Russia plans to increase defence spending to 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.6 billion) in 2027, representing an increase of approximately 27 percent over the 13.5 trillion roubles originally allocated for the year, according to Russian government budget documents reviewed by Reuters. The planned allocation would be the highest level of Russian defence spending in over 30 years. The documents indicate that Russia expects to spend approximately 50 trillion roubles on defence over the three-year 2027–2029 budget period.
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Back on September 9, Al Jazeera reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had claimed to have captured a Dive-LD vessel, an unmanned U.S. submersible, near the Strait of Hormuz, during the early-September period when the U.S. and Iran were exchanging attacks.
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” performs during the 2026 Sioux Falls AirShow: Power on the Prairie at Joe Foss Field, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 17, 2026.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego on Sunday for what is anticipated to be an extended Middle East deployment, which would make it the fifth U.S. aircraft carrier to have been committed to operations connected to the Iran war since it began seven months ago.
According to an Aug. 26 report by USNI News about the Roosevelt’s deployment, the carrier’s 5,000-strong crew is expected to head to Central Command’s area of responsibility, where the aircraft carrier will relieve the USS George Washington.
The last month has been a comparatively quiet period in the Iran War, with The Wall Street Journal recently describing the last few weeks as occupying a “liminal space between war and peace.”
However, that period has nevertheless taken a toll on United States service members.
According to a report Monday by Task & Purpose, which cited an update to the Defense Casualty Analysis System, nine Marines and 29 sailors were wounded in the month of September in “overseas operations,” as part of their support of the Iran War.
Local communities have expressed frustration over rising diesel prices as fuel costs hover near record highs. Prices have shot up in recent weeks due to the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and repeated attacks on oil refineries as part of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The rise has prompted some Republicans to call for a ban on diesel exports ahead of the forthcoming midterm elections.
Prices Rising
The average price of diesel reached a record high of $6.53 per gallon on Tuesday, 22nd September, and stayed around $6.50 over the weekend.
President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. By Monday, however, there was less agreement on whether a new round of talks was planned.
“I reject their proposal,” Trump said to reporters Saturday.
A B-1 Bomber, 77th Weapons Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, performs a fly by for the crowd during an Air Force Firepower Demonstration at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nev., Oct 8.
Russia Launches Major Drone Strikes Against Kyiv: Russia attacked the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, with drones again on Monday. The drones hit the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine building, setting it on fire.
One Person Killed
Vladimir Putin in Syria. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Putin in Briefing. Image Credit: Russian Government.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said that as a result of the attack on the academy, one person was killed and three were injured.
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Continues to Reach New Lows – U.S. President Donald Trump’s approval rating remains at uncomfortable lows just five weeks before the midterm elections.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week found that the President’s approval rating stood at just 32% — the lowest of his political career under any Reuters/Ipsos survey.
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in the Cabinet Room.
The Army has a saying, “Ain’t no use in looking down, ain’t no discharge on the ground.” But for some old World War II sailors, looking down might have revealed a DD-214—just not the kind of DD-214 that are discharge papers.
That’s because the destroyer and minesweeper USS Tracy was commissioned as DD-214, the Navy’s 208th destroyer, so numbered because DD-200 through DD-205 were canceled.
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USS Tracy actually predates World War II.
Everyone remembers the SignalGate scandal in March 2025, when journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a Signal group chat that included Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other top government officials.
Just as he would later that year with the Iranian nuclear program, President Donald Trump claimed that he had “decimated” the Houthis, the Iran-backed militia who were the targets of the attack that was being planned in that Signal chat.