Iranian Attacks in Hormuz Reach Record Highs – After a period of elevated oil exports out of the Middle East, with Washington touting some daily averages higher than pre-war levels, Iranian attacks on commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz have now reached record highs. Maritime security data shows that strikes on tankers and cargo vessels have reached their highest levels since the United States and Israel launched the first strikes against Iran in February.

Russia Leaves One Million Ukrainians Without Power – Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure continue, with the latest round of Russian attacks killing at least eight people, injuring dozens, and leaving more than one million people without any electricity. Moscow appears to be intensifying its campaign against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, with strikes on October 16 targeting shopping malls and industrial facilities as well as critical energy infrastructure.

President Donald Trump has offered Russian President Vladimir Putin another lifeline and new incentives to wind down the war in Ukraine, effectively suspending sweeping new sanctions against the country. The president signed an executive order just weeks after signing the new legislation into law, and the fresh easing of sanctions against Russia comes as Trump faces growing criticism over his recent suggestion that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be replaced with someone willing to make a deal.

The Department of Defense failed to fully secure unclassified wireless communications, allowing sensitive data including locations of troops and command facilities vulnerable to be exposed, the Pentagon’s watchdog found.
A new report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General found that although the department had taken steps to protect some communications under a major wireless telecommunications contract, it failed to vet carriers’ security measures.

A voter receives a ballot at a polling station in New York City, Nov. 8, 2016. Photo: R. Taylor / Voice of America (Public Domain)

The Calvert Task Group has launched a website to tell every American who has worn the uniform to report to vote: VeteransVote.us.
This new site for veterans is located at VeteransVote.us. You served once. Report to vote. The Calvert Task Group is a nonpartisan organization primarily composed of U.S. Naval Academy alumni and Navy veterans. In a press release, they announced the launch of this site in time for Election Day on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

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Marines got their first dedicated missile battalion this month, built around its powerful anti-ship NMESIS weapons system.
The Marine Corps officially redesignated 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division from an artillery unit into its first medium-range missile battalion. The ceremony at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, came as the force works to modernize its structure and prepare for potential conflicts with peer or near-peer adversaries where coastal defense will play a major role.

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The fighting may be over, but the battles don’t always end when a service member comes home. Sometimes, the people who love them most are left trying to understand the war that followed them through the front door.
There are battles that the military community knows how to recognize. We know how to welcome a service member home, celebrate a promotion, send themed care packages downrange, and support one another when a family receives devastating news.

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The Defense Post The US Army has ordered nine K9 Mobile Howitzer prototypes from Hanwha Defense under its Mobile Tactical Cannon-Wheeled program.

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The U.S. Army has outlined plans to sustain a prolonged high-intensity conflict in the Western Pacific, with a new warfighting guidance document emphasising forward-deployed forces, hardened infrastructure, pre-positioned weapons stockpiles and long-range missile deployments along the First Island Chain. The How the Army Fights document acknowledges the ability of China’s People’s Liberation Army to employ anti-access/area-denial capabilities to disrupt American forces attempting to reach the Western Pacific from the continental United States.

A Russian military satellite has manoeuvred into an orbit that could allow it to approach a U.S.-registered commercial reconnaissance satellite providing intelligence support to Ukraine, raising concerns over the Russian Armed Forces’ potential ability to threaten Western space assets. The Russian spacecraft, Cosmos 2612, has adjusted its orbit to match that of ICEYE-X36, a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operated by Finnish-founded company ICEYE, which supplies imagery to Ukraine and Western governments.

The fifth Suffren class nuclear-powered attack submarines has been launched for the French Navy, marking a major milestone in a program intended to replace the country’s ageing Rubis class fleet. The submarine, named Rubis, was transferred from its construction hall to a floating shiplift platform at Naval Group’s shipyard in Cherbourg on October 16. “It is with great pride and a deep sense of responsibility that we today transferred the Rubis, the fifth Suffren class nuclear attack submarine, to its launch platform.

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A CBP unmanned aircraft stands ready for patrol along the southern border (file photo). Photo: Gerald Nino / U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

To address growing concerns of cartel activity employing drones along the southern border, the Trump administration has shut down the airspace above the region to all unauthorized drone flights.

One in every 10 soldiers in the Army works in a special operations role, but the commanders of the service’s most dynamic force are considering how they would fit in a conflict between traditional, large-scale formations.
“Obviously, 90% of the Army is not part of USASOC,” said Lt. Gen. Lawrence “Gil” Ferguson, referring to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, which he leads. “So in our small formation we, you know, punch above our weight so to speak with what we do for the joint force.

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Over the last two weeks, there has been a ton of coverage of a potential lab leak in eastern Russia – a lab leak that could potentially expose the world to the pneumonic plague.
While many, many questions remain, and while the Russian government remains typically silent on answers, there is one thing that we know for sure – the first response to any potential pandemic is an immediate run on the drugs needed to keep people safe.

After traffic through the Strait of Hormuz briefly recovered in September, transit through the waterway has slowed back down to a crawl after renewed Iranian attacks against civilian vessels in the region.

The drop has further shaken an already volatile energy market, which has not yet fully adjusted to the war’s onset in the Middle East in February.

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An F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team pilot flies towards Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Va., March 8, 2021.

A Russian soldier downed a Ukrainian drone over Moscow with a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft heat-seeking missile – Igla. Right over cars and everything.
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A week ago, President Donald Trump made the shocking announcement that he had agreed to a deal with Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions and buy hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel oil from Russia, amid concerns about still-rising diesel prices.

The deal was lambasted by some Republican senators, who slammed Trump for abandoning an ally, for not informing Congress that sanctions were being lifted, and for undermining the international regime of sanctions on Russia in response to the war in Ukraine.

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The Trump White House Descends Into Infighting – President Donald Trump’s White House is said to be descending into internal conflict as the Republican Party prepares for potentially devastating losses in the upcoming midterm elections, and with various members of the president’s staff embroiled in their own scandals.

After disagreements with Trump, disruptions to Starlink, and a general shortage of air defenses, Ukraine is currently vulnerable. Like a shark smelling blood in the water, Russia is capitalizing on Kyiv’s weakened position and has been increasing its attacks against the country’s energy infrastructure.

Unlike previous years, which relied heavily on strategic aviation and cruise missiles, Moscow’s most recent attacks have used drones, particularly the new jet-powered Geran-4 and Geran-5.

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The Trump Administration’s posture towards Ukraine, vis-à-vis its war with Russia, has changed quite a few times throughout the last 20 months.

President Donald Trump returned to office and, on his first day, repeatedly promised to end the war. That didn’t happen, but the president later hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, where Trump and Vice President JD Vance dressed him down in front of television cameras.

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Greenland has pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s claim that a surge of oil, gas, and mineral exploration is on the horizon, asserting such projects are several years from starting in earnest.

“Massive Oil, Gas and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin,” Trump wrote on the social media site Truth Social on October 14, referring to the Danish territory as “our new and beautiful Greenland.

The U.S. military is deploying a sizeable autonomous maritime drone with a Navy carrier strike group to support and enhance a real-world conflict operation for the first time, according to the sea service’s acting Secretary Hung Cao.
“The Teddy Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group just deployed on October 8 with a medium-sized unmanned surface vessel. This is the first carrier strike group to ever deploy with a large-size unmanned surface vessel, and this is a force multiplier,” Cao said Thursday. “Imagine having more guns out there.

Russia has almost finished building a sprawling new base for launching jet-powered attack drones near Ukraine, satellite images show.

The site, in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region, was a bare field on August 31, but by October 14 it was largely developed, with satellite imagery showing eight launch platforms.

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Su-57 Felon Fighter from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Army is sending 500 soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division to Latin America and a headquarters company to Florida as the Army finds itself further involved in the U.S. campaign in the region against drug trafficking groups.
Hundreds of soldiers from the division are heading to Panama to train in jungle warfare, while a contingent of troops will support the task force command overseeing renewed U.S. military efforts in Latin America. The deployment marks a major escalation in U.S.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has refused President Donald Trump’s demands to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries, as the war rages on.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine at the end of February 2022.

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Tensions spiraled after Moscow annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.

Previous rounds of peace talks have floundered after Moscow continued to demand that Ukraine cede territory that Russia has failed to occupy.
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Republicans’ Tax Cut Strategy Isn’t Winning Over Voters – Every new poll appears to be bad news for the Republicans and President Donald Trump these days, and it looks as though their efforts to win over American voters with sweeping tax cuts aren’t turning their fortunes around. The latest polling suggests that the signature legislative achievement of President Trump’s second term is failing to generate the enthusiasm the party needs ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, as Republicans spend hundreds of millions of dollars promoting their economic policy victories.

Relations between Washington and Kyiv continue to spiral downward as Presidents Zelenskyy and Trump keep escalating tensions.

Currently, Zelenskyy is in Brussels, shoring up support from Europe while the White House expresses its frustration with Kyiv’s attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure.

Lancet Drone. Image Credit: Russian State Media.

Lancet Drone from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Ukrainian President has accused his American counterpart of betraying Kyiv and restricting Ukraine’s Starlink access for the Ukrainian military for political purposes.

Iranian Foreign Minister Urged to Resign Over U.S. Talks – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is facing calls to impeach his foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, after reports that he contacted American officials to negotiate terms to end the ongoing war.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Faces Challenges

Capt. Kristin “Beo” Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, banks hard left making vapor trails over and behind the wings during a practice demonstration at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Mar. 23, 2021.

Throughout the first nearly two years of Donald Trump’s second term, the stock market has risen more than 30 percent, while unemployment has remained low. However, because inflation remains stubbornly high, voters don’t see the economy as strong, and it could cost the president’s party the midterm elections.

“It’s still the economy, stupid,” Eduardo Porter wrote in a Friday analysis for The Guardian, referencing Bill Clinton’s adviser, James Carville, and his famous slogan from the 1992 presidential election.

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Army Spc. Nicholas Cabo was visiting a Sam’s Club near a small airfield outside Fort Hood, Texas, when a small plane buzzed overhead.
“I was like, ‘oh, drone,’ and so I stopped and looked. I’m like, ‘it’s coming,’” Cabo recalled.
Finally, he spotted the source of the noise.
“I saw the plane,” Cabo said. “I was like, ‘oh crap, it’s just in my head.’”
Cabo was one of three soldiers at Fort Hood awarded Purple Hearts on Oct. 1 for a ballistic missile attack on a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia last March.