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U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged a phone call with Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro, but offered few details.

Trump Confirms Phone Call With Maduro

By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

Japan's plans to place SAMS on an island near Taiwan has China outraged.

Japan’s Plan To Put SAMs On Strategic Island 70 Miles From Taiwan Could Be Just The Beginning

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

There is a new twist in ongoing peace talks, one reportedly favoring Ukraine.

New Twist In Effort To End The War In Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, Oct. 15, 2025. B-52s are world-wide deployable and deter foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations, which threaten the safety, security and stability of the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Foster)

U.S. Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela Has Entered A New Phase

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

U.S. tactical aircraft flying near Venezuela is part of a pressure campaign aimed at that nation's embattled leader, Nicolas Maduro

RC-135 Accompanied By Fighters Off Venezuela Testing Maduro’s Air Defenses: U.S. Official

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 21, 2025

Cartridge cases cover the ground during a shooting drill at the 102nd Samar Wolves Battalion of Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defence Brigade in Ukraine, on November 10, 2025. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

As Ukraine Loses More Ground, U.S. Army Leaders In Kyiv To Spur Peace Talks

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

A Russian general is in Venezuela with about 120 troops training and advising Venezuelans according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Russian General In Venezuela Leading Advisory Mission: Ukraine’s Intel Chief

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

As U.S. President Donald Trump suggests Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro wants to talk, the USS Ford is now about 700 miles north of Caracas.

Pressure On Maduro Cranked Up As USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives In Caribbean

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has joined the SOUTHCOM fight against drug traffickers and pressure campaign against Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro.

Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Enters U.S. Southern Command’s Area Of Responsibility

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 11, 2025

Though ordered to the Caribbean as part of the ongoing counternarcotics mission, the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier is holding off the coast of Africa.

Carrier USS Ford Holding Off Of North Africa As Trump Reportedly Won’t Strike Venezuela

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 6, 2025

MOSCOW, RUSSA - SEPTEMBER 02: The warhead cruise missili (1977) on display during an exhibition titled "70 Years of the Atomic Industry: A Chain Reaction of Success" organised by Rosatom agency at Manege Central Exhibition Centre in Moscow, Russia, on September, 02,2015. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Experts Explain How Long It Would Take Russia To Resume Nuclear Weapons Detonation Tests

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 5, 2025

The USS Fort Lauderdale is returning to the Caribbean to rejoin the enhanced counter narcotics mission.

Amphibious Warship Returning To Caribbean, Report Claims U.S. Planning Strikes On Mexican Cartels

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 3, 2025

The Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg has been deployed to the Caribbean as part of the ongoing counter-narcotics opertion.

Navy Cruiser Joins Caribbean Flotilla As Reports Claim U.S. Is Readying Venezuela Strikes (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Nuclear test done underground at the Nevada Test Site.

Experts Explain How Reviving Nuclear Weapons Tests Would Actually Happen

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would compel the U.S. Navy to use steam-powered catapults and hydraulic elevators on new aircraft carriers.

Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

Vladimir Putin claimed Russia will beef up its air defenses to meet the threat from Tomhawk Land Attack cruise missiles provided to Ukraine should that happen.

Tomahawks For Ukraine Talk Elicits New Response From Putin

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 10, 2025