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• Pentagon Depletes Half of Specialized Missile Stockpile Amid $24 Billion Iran War Expenditure

  Published: Apr 26, 2026

  Section: Iran War

  A strategic analysis reveals the U.S. military has exhausted approximately 50% of its most expensive missile inventory within the first seven weeks of the Iran conflict. The rapid...

• Satellite Imagery Reveals North Korea Completed New Uranium Enrichment Building at Yongbyon Complex

  Published: Apr 14, 2026

  Section: Asia

  New analysis from the Beyond Parallel project indicates that North Korea has finished the exterior construction of a suspected uranium enrichment facility at its primary nuclear si...

• China Surpasses United States in R&D Spending Amid Uneven Global High-Tech Competition

  Published: Apr 10, 2026

  Section: Asia

  A new assessment reveals that China's research and development expenditures reached $1.03 trillion in 2024, eclipsing the United States' $1.01 trillion for the first time. Despite...

• Unidentified Drone Incursion Over Elite Washington Military Base Highlights Critical Domestic Defense Vulnerabilities

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Politics

  Authorities detected unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles operating in the restricted airspace of a Washington, DC, army base housing high-ranking cabinet members. The security br...

• Ukraine General Staff Reports Russian Casualties Surpass 1.27 Million Since Start of Full-Scale Invasion

  Published: Mar 8, 2026

  Section: Ukraine War

  The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has updated Russia’s estimated troop losses to 1,273,290 as of March 8, 2026. This comprehensive tally of attrition includes massiv...