Are the Russians taking a cue from the Rolling Stones when it comes to camouflaging its naval ships? New satellite images of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shows when the Russians see a gray ship, they want it painted black. Black as night. Black as coal. Well, not the whole the ship, just the bow and…

The Pentagon says it overestimated the value of weapons sent to Ukraine over the past two years by $6.2 billion. That number more than doubles early estimates that were reported in May. The surplus will now be used for future aid to the embattled country.  “In a significant number of cases, services used replacement costs…

Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia is entering its third week. The fighting is brutal, but Ukraine is making gains. Ukrainian armed forces say eight villages are now liberated and around 44 square miles of land recaptured, mostly along three lines of attack in the south and east. Ukraine’s incremental gains are coming at a heavy cost,…

Ukraine is making gains in its counteroffensive, pushing Russia back along three different lines. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted his military doesn’t have the weapons it needs to win the war. For the first time since the counteroffensive began, Ukrainian military leadership spoke publicly about the operation on Thursday, June 15. Over the last…

The U.S. Air Force is denying reports that an artificial intelligence drone attacked and “killed” its human operator in a simulation after a colonel’s story about a rogue test went viral. The colonel now says it was a “thought experiment” rather than anything which had actually taken place. Colonel Tucker Hamilton, chief of AI test…

A raid across the Ukraine-Russia border by a group consisting of anti-Putin Russians and Ukrainian citizens is raising new questions about Moscow’s defense strategy. The border raid in the city of Belgorod in southwestern Russia comes just a few weeks after drones attacked the Kremlin. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan says the involvement of…

Lawmakers in Congress are on a deadline to review a new bill, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which aims to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a potential default. And Russia’s Defense Ministry is reporting that Ukraine executed a significant drone attack on Moscow, marking another incident in a recent escalation of these drone…