… of these nations suffer from unfortunate geography and very small military forces (Estonia's entire national army, for example, is smaller than the Arkansas National Guard). This is why any reports of "imminent war" from th…

…being felt among senior leadership which has been demonstrated by another major resignation, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll. As a reminder for those keeping score at home, here is the full list of officials who have eith…

…st, and the photos from one soldier on social media are not exactly indicative of what the entire 600,000-man army is doing. However, the Iranians are not taking any chances an very clearly expect and escalation of attacks, …

… for some time. Right now, the origin for these claims is a single CBS news report, which references internal Army communications concerning this potential campaign. Examining the raw data, the current situation in the regi…

kes because there's no hostile intent or hostile act. Most of these ships are sitting at anchor and you can't even see anyone on the ship. There's no military hardware on the deck of the ship. So, you can't claim, you kn

f-the-cuff statements by President Trump also support this eventuality; maybe he thought that this was indeed the attack that had been expected, and jumped the gun himself based on media reports. This leads into the rea

d scrambled fighters to intercept the aircraft, and ground forces were placed on alert in the border region. Analyst Comment: This was probably a classic probing incident. Russia has very obviously been carrying out rec

//The Wire//2000Z September 3, 2026// //ROUTINE// //BLUF: SABOTAGE ATTACKS CONTINUE IN GERMANY AND POLAND. IRANIAN ATTACKS CONTINUE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. MASS SHOOTING REPORTED AT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN MINNEAPOLIS.//  -

not affect things like Tomahawk missile strikes or the heavy-level bombers, which are going to be dropping stuff from 30,000 feet. It's not going to affect those. But if you've got a Reaper drone at 30,000 feet and you'v

aroslaw. One assailant attacked two priests on the grounds of the monastery, after stealing a knife from the kitchen. During the fray, a total of three clergy and two laypeople were wounded. One of the Sisters of the abb

ery small port, is still a major loss of cargo offloading capability that the Saudis were counting on to wage their war against the Houthis. In hindsight, it was probably unwise for the Saudis to bomb dirt next to a runw

ates has altered the Commander's Intent with regards to the American targeting of commercial shipping. Per Secretary of War Hegseth, the United States will target Iranian noncombatant civilian ships for every attempt by

line is that the just walk away option is not really on the table anymore, at least I don't think so. The US is too heavily invested in the war, and we can't just declare victory and leave because all sides are too entr

//The Wire//2000Z September 15, 2026// //ROUTINE//     -International Events- Russia: Yesterday evening the conflict escalated, as Ukraine continued to target Russian petroleum infrastructure. The Syzran Refinery was