US Dismisses Iran’s Claim MQM-170 Capture

US Dismisses Iran’s Claim MQM-170 Capture as Disputes Over Underwater Drones and Naval Mines Intensify Around Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has claimed that it captured a US MQM-170 reconnaissance and decoy drone near the Strait of Hormuz by using electronic warfare to take control of the aircraft’s guidance and control systems, a claim that...
Arrowhead 140 Frigate

British Shipbuilder Babcock Prepares to Offer Arrowhead 140 Frigate to US Navy as Washington Seeks Faster Warship Production and Modernization

British shipbuilder Babcock is preparing to offer its Arrowhead 140 frigate design to the US Navy, potentially opening a new chapter in Anglo-American naval cooperation as Washington seeks to accelerate warship production and overcome persistent shipbuilding bottlenecks. British defense company...
Donald Trump, Mark Carney

Canada Rejects US Trade Demands, Marking a New Assertion of Economic and National Sovereignty

Canada has rejected a last-minute trade proposal from the United States, with Prime Minister Mark Carney declaring that Ottawa will not accept terms it considers unfair and economically damaging, even as the decision threatens to deepen trade tensions with Canada’s...
Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe

Canada Retaliates Against US Tariffs as Trade War Deepens Between Longtime Allies

Canada has announced a sweeping package of retaliatory tariffs on US goods, escalating an increasingly bitter trade dispute between the two historically close North American allies and raising fresh concerns about the economic costs of a prolonged confrontation. Ottawa said...
C-17A Globemaster III

US C-17 Lands in Moscow as Rare Military Airlift Highlights Secretive Washington-Moscow Communications

A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on August 25, marking a rare American military-airlift operation into Russia at a time when diplomatic engagement between Washington and Moscow remains constrained and efforts to advance a...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Operation Economic Outcast: Will US Secondary Sanctions Force China and Other Major Iran Trade Partners to Sever Economic Ties With Tehran?

The United States is escalating its economic campaign against Iran, threatening countries, banks, shipping companies and other entities that continue to maintain commercial ties with Tehran as Washington seeks to cut off the Iranian regime’s remaining financial lifelines. The campaign,...
Strait of Hormuz

US Petroleum Buffer Falls to 41 Days as Hormuz Disruption, Emergency Releases and Exports Strain Energy Security

The United States’ combined commercial crude oil inventories and Strategic Petroleum Reserve have fallen to a level equivalent to roughly 41 days of refinery supply, leaving the world’s largest oil producer with its thinnest combined petroleum cushion in four to...
G/ATOR Radar Mobility

US Marines Test G/ATOR Radar Mobility in Philippines, Allied Forces Prepare for Distributed Warfare Across First Island Chain

The United States Marine Corps has tested the mobility of its AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) in the Philippines, advancing a distributed sensing architecture intended to keep critical surveillance capabilities operational even when forward bases and communications infrastructure come under...
South Korea, United States

South Korea says US cancels joint marine drill over Iran war

South Korea said on Monday (Aug 24) that the United States had cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to constraints on force availability caused by the war with Iran. The biennial Ssangyong drills involve...
Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base

Iranian Missile and Drone Attacks Expose U.S. Gulf Base Vulnerabilities, Forcing Washington to Rethink Its Middle East Military Strategy

Iranian missile and drone attacks have exposed deep vulnerabilities in the United States military’s long-established network of bases across the Persian Gulf, raising the possibility that Washington could permanently reduce its regional footprint and shift significant forces farther west. The...
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