 330,000 people will be involved in the development, production, and operation of drones by 2026. By 2035 1.5 million people may be ...

March 10, 2025: Ukraine has used American made drones. Until 2025 it accepted locally hade drones from the United States and other NATO nations. Now Ukraine politely declines offers and points out ...