Maritime insurers cancel war risk cover in Gulf: Will it spike energy cost?
Insurers announced they were cancelling war risk coverage after the IRGC said the Strait of Hormuz was ‘closed’.
Month: March 2026
US House panel releases Clinton Epstein depositions
A US congressional committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released videos on Monday of the depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The former US president and former US secretary of state appeared before the House Oversight Co…
HPE AutoPass Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Bypass Authentication
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has disclosed a remote authentication-bypass vulnerability in HPE AutoPass License Server (APLS) that could let unauthenticated attackers bypass login controls over the network. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-23600 an…
China Boosts Output of Advanced Nuclear-Armed Subs
A. Capaccio, Bloomberg The Chinese Navy has “dramatically increased” submarine production and could soon deploy a new vessel that’s able to hit “large portions” of the US with nuclear…
Havana Syndrome: Effects, Technology, Actors Coming Together?
RCDefense A once-skeptical Norwegian scientist has provided first-hand evidence that pulsed high-power microwaves can cause the neurological symptoms in human beings associated with the…
Attacking Iran, U.S. Strategic Calculations
Jennifer Parker, The Strategist (ASPI) Much will be written in coming days about the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marines in Beirut, and the attack on USS Cole…
Gulf States in Race Against Time to Repel Iran’s Onslaught
Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ Only so many air-defense interceptors are available to knock down an almost limitless number of drones
Iran’s ‘Khyber’ Missile That Allegedly Broke Through Israel’s Defense Shield
IE On March 2, 2026, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it fired “Khyber” missiles at senior Israeli government and military positions
The Rise of the Punitive Expedition
CDR Salamander punishment and pruning are perfectly valid…and often the best option
U.S. Army To Buy More AMPVs To Replace M113s Sent to Ukraine
Defence Blog The procurement addresses a capability gap created after the United States Army transferred hundreds of legacy armored personnel carriers to Ukraine under Presidential Drawdown…