Author: Michael

Trump’s Ceasefire Mirage Is Collapsing: and the War Is About to Return: The purported ceasefire between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was always shaky, is breaking down in real time.

President Donald J. Trump has posted on his Truth Social an utterly delusional (typically long-winded) post that concludes with this bit of Pollyanna-like flair: “Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end – It always does!”

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber on Runway. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Russia’s PAK DA was supposed to be Moscow’s stealth answer to the American B-21 — a flying-wing bomber built to haul nuclear weapons past the world’s best air defenses. There’s just one problem. Nearly twenty years after the program began, and after a parade of finalized designs and confident deadlines, Russia still hasn’t rolled out a single prototype. What it has produced instead says a lot about why analysts have started calling the whole thing a fairy tale.

Russia Needs To Scrap The Failed “Fairy Tale” PAK DA Stealth Bomber

PAK DA Stealth Bomber Artist Rendering.

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Iran’s decision to walk away – breaking in the news right now – from the negotiating table and threatening to seal the Strait of Hormuz completely leaves Donald Trump facing a problem with no quick fix. As one former Senior Donald Trump offical who served in his first term on the National Security Council told me just minutes ago: “Trump’s Strait of Hormuz crisis is a problem looking for a solution. Trump has no good options anymore, and he knows that.

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The United States, United Kingdom and Australia have launched a new trilateral “signature project” focused on developing new capabilities for unmanned underwater vehicles.
The military pact unveiled the undersea drone effort in a joint statement issued on Saturday. The partner nations will be developing “cutting-edge payloads and enabling systems” to enhance their UUV arsenals, with deliveries expected to begin next year, according to the statement. 
The announcement came after a meeting between U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.K.

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