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The United States and Iran are once again moving closer to an agreement that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pave the way to end the conflict, according to two regional governments involved in mediation efforts.

It’s not the first time such a claim has been made in recent weeks, but it is once again injecting some optimism into global oil markets and leaving Gulf governments hopeful that military action in the region may soon cease.

A B-2 Spirit soars after a refueling mission over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, May 30, 2006.

On the night of 8-9 August, Ukrainian drones destroyed an Almaz-Antey S-400 missile launch assembly.

That unit had been used to cover the airspace over one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s palatial residences from long-range missile and drone strikes.

German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1 fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) during Artemis Strike Nov. 7 in Chania, Greece. Artemis Strike is a German-led multinational air defense exercise. German soldiers Over 200 U.S.

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One of the least helpful aspects of the modern-day battleship debate is the fact it has been so highly politicized.
Whenever an announcement of a milestone comes up, the first thing that has to be done in the search for useful information is to filter out the rabid partisans on the left and right who will support or oppose anything strictly through a partisan lens.

DAYTON, Ohio — While the Air Force is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence for its sustainment and maintenance needs, service officials say most efforts remain in experimentation or market research as they determine where the technology can provide meaningful gains.
Leaders from multiple portfolios told reporters at the Air Force’s Life Cycle Industry Days that they believe AI has wide-ranging potential to improve the service’s fleet availability — including predictive maintenance, supply chain management and broader decision support.

Crimea continues to be the punching bag of the Ukraine war as Kyiv ramps up its operations to make life tough for the Russian Army in the peninsula.

Originally annexed in 2014, reclaiming Crimea has been one of Ukraine’s main goals since the beginning of the war.

Putin in June 2016 Image Credit Russian Federation Photo

Since 2025, Ukrainian drones have been constantly harassing the Russians in the region, striking radars, air defenses, military installations, and pretty much anything else within their reach.

A recent Barak Ravid exclusive in Axios quotes US President Donald J. Trump as “low-key negotiating” with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

To be clear, the Iranian side denies having anything close to a direct negotiating link to the American administration.

M109 Artillery Creative Commons Photo.

The Iranian claims have been confirmed by the likes of Pakistan, a country whose leaders are very close with both the Trump administration and the Iranian regime.

Remember when U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in the Oval Office last year?

It was perhaps one of the most memorable and disconcerting episodes in the history of relations between the two countries.

Tim Murry, a foreign threats compound contractor, drives a T-72 battle tank into position to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald Flag, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 30. Emerald Flag is a multi-service exercise aimed to unify information sharing across joint domain platforms. (U.S.

For Netflix, India is not just an important market for gaining subscribers, it’s now an “indispendible” investment. A new six-part series called “Operation Safed Sagar” is now streaming—and it’s said to be “a spectacle on the scale of ‘Top Gun.’”
Also Read: One of the world’s largest-ever tank battles was between India and Pakistan
To produce the new series, Netflix got unprecedented access to the Indian Air Force, filming air combat sequences at an altitude of 16,000 feet. To make it all happen, the streamer hired 1,200 local visual effects technicians.

Soldiers at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, are getting new food options and meal plans since dining options around the base amount to what officials have dubbed a “food desert.”
This is significant for the 500 soldiers at the small garrison because it hasn’t had a dining facility since 2012.
To fill in the gap, the Army opened the Culinary Outpost food truck last month, which feeds hundreds of soldiers on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Meals cost between $7 and $10, and soldiers can also buy vacuum-sealed meals that they can refrigerate for the rest of the week, officials said.

Ukraine struck another major Russian oil refinery overnight, this time over 900 miles from the Ukrainian border.

The strikes, which took place overnight into August 11, are just the latest in a long string of attacks on Russian infrastructure deep behind the front lines.

Artillery Test Creative Commons Photo

The Ukrainian General Staff announced that its forces struck the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in Orsk, in Russia’s Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan.