Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2026
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Terror Targets in Southern Lebanon After Troops Attacked
US Lost 25% Of Its Reaper Drones In Iran War. Made by General Atomics, each drone costs between $30 million to $50 million. With 45 drones wiped out, this means that well over one billion dollars in hardware was either shot out of the sky or crashed in the context of Iran war operations.
Qatar Purchases U.S. LNG to Supply Its Asian Customers
Indonesia: Dozens dead after earthquake off Flores island. At least 47 people have died and several buildings were damaged after the powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which was followed by dozens of aftershocks.
Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, erupts in fiery display, disrupting hundreds of flights
Hawaii’s Big Island is under a hurricane warning as Tropical Storm Lala is expected to make landfall on Saturday local time, according to the National Hurricane Center. “This is a very serious storm,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told reporters late Friday night. “We have not had a hurricane make landfall in quite some time. So none of us really have experienced this really in, you know, the last couple of decades.”
Social Security is deep in deficit, and once its trust fund is depleted, under the law, it cannot pay more in benefits than it generates in revenue. In just six years, beneficiaries will face an abrupt 22% benefit cut – the equivalent of a roughly $500 cut in monthly benefits per beneficiary.
Tailing 30Y Auction Prices At Highest Yield In 25 Years