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OPINION: The Coalition of the Willing Crashes Bastille Day — Macron Plays His Ukraine Card
There is something audacious — some will call it ostentatious — about the decision by President Emmanuel Macron to announce, on June 5, 2026,…
OPINION: 656 Drones and 73 Missiles in One Night — Russia Crosses a New Threshold of Horror
In June 2026, Russia launched one of its largest combined aerial offensives of the entire war: 656 drones and 73 missiles in a single…
OPINION: The FPV Fiber Optic Drone — How 100 Kilometers of Wire Change All the Rules of War
Imagine a combat drone that cannot be jammed. Not because it is equipped with revolutionary countermeasure technology. Not because it transmits on unreachable frequencies.…
OPINION: The night of June 18 — 239 drones, 7 ballistic missiles, and a Ukraine that holds
In the night of June 17–18, 2026, Russia launched 7 ballistic missiles from the regions of Voronezh, Bryansk, and Kursk, accompanied by 239 Shahed…
OPINION: Five Flamingo Missiles, a Russian Missile Factory, and a Lesson in Strategic Range
In the night of June 26 to 27, 2026, five Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck the Titan-Barrikady industrial complex in Volgograd. Three production…
OPINION: The CIA slams the door on the NIC — American intelligence fractures over Iran
Sources cited by Reuters and relayed by IC Brief on June 10, 2026 revealed that the CIA has stopped contributing to certain assessments by…
OPINION: America deports Iranians to one of the most dangerous countries in the world
Thursday evening, a Department of Homeland Security charter flight took off from Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana. On board: roughly twenty foreign nationals —…
OPINION: When Washington Sabotages Its Own Spies to Hand an Amateur the Keys to Intelligence
On June 12, 2026, at precisely midnight, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — the most powerful electronic surveillance tool in the…
OPINION: The Supreme Court Buries the Voting Rights Act — Alabama Wins, Black Voters Lose
In June 2026, the United States Supreme Court, in its serene conservative majesty, delivered a second devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act of…