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After four years of brutal attrition, the war in Ukraine has taken its toll on Moscow’s armored reserves, with the majority of its pre-war Soviet-era stocks now seemingly depleted.

According to some reports, Russia’s old stocks, which numbered between 10,000 and 20,000 prior to the war, now consist of around 2,000 mothballed tanks in poor condition.

T-72 Like Those Fighting in Ukraine.

Even with Russian tank factories maintaining a steady stream of new tanks, there is growing concern that efforts to ramp up production may fail to meet the Russian Army’s needs.

Sailors assigned to military operations at the southern U.S. border are now eligible for the new Mexican Border Defense Medal.
The move puts sailors assigned to ships and ground units involved with border operations on the same footing for the award as thousands of soldiers and, as of last month, Marines.
The service announced the eligibility in a Navy Administrative Message, or NAVADMIN, detailing new guidance for how commanders can approve sailors for the relatively new award.

The new Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, is expected to hold interest rates steady this week, but that might only last so long. As U.S. households struggle to cope with the impact of the war in Iran and the oil crisis that may or may not have just been averted, the chances of a rate hike seem to be getting higher.

It’s bad news for the president from multiple angles, too.

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Last night, Russia launched another large-scale missile/drone attack against large portions of Ukraine. The attack featured around 600 drones and various cruise/ballistic missiles, including Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

As a result of the attacks, various civilian and cultural sites were hit or damaged. Amidst the destruction, Dormition Cathedral, a UNESCO site and one of the holiest sites in Ukraine, was struck, causing a fire to burn a large portion of the outside structure.

Typhon Hypersonic Missile. Image Credit: YouTube Screenshot.

A B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff on Monday at Edwards Air Force Base, California, the base posted on social media. The base is the home of flight testing for the Air Force.
The crash took place at 11:20 a.m., according to the post. No information about the status of the bomber’s crew was immediately available.
“Emergency crews immediately responded to the scene and the situation is ongoing,” the social media post says.
The crash is the latest in s string of military flight mishaps in recent weeks.

The Next Ukraine Crisis: The Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure took a particularly ugly turn on Sunday night when drones struck and set on fire the 1,000-year-old Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in 1051, according to Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration.

The massive Russian missile attack on Kyiv set apartment buildings on fire and left at least eleven people dead and more than four dozen wounded. Russia launched more than 670 drones and 70 missiles in the attack.

KNDS unveiled the CAPINT main battle tank and LORAS 155mm tracked artillery concepts on the opening day of Eurosatory 2026.

The Iran Ceasefire Won’t Fix the Energy Crisis Anytime Soon: With the markets and Washington breathing a deep sigh of relief over the informal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, the forty-seventh president of the United States is giddily speaking about the prospects of the Strait of Hormuz reopening “immediately.”

Markets Are Celebrating. Energy Reality Is Different

USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier At Sea. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Is Iran Preparing to Charge An Hormuz Toll?: After initially announcing that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Washington and Iran would be signed during a ceremony on Friday, the Trump administration announced on Monday that the agreement had been signed by President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf.

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Earlier this month, WTOC TV news (Savannah, GA) reported on an event involving the Atlanta Falcons at Parris Island, a Marine Corps training facility for recruits in Port Royal, South Carolina.
Current and former Atlanta Falcons participated at the event.
The Falcons got a taste of what it is like to train to become a marine, also giving marines and their families a chance to take photos and get photographs.
There was a bit of yelling by the instructors.
Some Falcons could be seen going down the rappel tower. Then there was a shooting competition.