Daily Archives: Jul 4, 2026

"Fighter jets are not just weapons, they are geopolitical statements." That fact was nowhere more in evidence than at the 2025 Dubai Airshow, where the United States and Russia took to the skies with their most advanced stealth fighters, the F-35 Lightning II, and Su-57E, respectively. But this wasn't...

A single aircraft carrier can shift the balance of power in a contested sea. When that carrier is the USS Nimitz, operating alongside Japanese and Philippine warships in waters claimed by China, the strategic stakes rise sharply. This latest joint exercise has triggered a stern warning from Beijing, underscoring...

Fire and smoke illuminated the night sky over the Danube when a Turkish liquefied petroleum gas tanker, anchored in Ukraine's Izmail Port just across the river from Romania, was in flames. The fire did not come about due to an accident; it was after a suspected Russian drone strike...