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The Strait of Hormuz could remain a critical geopolitical flashpoint.

While the deal promises a removal of the US blockade within 30 days and a restoration of pre-war shipping traffic, the future of the Strait remains uncertain.

An EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), May 21, 2026. Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S.

President Donald Trump will present the Medal of Honor on Thursday afternoon to three service members who fought in Vietnam and Afghanistan: Retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr.; retired Army Maj. Nicholas Dockery; and retired Marine Col. John W. Ripley, who will receive the award posthumously, the White House has announced.
Capers saved his reconnaissance team in South Vietnam following a bloody ambush in April 1967.

As we like to say in our videos, “logistics wins wars.” From Hannibal crossing the Alps to attack Rome to Napoleon’s army starving just weeks into his invasion of Russia, the ability to get supplies to your troops is vital. Russia is learning this lesson the hard way in occupied eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
Ukrainian drone operators have been picking off Russian supply trucks and support systems, including air defense platforms, in strikes 30 to 180 kilometers behind the front lines.

Ukraine launched what appears to be the largest drone attack of the war against Moscow on June 18, striking a major oil refinery, disrupting all four of the capital’s airports, and forcing Russian authorities to acknowledge a massive penetration of the country’s most heavily defended airspace. The attack marks a turning point in the conflict, in which the veil of Russian domestic immunity has been punctured. And while Russian officials claimed to have intercepted hundreds of drones, the scale of the attack has shifted perceptions about what Ukraine is capable of.

Ukrainian Drones Hit Moscow In Largest Attack Of The War: A  massive Ukrainian drone strike on ‌an oil and gas facility in Moscow for the second time this week set the refinery ablaze.

Unlike the attack earlier in the week that resulted in limited smoke plumes, Moscow’s skyline was covered with thick, black, acrid smoke. Once again, the drone strike disrupted service at Moscow’s four airports, resulting in 500 flight delays or cancellations.

Putin in March of 2022.

India’s annual defence manufacturing output has reached Rs1.78tn ($18.84bn) in financial year 2025-26, according to the Ministry of Defence.

Begun, the drone wars have. But, not in the way you’ve seen in Ukraine and Iran. Quadcopters and unmanned ground vehicles are useful at the small unit level and kamikaze drone boats can empower small navies, but the United States Navy is looking beyond that.
What if we took a surface warship with hypersonic missiles and removed the crew? Just propulsion and weapon systems. That’s what the Navy wants to try.
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In 2024, Emilian Kavalski and Claris Diaz argued in “Beyond TikTok – The National Security Risks of Chinese Agricultural Drones” that the national debate over foreign social media platforms risked becoming too narrow, potentially causing Washington to overlook other foreign technologies embedded in critical systems. Two years later, we asked them to revisit their arguments.

On Tuesday, 16 June, a Russian warship fired warning shots at a private, unarmed yacht in the English Channel.

It was crewed by two British retirees, who posed no danger at all, but appeared to be the latest victims of a new escalation in tensions between London and Moscow.

Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Russian Navy. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The 40ft British-flagged vessel, called Bright Future, is owned by Jane and Alan Kelvey.

A Lebanon Ceasefire is Just a Poison Pill: Having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, President Donald Trump is triumphant in rhetoric. While the agreement is only for 60 days, Trump believes it is not only superior to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action but can be the framework for ending Iran’s nuclear ambitions and, more broadly, stopping the corollary wars Iran’s proxies have sparked.

The Islamic Republic promotes a different narrative.