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The stalemate between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz again escalated on Saturday, September 5, after Iranian forces targeted two U.S. Navy warships with ballistic missiles. The United States then responded with attacks on three Iranian oil tankers — a series of strikes that confirmed recent reports that Washington was considering a new “tanker for tanker” approach intended to wipe out Iran’s tanker fleet.
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The Algerian Air Force is scheduled to receive at least one new batch of Su-34 long range strike fighters before the end of 2026, according to unconfirmed reports from multiple sources. This follows confirmation of the delivery of the first batch in June, which made the country the world’s only foreign operator of the type.
Algerian state media has published rare footage of Navy personnel equipping one of the country’s Kilo class attack submarines being equipped and operating in the Mediterranean Sea, and firing a cruise missile. The ships have long provided the most robust underseas warfare capability in Africa or the Arab World, and in many respects form the backbone of the country’s maritime combat capability due to the relatively limited capabilities of the Algerian surface fleet.
The United States struck an Iranian oil tanker off Kharg Island on Saturday, September 5, bringing U.S. military strikes to the waters surrounding Iran’s primary crude oil export hub. The island, whose infrastructure has so far not been heavily hit by the United States despite six months of intermittent bombing campaigns, handled roughly 90% of Iranian crude exports before the war began in February.
The attack was just one in an operation that saw three Iranian oil tankers hit following ballistic missile attacks directed at U.S. Navy warships by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Trump’s Envoys Arrive In Moscow As Russian Strikes Kill Five – President Donald Trump appears to be attempting new negotiations with Moscow, sending two envoys to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin while Russian forces continue their extensive attacks in Ukraine, killing at least five people overnight.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport with President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s presidential envoy and one of the Kremlin’s main intermediaries with the Trump administration, met the two.
The U.S. military has disabled advertising tracking tools in government-issued phones, computers and other devices, officials recently told Congress.
The different military branches confirmed they had done so, some only this summer, following reporting that commercially available data taken from these devices and sold freely by data brokers, was being used by Iran and other adversaries to track and in some cases target American bases and personnel. The confirmation came from a letter shared by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC).
Sometimes the path forward isn’t perfectly mapped out—something military spouses know all too well. We adapt and learn. We also recognize opportunities. And, most poignantly, when we see a problem that needs solving, we figure out how to do something about it.
That spirit of reinvention is one reason stories about women entrepreneurs resonate so strongly with the Mighty MilSpouse community, and Kelsey Robertson is one of those entrepreneurs worth watching.
Footage from an unknown urban location in China has shown the Type 100 next generation main battle tank in previously unseen colours in active service. The footage follows unconfirmed reports from local sources that the vehicle is being brought into service in larger numbers, following its unveiling as the first tank in the world of its generation in September 2025. The Type 100 has cemented China’s position of leadership in armour development, where previously the USSR and Russia were expected to lead the world into the new generation with the respective T-95 and T-14 programs.
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II conducts flight operations aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), April 2026. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/DVIDS (Public Domain)
The Pentagon announced this week it has finally disabled advertising trackers on government-issued phones and computers across every branch of the U.S. military. The mobile advertising ID — the tiny piece of code that lets data brokers follow a single device across every app it touches, map where it sleeps, where it works, where it travels, and sell that information to anyone with a credit card — has been shut off.
American forces hit three Iranian oil tankers around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked two U.S. warships.
U.S. Central Command said that the IRGC fired ballistic missiles at an American aircraft carrier and destroyer, but both ships were able to evade “multiple” attacks. Soon after, U.S. forces targeted three Iranian crude oil ships operating in or around the Strait of Hormuz. They “permanently disabled” the M/T Downy, sailing near Kharg Island and the M/T Stark 1 operating near Jask.