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Ukraine Has Placed Crimea Under Siege
How Ukrainian mid-range drone warfare is strangling Crimea's supply lines, creating a resource trap that threatens to make Russia's prized peninsula ungovernable.
Bolivia is F**ked
From fuel subsidy cuts to land reform protests, Bolivia has descended into chaos under President Rodrigo Paz. With seven dead, 67 roadblocks, and calls for resignation, is the Andean nation beyond saving?
Has Netanyahu gone too far in Lebanon?
Donald Trump reportedly called Benjamin Netanyahu "f*cking crazy" in a heated phone call demanding a Lebanon ceasefire, as Israeli forces pushed north of the Litani River for the first time since 2000.
Germany's Rearmament: Has the Fiscal Bazooka Fixed the Bundeswehr?
A year after Germany's fiscal bazooka unlocked record defense spending, the Bundeswehr still faces logistics, industrial, and manpower gaps. The verdict so far.
America Isn't Ready for the Drone Warfare Era
Advanced militaries from Israel to the Gulf are burning through interceptors against cheap drones while Ukraine quietly becomes the world's counter-drone superpower.
The Interceptor Gap: How America's Missile Defenses Ran Dry
A few weeks of war with Iran burned through interceptors faster than the global production base can replace in years, exposing a hollowed-out supply chain.
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