Category: Strategy
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Finland Joins France’s Nuclear Deterrence Network
Finland has joined France’s Forward Deterrence initiative, deepening bilateral ties and supporting European security efforts without overlapping NATO’s nuclear role. The move follows France’s troop contributions to NATO forces in Finland this summer and aligns with Nordic neighbors like Norway, Sweden, and Denmark already participating. Officials plan a Nuclear Steering Group for dialogue, joint exercises,…
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Iran Breaches U.S. Air Defenses
CBS, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that several U.S. military aircraft were damaged in an Iranian ballistic-missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight from September 8 to 9: one A-10 Thunderbolt II was hit and lost a wing, while about eight F-15E Strike Eagles sustained light damage and were later…
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Hormuz on the Brink
U.S. Central Command reported destroying five Iranian crude oil carriers, including the M/T Riesco which sank, after Iran’s IRGC targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles that missed. Iran claimed it hit two U.S. vessels, eight oil tankers, and ten other ships in the largest single attack in the strait. The escalation has pushed…
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Canada Hits Back in Tariff War
Canada’s retaliatory counter-tariffs (surtaxes) on roughly C$27.6 billion (~US$20 billion) of U.S.-origin goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. This is a dollar-for-dollar, rate-for-rate response to U.S. Section 338 tariffs (and matching Section 232 rates) that hit a similar value of Canadian exports after trade talks collapsed in late August. Rates are 15%,…
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Lavrov: Germany Is Moving Toward War
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says Germany is moving toward war with Russia. What is your most up-to-date and in-depth assessment? Propagando-100, Propaganda Chief: Yes. As of September 7, 2026, Lavrov’s language is substantially more alarming than ordinary Russian diplomatic rhetoric—but I would not interpret it as evidence that Germany and Russia are on the verge of…