Commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC)
An unknown object has struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz near Khasab, Oman, early this morning. A fire on the tanker has been brought under control by its crew, and all on board are reported safe and well with no pollution released into the environment.
Incidents of commercial shipping being attacked in the Hormuz corridor have been a feature of August 2026.
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AVR founder and director Martin Carr points to Ukraine’s UAS integration as a model for Nato militaries’ UAS combat teams.
Six months ago, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury.
Missiles rained down across Iran as U.S.-Israeli missiles relentlessly battered the country.
F-16I Fighter from Israel. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
F-16I Sufa. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Within hours, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was dead. Reports from a state where information is tightly controlled came through slowly, but it seemed for all the world that the operation had wiped out Iran’s leadership.
Yet, six months on, the two sides remain at war.
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For 16 years, Jamie Lenio built her life around her husband’s service.
She moved with him from Japan to North Carolina and eventually to Germany. She has supported his deployments, temporary duty assignments, and military missions while raising their children through long stretches of separation, building a life around the understanding that when the military moved her family, she would move with them.
Crude oil exports via the Strait of Hormuz have reached around 70% of their prewar levels, at least for Qatar and Kuwait.
Qatar and Kuwait Lack ‘Back Up’ Routes
Before the U.S. and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28, the two Gulf States exported some 2 million barrels of crude per day through the busy waterway. On Thursday, traders told Bloomberg that shuttle tankers and ship-to-ship transfers outside the strait had helped them replenish most of this traffic.
Oil Platform. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Generic Oil Tanker Image. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Yaryna Chornohuz is one of Ukraine’s best
Dataminr won a $318 million contract from the Defense Department for AI-powered situational awareness technology to support the A2 Publicly Available Information Alerting program.
The deal was announced Thursday evening. It was a competitive acquisition, and eight offers were received, according to the Pentagon.
“This contract provides situational awareness, force protection, and indications and warnings on global events,” per the DOD announcement. Work covered by the deal is expected to be completed by June 25, 2031.
The Navy is offering bonuses of up to $100,000 to keep some of its most experienced sailors in some of its toughest, most secretive jobs. The six-figure bonus is being offered to chief warrant officers in the service’s SEAL units and special boat teams with between four and 16 years of commissioned service, according to a recent Navy Administrative Message, or NAVADMIN.
The bonus program is available to a fairly small slice of sailors within Naval Special Warfare who hold 7151 and 7171 designators, which are warrant officer billets for SEALs and combat craft crewmen.
The US Army has revealed SixPAC, a new packaging made of lightweight polymer and steel components for small-calibre ammunition.