Investigation Finds Students at 40 Russian Schools Making Military Drones, Some Unpaid
At least 40 civilian educational institutions in Russia are involving students in military drone production, component manufacturing or related defense…
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Ukrainian Drone Pressure Reportedly Cuts Three Russian Ports’ Cargo Up to 100%
Cargo activity at the Russian Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk, Taman and Tuapse reportedly fell 95% to 100% below pre-attack…
Ukraine’s Attacks Could Keep Russian Refining 30% Below Prewar Levels
Gasoline is becoming easier to find in much of Russia, but that retail improvement masks a deeper industrial constraint. Sustained…
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Hits 44-Year Low, Shrinking Emergency Oil Cushion
282.6 million barrels. That was the reported inventory in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the week ending October 23,…
Panama Canal Moves Record 521 Million Tons Despite Drought-Limited Capacity
The Panama Canal carried a record 521 million tons of cargo in fiscal 2026 as disruption to Gulf energy shipping…
SpaceX Restricts Ukraine’s Starlink Use; European Alternatives Remain Years Away
Ukraine depends heavily on Starlink for military communications, but the network remains a civilian commercial service governed by SpaceX’s operating…
Lockheed Gets $694 Million for Air Force Hypersonic Missile Revival
A missile program once headed toward cancellation after testing failures is now a major production commitment. The Department of the…
Diverted Cargo Overwhelms Russian Railways as Container Rates Jump 57.4%
Russia’s attempt to keep exports moving through alternative ports has transferred the bottleneck from its southern maritime terminals to an…
Ukrainian Drones Restrict All Four Moscow Airports, Delay Four Presidential Aircraft
A Ukrainian drone attack restricted all four Moscow airports for as long as six to seven hours on Friday, October…
Greek Submarine Torpedo Sinks Decommissioned Frigate During Joint Missile Trials
A Greek submarine fired a torpedo that sank the decommissioned frigate HS MPOUMPOULINA during a wider Greek-Israeli naval weapons trial…
Ukraine Says U.S. Delivered Just 24 Patriot Interceptors in 90 Days
Twenty-four missiles in 90 days: That is the full measure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave for recent U.S. deliveries of…
RAF Plans Chinook and A400M Firefighting Without Aircraft Count or Start Date
Britain has assigned two Royal Air Force fleets a new domestic mission without saying how much operational capacity it will…
USS Spruance Reaches 339 Deployed Days With No Firm Return Date
Three hundred thirty-nine days after leaving San Diego, the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance remains deployed without a firm homecoming date….
Reported Ukrainian Drone Attacks Disrupt 210-Plus Flights at Moscow Airports
More than 210 flights were delayed or canceled across Moscow’s airports by noon on October 24 amid drone attacks attributed…
Israel Redirects Nearly NIS 1 Billion From Arab Development to Apache Helicopters
Israel has committed nearly NIS 1 billion from a five-year Arab-sector development plan to its purchase of 12 Boeing Apache…
Musk Says SpaceX Restricted Starlink During Weeklong Ukraine Operations Disruption
A satellite network can be technically available while a remotely imposed service rule makes it far less useful. Elon Musk…
Global Oil System Prevented Shortages by Draining One Billion-Barrel Buffer
The global oil system prevented widespread gasoline, diesel and jet-fuel shortages after losing more than 1 billion barrels of supply,…
Ukraine Says Starlink and Starshield Restored After Weeklong Limits Disrupted Drone Defense
A satellite connection can be technically available yet operationally inadequate when its permitted mobility falls below the speed of the…