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The United States Has Bombed Iran for 12 Nights. Hormuz Is Still Nearly Closed – President Donald Trump has kept American aircraft striking Iran for 12 consecutive nights, yet the campaign’s main political objectives remain unresolved. Tehran continues attacking shipping and regional bases, commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely reduced, and Iran has not accepted Washington’s terms. A Politico assessment of the campaign raised the question now facing the White House: how much more can airpower accomplish without a workable diplomatic end state?

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Yemen’s Houthis Say They Hit 2 Saudi Tankers as the Iran War Reaches the Red Sea: Yemen’s Houthi movement says it attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, marking the first claimed enforcement action since the group announced a blockade of shipping connected to Saudi ports. A Reuters report on the July 23 escalation said the Houthis identified the vessels as Encelia and Layla and claimed they used missiles and drones.

The available evidence is stronger for Encelia.

Carley Welch, BrDef
The Army organized what it called a “hackathon” to find new vendors that could help with the supply of 166 critical components causing readiness issues for the tank’s…

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The Army official overseeing Lockheed Martin Corp.

Russia Is Rerouting Siberian Fuel to Protect Moscow From Shortages: Russia is diverting gasoline from Siberia and the Urals toward Moscow and increasing imports from Belarus after Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted refineries across the country. A Reuters investigation into the emergency supply plan found that the capital region had stabilized by mid-July after shortages and long lines appeared following an attack on the Moscow Oil Refinery.

The underlying production gap remains serious.

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NODA AI won a $10 million Department of War contract on July 22, 2026 to develop MAESTRO, software that projects commander’s intent across autonomous drones from any manufacturer

William McHenry, RealClearDefense
Regaining the Offensive Initiative in the Age of the Transparent Battlefield

Ukrainian special forces troops that are operating near the front lines now purposely carry pump-action shotguns for short-range defense. The shotguns are not for anti-personnel purposes but as a last-resort defense against Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones, as they are impervious to electronic warfare (EW) jamming.

The use of shotguns is the Ukrainian special ops solution for a countermeasure against fiber-optic guided drones.

On Wednesday Morning (local time), Ukraine carried out another large drone attack targeting warehouses belonging to the Russian online retailing company Wildberries. According to reports, Ukraine struck two more large warehouses in this morning’s attack, one in Krasnodar and one in Nevinnomyssk. Attacks come as Ukraine intensifies its drone attacks to hamper Russia’s economy, which now appears to be shifting towards the consumer economy.