September 20, 2026: The Y-12F is the latest version of the Y-12 twin-turboprop transport that entered service in 2016. The F model entered service two months ago as an Atmospheric Comprehensive Aerial ...

Ground combat drones can carry a variety of weapons, but most have a 7.62mm machine gun with several hundred rounds of ammunition. A remote operator controls the weapon and the drone, wearing goggles ...

Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has kidnapped nearly 50,000 Ukrainian children and sent them to Russia to halt its population decline. By 2026, Russia had lost half a million men killed in ...

The U.S. Navy is purchasing automated Voyager surface drones to assist in interdicting drug cartel speedboats attempting to bring large quantities of fentanyl and other addictive substances into the ...

September 18, 2026: Last July, Iranian drones damaged two ships at Egypt’s Damietta Port, on the Mediterranean coast. Iranian officials later admitted the attack, noting that it was “ designed to show ...

There were other deceptions. Russia claimed that its economy grew by 12-14 percent between 2020 and 2024 when it shrank by eight percent. Russia also claimed its merchant shipping was still ...

What we now call Iran has had several names over the past five thousand years. The name Iran was first used in the fourth century BC as the Avestan word airyānąm. The Greeks first used the name Persia ...

At the Red Sea's southern end, between Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea) and western Yemen, lies the Bab al-Mandab (Gateway of Anguish). This narrow waterway links the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean's Gulf of ...

Al Qaeda is a major Islamic terrorist group that still survives in small numbers. It has survived mainly because it relies on the internet. Islamic terrorists became a major problem in 1979, when the ...

You can support us with your donations or subscriptions. Please help us keep our doors open. September 15, 2026: In the last twelve years, U.S. counterterrorism operations have evolved significantly, ...