Author: Michael

The “Russian Shield” over Caracas, Venezuela’s vaunted air defense, was supposed to be an iron dome, one that would put the United States to shame and sink their ships. But at 0400 EST on January 3, 2026, the U.S. Navy turned it into red-hot scrap metal.
For a decade, the defense blogs and twittersphere have been doom-posting about the S-300VM “Antey-2500.” They told us the Caribbean was a kill zone. They exclaimed proudly that the Su-30s would sink the American fleet before it could reach operating range. But when the first wave of Tomahawks from the USS Gerald R.

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John Waters & Ross Calvin, RealClearDefense
Two years before the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, two senior military officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) published…

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The Great Depression was the most severe economic crisis in modern American history. It began with a downturn in August of 1929 and was punctuated by infamous the stock market crash the following October. Economic shock waves rippled through every sector of society, leaving millions unemployed, hungry, and homeless.
By 1933, nearly a quarter of the American workforce was out of a job, banks had failed, and families struggled to survive in makeshift homes and shantytowns.

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Following an unprecedented military operation targeting Venezuelan military sites and critical infrastructure, and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. Army Delta Force operators, the United States has provided details on plans for the future of the country. Speaking at a press conference, Trump administration officials presented the operation as a show of force, stressing that other world leaders could similarly face abduction by U.S. forces if the policies were seen to conflict with Washington’s interests.

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