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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 5, 2026

F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued (Updated)

Global Fuel Shortage Pushes Governments Toward Demand Controls. Fuel rationing is spreading across Asia and Europe as supply losses mount, raising fears of a prolonged energy crisis.

Jet fuel prices have more than doubled in Asia and are up 85% in the United States. And Europe could run into jet fuel shortages in April, particularly if shipments of kerosene, a key component, remain disrupted by Iran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 2, 2026

Key Iranian Bridge Severed By Airstrikes (Updated)

If nothing else this little movie shows how much things have changed over the last twenty years. It starts more then twenty years ago but thinks don’t really start to change until twenty years ago and although it is only one metric is is reflective of a much broader change that shows up in all sorts of economic figures.

The Orion spacecraft successfully fired its main engine for 5 minutes and 50 seconds on Thursday, sending four astronauts on a free-return trajectory around the Moon. For NASA and the Artemis II crew members, this marked a point of no return for more than week.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 1, 2026

Ukraine halts Russian advances across key sectors as Moscow prepares a new offensive. Meduza analyzes the latest battlefield developments.

Amid Fears Houthis Could Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea Task Force Ready For Attacks

Powerful earthquake strikes Molucca ⁠Sea near Indonesia

Sony “Temporarily Suspends” Memory Card Orders In Japan As Global Memory Crunch Worsens

Trump Threatens NATO Departure, Claims Iran Wants A Ceasefire Ahead Of National Address (Updated)