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REPORT: Rostov, Udmurtia, Yaroslavl — Ukraine's strike map keeps stretching
Two dead and five wounded at the port facilities of Rostov-on-Don. That is the toll communicated the next morning by Russian governor Yuri Slyusar…
ANALYSIS: Kyiv's daily combat tally says 226. The map says something sharper
Two hundred twenty-six combat engagements in twenty-four hours. That is the number Ukraine's General Staff published on July 28, 2026 at 21:01, covering the…
NOTE: Looking Back at the 2026 NDAA and Its $800 Million for Ukraine
Buried inside a $901 billion defense authorization bill signed in December 2025 sits a much smaller, easily overlooked line: $800 million for Ukraine, spread…
FACT CHECK: Twelve Companies for Golden Dome, the Context Everyone Forgets
The April 2026 announcement that twelve companies would share $3.2 billion in Golden Dome contracts generated a wave of claims online, some accurate, many…
PORTRAIT: Golden Dome, Decoding a Program Told in Three Acts
Some programs are best understood not as a single announcement but as a story told in three separate acts, each with its own date,…
COMMENTARY: The Pentagon's Historic Budget, Between the Headline Number and Its Shadows
Every large number invites a simpler story than the one underneath it, and the Pentagon's $1.01 trillion FY2026 budget, a 13.4% increase according to…
COLUMN: America Puts a Price on the Sky With Golden Dome
Sixty years after the phrase "Star Wars" first entered the American defense lexicon as a punchline as much as a plan, the country is…
EDITORIAL: How Sanctions Redrew the Map of Russian Oil Trade
Sanctions are supposed to work slowly, and that slowness is precisely why the October 22, 2025 measures against Rosneft and Lukoil deserve a serious…
INVESTIGATION: A Strategic Reading of the $1.01 Trillion Pentagon Budget
A trillion dollars is easy to say and almost impossible to picture, which is exactly why the Pentagon's FY2026 budget of $1.01 trillion, a…