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The Real US Lesson From Ukraine Isn't the Drone. It's the Drone Factory
A US warehouse full of drones isn't a strategy. A factory that can keep changing them might be.
This article is one of three weekly exclusive articles (Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays) for my paid subscribers. Thank you for continuing to...
This German-Ukrainian Electric Drone Just Changed the Math on Russia's Air Campaign
In case you missed my video on the topic, here you go. Video transcript below:
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Here’s two numbers from this week that belong in the same sentence.
On June 26, a German drone company recorded an electric drone hitting 69...
Russia’s Newest Kh-101 Cruise Missile Upgrade Points to Chinese Help
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A Facebook user posted a video of a burnt engine fragment last week, and within about forty-eight hours the internet had decided General Electric is providing Russia with secret engine components.
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Weekly Preflight: 6 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of July 13, 2026
Iran’s ceasefire has collapsed, nuclear oversight is blind, North Korea is expanding enrichment, India joined the three-submarine nuclear club, and Ukraine is still torching Russian oil.
Think of this as your weekly strategic weather repor...
Russia Is Stripping Its Nuclear North to Defend Putin's War
Satellite imagery shows that at least two dozen mobile S-300 and S-400 launchers, along with their fire-control radars, reload vehicles, and support equipment, have quietly vanished.
Russia built the city of Severodvinsk to outlast the apo...
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