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Iran Threatens Hell Over Hormuz, But Trump May Have Just Prevented It – As the White House weighs putting boots on the ground in Iran and insists that the Strait of Hormuz is still open, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander has warned that Iran will turn the region into “hell” if the regime’s control of the Strait of Hormuz is challenged.

“We will bring the region into hell for you from across Iran if you make the sacred Strait of Hormuz safe,” IRGC Aerospace Force commander Brigadier General Majid Mousavi warned this week. 

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Today, the war in Ukraine has been raging for 1,569 days, meaning it has continued longer than WWI. The war has been raging for four years and has become the most devastating war in Europe since the Second World War.

Despite all the devastation, the war continues and shows little sign of stopping. Given the current state of the battlefield, neither side can bring the war to a quick military close, so it is up to diplomacy to end the conflict.

However, considering the current state of negotiations, it is unlikely that either side will reach an agreement anytime soon.

Ukraine’s latest barrage of long-range attacks inside Russia has struck military and energy infrastructure at shocking distances – and they can thank the domestically-made “Flamingo” for the chaos it’s causing for Moscow.

Flamingo Missiles Hit Russia’s Defense Industry

Neptune Cruise Missile Ukraine Government Photo

Ukraine Cruise Missile. Image Credit: Government of Ukraine.

With negotiations between Tehran and Washington stalled, the American President is on the offensive, though only verbally so far. But in order to break the deadlock, President Trump is seemingly interested in pummeling Iran yet again — and suggested a Venezuela-style takeover of at least some of the country’s energy infrastructure and an invasion of what is perhaps the crown jewel of Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure.

A Texas lawmaker has sparked hopes to award the Medal of Honor to an Air Force pilot killed while protecting classified information during the Vietnam War. Air Force Maj. Robert A. Lodge was shot down during Operation Linebacker I while flying with the most advanced radar system of the day. Rather than bail out of his burning plane and risk capture, he drove his F-4D Phantom II into the ground, keeping the technology and his knowledge of it out of enemy hands.
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Logistics and supply chains are everything in warfare. Without “beans and bullets,” it is difficult, if not impossible, to be successful in warfare. Of course, military supplies have become much more advanced since World War Two, when America pursued its “Arsenal of Democracy” strategy, which helped win the global conflict. The Russo-Ukraine war has seen a depth and breadth of logistical needs in Europe not seen since the 1940s.

The supply requirements in Ukraine and Russia have been under-reported during media coverage of the war.

Most Western fighters are designed around the assumption that air superiority comes first and logistics follow. The Gripen was designed around the assumption that Sweden would be fighting for survival against a larger adversary while its air bases were under constant attack.

That distinction matters.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen was built from the outset to operate from austere environments in a dispersed manner. Highways and improvised airstrips are just some of the places from which this fourth-generation warplane can operate.

SAAB JAS 39 Gripen Fighter. Image Credit: SAAB.

Washington appears to be searching for an Epic Fury off-ramp. With public patience fading, costs mounting, missile stockpiles dwindling, and naval assets tied up, the administration likely recognizes that it’s time to pivot. Doing so will require political tact and a claim to victory, even if a decisive strategic victory remains elusive. The most likely outcome is a managed de-escalation, followed by declarations of victory.

Washington Wants Out of Iran War

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Is This How Putin Plans to Fight Back In Ukraine?: Amidst slowing gains on the front lines and an increasingly aggressive drone campaign by Ukrainian forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to be planning a “Hail Mary” winter offensive that, he hopes, will turn the tide and put Ukraine back on the defensive. After more than four years of war, in what was meant to be a weeks-long “special military operation,” Moscow is now facing a growing list of challenges.

In 2022, Scott Sweetow wrote, “Of Roadside Bombs and Drones: Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem,” where he argued Ukraine’s fight against Russia would rely on a combination of conventional and asymmetrical insurgent tactics. Four years of combat later, we asked Scott to revisit his arguments.Image: National Information Warfare Center PacificIn your 2022 article, you argued that Ukraine’s tech-driven resistance could rapidly evolve into an insurgency-style force.