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Oman Might Have Just Ended the Iran War: President Donald Trump vowed to wage a “Military Terror” campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Many assumed that meant he was going to target civilian energy and water infrastructure throughout Iran. The Israelis were supposed to join those airstrikes.
But by Saturday, despite his huffing-and-puffing, it was clear that he’d not blow the Iranian house down.
Aircraft Carrier in Hard Turn. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The Iran War Has Not Hit China Hardest. It Is Making Beijing’s Domestic Problems More Expensive: A South China Morning Post report published on August 3 argues that the Iran war has imposed a smaller economic shock on China than on many other major economies.
Economist Mao Zhenhua said the conflict could still alter Beijing’s policy calculations by forcing officials to give more attention to weaknesses already inside the Chinese economy.
U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) steams in the Indian Ocean, July 2, 2026.
An airman training in one of the Air Force’s toughest intelligence jobs recently set a course record for, well, intelligence.
Airman First Class Ty Bishop, 21, a signals intelligence, or SIGINT, analyst in the Arkansas Air National Guard, finished the grueling training school for the job in July with a 100% academic average. School officials at the Apprentice Electronic Signals Intelligence Analyst Course confirmed to Task & Purpose that Bishop’s 100 percent average across the school’s 16 tests and progress checks was unprecedented since the course was overhauled in 2019.
American Rheinmetall has secured a contract to deliver new autonomous ground vehicle technologies for the US Army under Project Sustainment.
In 1953, in the final months of fighting in the Korean War, Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class William Charette found himself in a Marine Corps outpost as Chinese forces bore down on him and other American troops. Wounded and exposed to enemy fire, he moved through the lines, rendering aid to wounded Marines. More than seven decades later, a future Navy destroyer bears his name.
On Saturday, the Navy christened the USS William Charette, a new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, in Maine at the Bath Iron Works dry dock.
A month after arriving on Okinawa, Robert Eugene Bush received sobering news.
His higher-ups informed the 1st Marine Division that it was expendable during the American military’s quest to seize control of the Japanese island. Those in the division, including Bush, knew a difficult and long battle loomed ahead. But with their pronouncement, they viewed their expected life expectancies differently.
Russia Says It Downed 635 Drones as Ukraine Hit an Engels Bomber Base and Oil Sites: Ukraine launched a broad long-range drone attack across a wide arc of Russia on August 2, striking military, energy, and logistics sites across Russia. Deutsche Welle initially reported eight deaths. Later Russian regional figures raised the toll to at least nine, while the full scale of the attack and the damage at several intended targets remained unverified.
Russian officials said four people died in Belgorod.
Putin in 2023. Russian Federation Photo.
Putin back in 2019 at BRICS Summit.
Iran and Oman Are Redesigning the Strait of Hormuz, and the Deal Looks Nothing Like the Ones That Failed: Iran and Oman are close to an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, and it is unlike anything tried in five months of war.
While nothing is final, progress looks clear.
President Donald J. Trump speaks with members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, en route Joint Base Andrews for a trip to Las Vegas.
J. Trevithick, The WarZone
The Navy has a plan for a revolutionary modular surface-to-air missile arsenal, and submarines are intended to be added as launch platforms.
Lee Willett, Naval News
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