In late 2024 China stopped selling drones and drone components to Ukraine. Ukraine’s solution was to ramp up production by its domestic drone manufacturers and obtain more drones and parts from the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 6, 2026: China has committed to training of thousands of foreign police in a series of well publicized events. These include instruction of protective services, counterterrorism, gendarmerie ...

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 ...

December 31, 2025: Nearly four years of war in Ukraine have devastated the Russian civilian economy. This year, 75 percent of Russia’s regions report serious budget deficits and more enterprises are ...

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 ...