Category: US
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Russia’s Eyes, Iran’s Strike
A CNN investigation found that 14 Russian military satellites passed over Prince Sultan Air Base on March 20, 23, and 25, gathering intelligence on U.S. assets there. On March 27, Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones that wounded 12 American service members and destroyed a valuable Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, as well as refueling…
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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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U.S. Forces Sink Cartel Refueling Station in Eastern Pacific
On September 5, U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force interdicted a multi-vessel floating refueling station linked to the Los Choneros narco-terrorist group, safely removing occupants before sinking the boats and handing crew to Ecuadorian authorities. The operation, part of at least four similar actions near Ecuador in recent weeks, targeted at-sea support for drug trafficking.…