Daily Archives: Dec 15, 2025

The war in Ukraine entered a hazardous new phase-not on the battlefield but on the balance sheets. Despite record military spending and a surge in arms production, the Kremlin's war machine is showing signs of severe financial strain. Regional governments are slashing enlistment bonuses, defense plants are missing payrolls,...

"The difference between life and death was a few feet or a few seconds." That blunt sentence from a Navy investigation into a different carrier mishap underlines the unforgiving nature of naval operations, especially in contested waters like the South China Sea. In late October 2025, two US Navy...

When the "Gannon" superstorm struck in May 2024, Earth's plasmasphere-the doughnut-shaped shell of cold, charged particles that co-rotates with the planet's magnetic field-collapsed to an altitude of just 9,600 kilometers, a level never before recorded by modern instruments. This sudden compression, from its typical 44,000 kilometers, removed five-sixths of...