Daily Archives: Jul 3, 2026

Charles Mitchell

FAA Grounds MD-11 Fleet After Louisville Crash Reveals Pylon Failures

The devastating losses suffered by UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville on November 4 have already established this tragedy as an instant classic, a paradigm case study, for examples of structural failures and the necessity for fleet action on safety. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, headed for a scheduled stopover in...
Charles Mitchell

10 Strategic Flashpoints Reshaping Global Security in 2025

What can be expected when the pace of military technology, geopolitics, and cyber warfare all speed up at the same time? The effects of decisions regarding national security are without precedent. As this is written in the year 2025, wars ranging from Eastern Europe to the Middle East-to space-are...
William Harrison

9 Strategic Shifts Reshaping Russia’s Energy and Global Oil Markets

Will a drone swarm tip the world’s energy market balance? In the fourth year of the war, Ukraine’s precision strikes on Russian oil targets are doing more than delivering physical destruction, they are reshaping commodity, developing economies, and understanding the leverage. From investors and analysts, the implications go well...