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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)

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 31, 2026

Bunkers For U.S. Bases In Middle East Now A Top Priority For Pentagon

Toyota has cut production of vehicles that rely on Gulf aluminum supplies by almost 40,000 units over two months. Nissan has trimmed its schedules. Gulf smelters that supply Toyota, Nissan, BMW, parts makers for Mercedes-Benz, South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis and hundreds of other automotive customers worldwide are defaulting on contracts or closing down. The U.S.-Iran war has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, cutting off one of the largest flows of automotive-grade aluminum.

A little misleading as they are just doing a fly by which is not exactly going to it in my mind. After more than 53 years, humans may finally return to the Moon this week

Mysterious Nighttime Hum Haunts Communities in New Jersey, Ohio, and Connecticut

Old news but I missed it. EA announced it will be acquired in an all-cash deal by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 30, 2026

Massive flooding in Russia’s North Caucasus destroys bridges, swamps homes, and leaves tens of thousands without power

Base Defense: How Many More Warnings?

IDF Eliminates Senior Commander of Hezbollah’s 1800 Terror Unit in Beirut Strike

China’s breakthrough lithium battery could double EV range to 600+ miles, survive -94°F temp

Iran’s threat to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is affecting about a third of the world’s fertilizer trade, raising prices 30% to 40% and threatening food supplies around the world. There is very little slack in the fertilizer supply chain because the product does not store well. Some of it is prone to blowing up, or it gets clumpy and hard to use with the slightest moisture. Fertilizer plants tend to operate at capacity and take years to construct. Unlike fuel, there are no strategic global stockpiles for fertilizers.

After 16 years and $8 billion, the military’s new GPS software still doesn’t work

Boosting good gut bacteria population through targeted interventions may slow cognitive decline

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 29, 2026

Images Show E-3 Sentry Totally Destroyed From Iranian Strike (Updated). A loss of an E-3 is a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and points to other capability and defensive gaps.

Turkish intelligence chief hosts Hamas leaders in Istanbul

UK Weeks away from medicine shortage if Iran war continues.

China’s New “Illegal Activity”: Providing Legal Defense to Christians

Simple Brain Training Cuts Dementia Risk Decades Later