U.S. Navy Minesweepers Assigned To Middle East Have Been Moved To Pacific Two of the three Littoral Combat Ships that had taken over the minesweeping role in the Middle East have just appeared in Malaysia. twz.com/sea/u-s-navy-m…

With all the talk about warships escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz: I was aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when it sailed through the Strait in 2012 as a show of force. What stood out was how close the ship got to the Iranian coast. We could easily see both the Iranian

🛡️ Les systèmes de défense antimissile prennent une place croissante dans les stratégies de sécurité contemporaines, en Ukraine comme au Moyen-Orient, mais leur développement soulève aussi de nouveaux enjeux de stabilité stratégique. 📘 Dans le dernier Défense & Industries

1/3 Europe is shifting gears. Boarding Russia’s “shadow fleet” tankers is no longer symbolic. It’s becoming sustained maritime enforcement. The goal: disrupt sanctions evasion and raise the cost of financing Putin’s war. iiss.org/online-analysi…

German Chancellor Merz on Iran War: The region must not slide into an eternal war with unclear goals. This war must be brought to an end with a clear plan, with a strategy. We are not participating in this war; we said that from day one. That remains the case for us. As long

⭕ LIVE: US President Donald Trump is speaking to the press amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Modern warfare has gone far beyond drones and missiles...👀 AI-generated fakes and disinformation are spreading fast during conflicts, sometimes even sanctioned by states📰 University of Portsmouth Read in full🔗⬇️ forcesnews.com/epic-fury/epic…

Merz further rebuffs Trump's request for a military mission in the Strait of Hormuz: "NATO is a defensive alliance, not an interventionist one. And that is precisely why NATO has no place here at all."

Trump on The Strait of Hormuz: We get less than 1% of our oil from the strait. Some countries get much more: Japan 95%, China 90%, and South Korea 35%. We want them to come and help us with the strait.

On the Strait of Hormuz conundrum, the 1987 tanker war is illustrative. The US had 28 ships in the region, France 15 inc an aircraft carrier, the UK 9 plus random Italian, Dutch and Belgium escorts. Despite these large numbers, escorting ships was ineffective. Attacks went up

“In this era of great-power politics, our freedom is no longer a given,” writes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “Preserving it will take determination, and we must be ready for change, hard work, and even sacrifice.” fam.ag/4bewqlm

Latest analysis article: If called upon, what assets could the Royal Navy send to the Gulf? navylookout.com/if-called-upon…

'America has no loyalty and Israel is your enemy' Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has issued a message to the Muslim world saying that Iran remains “steadfast” in its fight against the US and Israel. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/31mwep

Last night, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in Labinsk, Kuban. The fire intensified during the day, spreading to several more storage tanks.

Trump on NATO and Ukraine: We are working with them on Ukraine. Ukraine is thousands of miles away from us. We don't have to do that.

Three UH-60 Black Hawks of the Main Intelligence Directorate's aviation unit

This is disinhibition due to frontotemporal dementia. In FTD, you lose the ability to think through the consequences of your words. He’s got no filter. His decision-making is pure emotion. It would be dangerous to let him drive a car, much less run a country, or a war.

The US is temporarily allowing the purchase of Russian oil that’s stranded at sea after the US-Israeli war on Iran led to a sharp increase in global oil prices. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova explains how the move impacts Moscow.

💥 Russia: Fuel reservoirs continue to detonate after yesterday's strikes by Ukraine. Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai.

Trump reminded that NATO is essentially the United States “Because NATO is us. Putin fears us. He has no fear of Europe whatsoever. He fears the United States of America,” Trump said.