Russian leader Vladimir Putin also has loyal and capable allies in the 80 governors of Russian provinces, regions and major metropolitan areas. It’s the governors who recruit the troops, and take care ...

Iran developed its delta-wing 200 kg propeller driven Shahed 136 drone a decade ago and it was first used by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen during 2019. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ...

Jan 9, 2026, U.S. Marines and aircraft with Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a formation flight as ...

The Ukrainian experience using naval drones to defeat the Russian Black Sea Fleet was unique. Ukraine had only surface-to-ship missiles when the war started, but eventually shifted to three new naval ...

The Trump administration is currently engaged in numerous Transactional Diplomacy Operations. Venezuela, Greenland and Congo are the most prominent examples. Let's start with the administration's ...

Russian military and political leaders are growing increasingly concerned at the slow, or no, movement of Russian forces in Ukraine. So far, Russia has lost 1.2 million soldiers killed, disabled, ...

January 20, 2026: At the end of 2025, the United States revealed a new National Security Strategy/NSS document. This one was different in that it was more precise, political, decisive and ...

Last year a ceasefire agreement in Thailand’s war with Cambodia went into effect on July 28. This conflict was brief with 350 dead and wounded. With all the shooting between soldiers and armed ...

A year ago, Russia persuaded China to stop selling Ukraine drones or drone components. The Chinese government said it would be done. The Chinese firms that produced drones and drone components were ...

Jan 15, 2026 U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special ...

Buran is one of four ships that carry LNG from LNG plants along the northern coast which liquefy natural gas, stores it and then transfers it to LNG tankers for shipment, mainly to China. This all ...

In 2025 Russia and China conspired to block Ukrainian access to Chinese drones and drone components. It didn’t work. The Chinese firms that produced drones and drone components were not willing to ...