Ukraine is among the top agricultural producers globally, with its farming sector employing 14 percent of the population and generating 41 percent of export earnings. Previous concerns about Russia obstructing Ukraine’s grain exports and causing global food shortages have been largely resolved. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan describes how changes in global politics and…

Time to add a couple more entries to the list of military records from the war in Ukraine. On March 29, video was captured showing what could be the first recorded combat between an armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and armed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). The video, posted to Telegram and analyzed by Army Recognition,…

The Bradley infantry fighting vehicle is one of the best all-around armored vehicles out there. Its TOW missiles make it a tank killer. Its Bushmaster auto-cannon clears enemy positions in seconds, and now it’s going to be armed with the power of the Iron Fist. Elbit’s Iron Fist is being produced in partnership with General…

Russia is still reeling from the attack at a concert that killed more than 130 people. ISIS-K, a wing of the Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the attack which also injured more than 180 people. However, Moscow is doing its best to tie Ukraine to the attacks and drum up more support for its war…

Over the weekend of March 23, more than 1,600 airplanes encountered interference with navigational signals in Eastern Europe. Aircraft flying in proximity to the Baltic region and several NATO nations in Eastern Europe have reported disruptions to their GPS signals. According to open-source intelligence, jamming affected 1,614 airplanes — predominantly civilian aircraft. Initial reports showed…

Military technology has evolved rapidly since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Drone technology, specifically, has emerged as a decisive new factor in modern warfare. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan reviews the use of drones in the Russia-Ukraine war to understand how warfare itself is evolving today. The recent Ukrainian drone attacks…

Russian glide bombs were credited with helping turn the war in Ukraine in Russia’s favor during the battle of Avdiivka. Now Moscow said it’s ramping up production of the munitions. Glide bombs are made up primarily of two things: the bomb and the glide kit. Russia previously produced the Drel, a glide bomb that also…

Some on the Left are concerned about former President Donald Trump and MAGA’s alignment with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump recently invited Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to NATO countries not meeting certain defense spending guidelines. Now, Russia is intensifying its relationship with Iran, and recently launched an Iranian satellite into orbit…

On March 5, a Ukrainian Magura-V5 unmanned surface vessel (USV), commonly referred to as a sea drone, sank a Russian patrol vessel in the Black Sea. Previously in February, up to three Magura-V5s launched an attack on the landing ship Tsezar Kunikov near the Crimean town of Alupka. These sea drones, developed by the Ukrainian…

Ukraine’s Western allies are trying to find as many artillery shells as possible to give the country in its war against Russia. The hard truth, however, is the West can’t produce or buy enough to meet Ukraine’s needs. The Czech Republic is leading a European initiative to buy artillery shells for Ukraine. Eight hundred thousand…