For the first time, the United States has publicly acknowledged that it operates "on-orbit space control weapons." The hardware remains classified, but the surrounding architecture is not: Space Forc…
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U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island near the Strait of Hormuz on August 30 after U.S. officials said IRGC personnel were preparing rockets carrying sea mines for the waterway. Ir…
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A U.S. District Court judge ruled for Anthropic after the Pentagon labeled the company a supply-chain risk over its refusal to permit unrestricted military uses of Claude. The decision found the gove…
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The United States can arm Ukraine while temporarily easing pressure on Russian oil, convert stockpile transfers into new procurement, court North Korea while Pyongyang supplies Russia, and fight Iran…
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The U.S. and Iran traded warnings before a planned Monday sanctions announcement by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Reuters, AP and Bloomberg report that Washington is preparing a wider secondary-s…
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AP reported on August 17, 2026, that Trump again threatened Oman while Iran said it had reached an understanding with Muscat over a Strait of Hormuz transit route. A separate AP analysis said the 60-…
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President Trump extended a Jones Act waiver for another 90 days, with the new window taking effect on August 17, 2026, after the prior waiver period expired on August 16. The waiver allows foreign-fl…
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USS Abraham Lincoln was supposed to return home in May. More than 265 deployment days later, the Navy is pulling USS George Washington—the only forward-deployed U.S. carrier in the Pacific—west to re…
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Fresh reporting and defense analysis point to a widening U.S. magazine-depth problem. The Iran war has drawn heavily on long-range strike weapons and missile-defense interceptors, while replacement t…
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The United States is striking Iranian military, port, power, transportation, and logistics infrastructure. Iran is retaliating against the American Gulf basing network. Israel is ready to reenter. Th…
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U.S.-Iran talks planned around June 19 at Switzerland’s Bürgenstock resort were postponed after Vice President JD Vance did not travel and Iranian officials also did not arrive as planned. Reporting …
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The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz after the loss of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter, while Iran reported retaliatory attacks against U.S.-linked targets in…
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