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Iran is reportedly set to receive hundreds of portable anti-air missile systems from China, as peace talks with the United States stall.

Reuters says three sources informed it of the impending plans, which China’s Foreign Ministry has firmly denied.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron sits on the flightline during exercise Prairie Vigilance 25-1 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 12, 2025. Vigilance series exercises are conducted with a focus on the safe and secure handling of equipment. (U.S.

Ukraine Hits Last Major Russian Black Sea Fleet Stronghold – Ukraine launched one of its most ambitious attacks on Russia’s Black Sea military infrastructure yet, striking the naval base at Novorossiysk overnight with a combination of aerial and naval drones and missiles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the strikes in a statement, describing them as a “unique operation” against the “last major stronghold of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea.

When Elon Musk shut down Russia’s access to his Starlink satellite internet system, it caused, as several military analysts said at the time, more problems for the Russian military than its leadership would like to admit.

Several of them described to The Moscow Times just how much Russia’s wartime operations suffered.

Putin in June 2016 Image Credit Russian Federation Photo

Putin Back in 2015 Russian Federation Photo

“The loss of part of their communications created disorganization within the Russian army,” the Ukrainian military analyst Ivan Stupak told The Moscow Times.

Pakistan says the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are moving closer to an arrangement that could help break the months-long standoff over the Strait of Hormuz (SoH), even as Washington and Tehran continue trading threats. Maritime violence persists across the region–including now in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.

What the Pakistanis Are Saying

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Physicist John M.

Passersby walking along the banks of the Danube in Hungary’s capital city noticed a strange set of handlebars protruding from the rocks on Aug. 2, 2026. Authorities would uncover the remains of a wreck—from more than 80 years ago.
The handlebars belonged to a German Army motorcycle, recovered intact from the river waters. Also uncovered were the bodies of two German soldiers (with their identification tags), a wedding ring, and some anti-tank mines.

Pakistan Still Says An Iran Deal Is Close – Pakistan continues to push negotiations between the United States and Iran, with Pakistani officials claiming on Wednesday, August 12, that both sides have agreed to give diplomacy more time. But within hours of the statement, Tehran pushed back.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran has not agreed to extend the negotiating period established under the previous U.S.-Iran agreement, arguing that Washington effectively destroyed the deal weeks ago and that it would not be reimplemented.

USS John C. Stennis Carrier.

In 2025, Nurlan Aliyev wrote, “The Mayhem of Russia’s “Research” Fleet,” where he argued that NATO must act decisively to safeguard critical undersea infrastructure from Russian sabotage attempts. A year later, we asked him to revisit his arguments. Image: Andrey Luzik via Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2025 article, you argued that NATO needed to act decisively to safeguard critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic, Barents, and Arctic regions from Russian sabotage.

Syria to Partially Retake Russian Bases on Its Coast – Russia’s military presence in Syria is set to be downgraded further under an agreement announced by Damascus on Sunday.

The full details of Moscow and Damascus’s new “memorandum of understanding” have not been published, but Syria is reportedly set to regain civilian control at two key Russian military bases on its Mediterranean coast.

Kirov-Class Russian Navy. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Kirov-Class Russian Navy Cleaned Up. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

With the United States and Iran continuing their standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, there are new reports of disagreements within the upper reaches of the Iranian regime, and questions about who is really in charge in Tehran.

According to Bloomberg News, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on TV this week that he found it “very difficult” to reach the country’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. The president later said the two had recently met for several hours and called it “a very good meeting.” Reuters later confirmed that the two met.

Iran’s missile capabilities.

How Iran Strategized Around the U.S. Munitions Shortage – Reports in recent weeks have indicated that the U.S. is facing a munitions shortage after months of war in Iran. The Hill reported this week that this depleted weapons stockpile has begun to undermine U.S. leverage in the war and elsewhere. 

“So, this is a dangerous moment for the United States to have these reduced stockpiles of key weapons at a time when these threats are all real,” Leon Panetta, a former congressman, defense secretary, and CIA director, told The Hill.