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Reports today state that Russian President Vladimir Putin will close Moscow and most of the airspace of European Russia to all private planes and helicopters. The closure comes from his fear of both Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes and increasing rumors of possible assassination plots against him internally.
The boundaries of this restricted area extend over most of central Russia. It begins at the border with Belarus in the west, extends north to the St.
Two years after the United States military pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, the Communists moved ever closer to overrunning South Vietnam.
Before Saigon fell, President Gerald Ford threw a supposed lifeline to children in Southeast Asia that the war left without parents. So on April 3, 1975, he authorized Operation Babylift—a bold endeavor that resulted in the evacuation of roughly 3,300 Vietnamese orphans from the embattled country.
Jay Rogers, RCD
Memorial Day 2026 should have centered on flags at graves and the quiet dignity of remembering Americans who died in uniform. It didn’t.
Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
Facing an eroding maritime advantage and China’s rapid 6th-gen fighter development, the Navy is accelerating its carrier-launched stealth platform
Mikayla Easley, DefenseScoop
The new Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) Speedline will be located at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex in Georgia
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The MK24 Mid-Range Gas Gun-Assault features a “quick-change swappable barrel”
Summary and Key Points: Seven weeks into the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, the IRGC has continued to fire on U.S. naval forces in the Strait of Hormuz — and Washington keeps misreading the signal because Iran’s diplomats and its military do not share a command structure.
The Iran War Gets Complicated
Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown. Image Taken By National Security Journal October 14, 2025.
Seven weeks into the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, shots were fired in the Gulf again last week.
Summary and Key Points: As Russia’s economy buckles under sanctions and drone strikes on its oil infrastructure, the elite consensus around Vladimir Putin is showing visible cracks — with a well-connected business leader telling The Guardian there is now “profound disappointment in Putin” and a growing sense that “some kind of catastrophe is looming.
The United States Department of War has signed a $100 million contract with the country’s largest defence contractor, Lockheed Martin, to address a serious thermal management issue affecting the F-35 fighter’s braking system. The contract covers the supply of 1,459 new brake assembly heat sinks for the aircraft, following findings that excessive heat generated during braking can spread into nearby avionics wiring and sensors, damaging components and forcing aircraft into lengthy depot-level maintenance.