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Defense27 Apr
Kim Doubles Down: North Korea Reaffirms Backing for Russia’s Ukraine Campaign
Defense27 Apr
Iran War's Opening Days Exposed Gaps in US Air Defense Architecture, Sources Say
Defense27 Apr
China's Gao Rejects Arms-to-Tehran Narrative, Citing Iranian Self-Defence Capability
Defense26 Apr
Trump Claims Victory as US-Iran Hostilities Near Terminus; NATO Friction Spills Into Public View
Defense26 Apr
The Last Witness: At 102, a Dachau Survivor Still Refuses to Let History Be Forgotten
Defense26 Apr
Iran Signals Willingness to Negotiate on Strait of Hormuz, but Not on Nuclear Program
Defense26 Apr
Hezbollah casualty reports and Lebanon infrastructure strikes test fragile ceasefire framework
Defense25 Apr
Checkpoints and Conditions: Pakistan's Costly Role in the US-Iran Standoff
Defense23 Apr
Fire Aboard USS Zumwalt Halts Mississippi Shipyard Work; Navy Confirms Three Injuries
Defense23 Apr
US Boards Stateless Tanker in Indian Ocean as Iran Cries Blockade
Defense23 Apr
Trump authorizes direct fire on Iranian boats in Strait of Hormuz escalation
Defense23 Apr
Spanish Military's Failed Airdrop Puts Equipment Handling Under Scrutiny
Defense23 Apr
Pentagon Briefs Congress: Clearing Iran-Laid Mines From Strait of Hormuz Could Take Six Months
Defense23 Apr
Pentagon Removes Navy Secretary Phelan; Acting Replacement Named in Abrupt Reshuffle
Defense23 Apr
Mearsheimer's Verdict: Israel and America 'Lost the War With Iran'
Defense23 Apr
Iranian Vessel Seizures in Hormuz Stretch Pentagon Clearance Timeline to Six Months
Defense23 Apr
Iran Rejects Arab League Statement as Gulf Cooperation Council Unites Against Tehran
Defense23 Apr
Iran Seizes Two Vessels in Hormuz Strait as Trump Halts Military Strikes
Defense23 Apr
Iran's New Hardline Calculus: Transit Fees, Bunker Leadership, and a Nuclear Talks Team With No Mandate
Defense23 Apr
Iran Releases Footage of Strait of Hormuz Container Ship Seizure as US-Iran Naval Standoff Deepens
Defense23 Apr
IDF Reports 45 Casualties in 48 Hours as Hezbollah Mounts Sustained Southern Lebanon Offensive
Defense23 Apr
Hezbollah Claims Drone Downed Over Southern Lebanon as Tensions Escalate Along Ceasefire Line
Defense22 Apr
US Central Command Confirms 29 Vessels Turned Back Under Iran Naval Blockade
Defense22 Apr
Trump Targets Wall Street Journal Over Iran Editorial, Escalating War of Words With Legacy Media
Defense22 Apr
Thirty Nations, One Waterway: London Takes Command of the Hormuz Question
Defense22 Apr
Taiwan's Drone Industry Quietly Powers Europe's Ukraine Response
Defense22 Apr
Pentagon Scraps Mandatory Flu Vaccine for US Military in Hegseth Directive
Defense22 Apr
Six Months to Clear: Pentagon Warns of Long Demining Road for Strait of Hormuz
Defense22 Apr
Phelan Resigns as US Secretary of the Navy, Undersecretary Hung Cao Elevated to Acting Role
Defense22 Apr
Pentagon Drops Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Troops in Hegseth-Reviewed Policy Shift
Defense22 Apr
Iran Seizes Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Predicts Financial Collapse
Defense22 Apr
Iran's Parliament Speaker Links Ceasefire Terms to Lifting Maritime Blockade
Defense22 Apr
Iran and Italy Hold Diplomatic Call as Hormuz Tensions Mount
Defense22 Apr
IDF Strike Targets Village Near Journalists in Southern Lebanon; Hezbollah Cites Ceasefire Violation
Defense22 Apr
Iran's Foreign Ministry Draws a Defensive Line After Pakistani Request
Defense22 Apr
France Demands Accountability After Two UNIFIL Peacekeepers Killed in Southern Lebanon Ambush
Defense22 Apr
Britain's Strategic Reckoning: NATO's Fragile Architecture and the Cost of American Distance
Defense21 Apr
US Army Missile Stockpiles Half-Emptied After Seven Weeks of Iran War
Defense21 Apr
Trump Rejects Extending Iran Ceasefire, Signals Military Option Remains Open
Defense21 Apr
Sirens Sound in Upper Galilee as Israeli Military Activates Defense Systems
Defense21 Apr
Lebanon's Aoun Frames Diplomacy as Calculated Alternative to Conflict as Israel Border Talks Advance
Defense21 Apr
JD Vance's Pakistan Trip in Doubt as Iran Refuses Further Negotiations
Defense21 Apr
Iran Snubs Islamabad Talks as Ceasefire Recognition Becomes Diplomatic Flashpoint
Defense21 Apr
Iran Dismisses Nuclear Talks as US Naval Blockade Reaches 27 Turned-Away Vessels
Defense21 Apr
IDF releases findings on soldier who damaged Christ statue in southern Lebanon
Defense21 Apr
Gerasimov's Claims vs. Ground Reality: What Russia's Military Announces and What Remains Unverified
Defense20 Apr
US-Iran Hormuz Standoff Sends Oil and Bitcoin on a Wild Ride
Defense20 Apr
US Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman, Prompting Tehran Warning
Defense20 Apr
US Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Tensions Spike
Defense20 Apr
U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian-Flagged Vessel in Gulf of Oman, Prompting Tehran Warning
Defense20 Apr
US Navy Vessel Seizure Triggers Iran Retaliation Threat and Oil Price Spike
Defense20 Apr
U.S. Directs Contractor V2X to Pull Personnel from Iraq and Kuwait Over Militia Threat
Defense20 Apr
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Gambit: Markets Bet on Diplomacy, Reality Tells a Different Story
Defense20 Apr
Trump's Iran Deal Announcement Draws Blank From Oil Markets
Defense20 Apr
Pakistan Shelves $1.5 Billion Sudan Weapons Deal After Saudi Arabia Withdraws Funding
Defense20 Apr
Macron Frames Strait of Hormuz Incident as Non-Targeting as Iran-U.S. Tensions Reshape Regional Calculations
Defense20 Apr
Israel's South Lebanon Base Plan Threatens Ceasefire Talks, Sources Warn
Defense20 Apr
Israeli Soldier Smashes Jesus Statue in Lebanon, Prompting International Condemnation
Defense20 Apr
Iran Vows Retaliation After US Seizes Cargo Ship, Jeopardising Fragile Ceasefire
Defense20 Apr
The Price of Sustained Conflict: How Iran's War Is Squeezing Fuel Markets and Driver Wallets
Defense20 Apr
Iran Rejects US Deadlines, Rules Out New Round of Nuclear Talks
Defense20 Apr
India's Expanding Digital Gatekeeping Pushes Platform Governance Toward a Fractured Global Order
Defense19 Apr
Zelensky Warns Russia Preparing Mass Mobilization as Social Media Restrictions Tighten
Defense19 Apr
US Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship in Gulf of Oman, Prompting Tehran Warning
Defense19 Apr
US Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship in Gulf of Oman as Nuclear Talks Collapse
Defense19 Apr
US Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman, First Takeover of Blockade Era
Defense19 Apr
US-Iran Talks Resume Under Shadow of AI-Enabled Strikes
Defense19 Apr
Ukraine Interior Ministry Signals Major Shift Toward Civilian Armed Self-Defense Rights
Defense19 Apr
Trump's Kharg Calculus: Casualty Aversion and the Limits of Maximum Pressure
Defense19 Apr
North Korea's Missile Launch Tests the Limits of Western Media Framing in Northeast Asia
Defense19 Apr
North Korea's Seventh Missile Test: Regional Tensions or Manufactured Threat?
Defense19 Apr
North Korea's Missile Gambit: Peninsula Tensions Rise Amid Accelerated Weapons Testing
Defense19 Apr
Israeli Military Reports 37 Soldiers Wounded as Destruction Documented in Bint Jbeil
Defense19 Apr
Israeli Military Confirms Southern Lebanon Clash Casualties as Regional Tensions Mount
Defense19 Apr
Iranian Army Commander Thanks Supreme Leader Khamenei for Personal Message
Defense19 Apr
Israel IDF Expands Occupied Zone in Southern Lebanon, Five Divisions Deployed
Defense19 Apr
Iran Vows Retaliation Against U.S., UAE Seeks Financial Shield as Gulf Tensions Spike
Defense19 Apr
IDF Reports 37 Soldiers Wounded in Southern Lebanon; Image of Destroyed Statue Circulates
Defense19 Apr
Bulgaria Votes Again: Eighth Election in Five Years Puts Ex-President Radev in Pole Position
Defense18 Apr
The Carrier as Political Theater: USS Abraham Lincoln, CENTCOM's Hormuz Blockade, and the Semiotics of Naval Power
Defense18 Apr
Blue Helmets in the Kill Zone: The UNIFIL Killing and Peacekeeping's Terminal Legitimacy Crisis
Defense18 Apr
The Drone Warfare Revolution Ukraine Is Teaching the Pentagon: Driscoll's Admission and What It Means for Future Procurement
Defense18 Apr
Geraniums and Depots: Russia's Energy Infrastructure Campaign and Ukraine's Counter-Strikes on Crimean Logistics
Defense18 Apr
Pyongyang's Timing Problem: The North Korea Missile Test and the Collapsing Arms Export Regime
Defense18 Apr
Paper Tigers and Real Costs: Rutte's NATO Consolidation Doctrine in the Age of Trump's Transactional Alliance Politics
Defense18 Apr
The Paper Tiger Alliance: NATO's Burden-Sharing Crisis and the End of America's Basing Compact
Defense18 Apr
Kill Chain on Autopilot: Military AI Integration and the Accountability Vacuum in Autonomous Weapons Doctrine
Defense18 Apr
Iran Threatens Strait of Hormuz Passage Rights Following American Base Incursion
Defense18 Apr
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Strategic Victory or Managed Escalation?
Defense18 Apr
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran Weaponized Trump's Blockade Against the 'Free Navigation' Myth
Defense18 Apr
The F-35 Near-Miss Claim: Ghalibaf's Asymmetric Air Defense Assertion and the Intelligence It Signals
Defense18 Apr