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China Launches Blockade Drills Around Taiwan in Protest of U.S. Arms Sales

By Dzirhan Mahadzir
December 29, 2025 12:19 PM

Chinese military units kicked off a massive series of drills surrounding Taiwan that simulate a blockade of the island in protest of U.S. arms sales to Taipei.

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USS Liberty FOIA lawsuit (Update)

The next action in the USS Liberty FOIA lawsuit will be a hearing before a three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in the Seattle courthouse.

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Ukraine’s first underwater drone strike caught on hacked cameras

The Security Service of Ukraine has claimed the first strike of a Russian submarine using an underwater strike drone in footage seemingly sourced from compromised enemy security cameras.

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Venezuela Blockade Map Shows How US Navy Is Surrounding Country

President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all U.S. sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, sharply intensifying pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s government amid soaring tensions.

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Russia Deploys All Eight Nuclear Icebreakers for First Time to Keep Arctic Export Routes Open

Russia has, for the first time, deployed its entire fleet of eight nuclear-powered icebreakers simultaneously to maintain winter shipping lanes in the Gulf of Ob and the Yenisei Gulf, underscoring the strategic importance of Arctic energy exports.

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“No Sailor’s life is expendable. No mission justifies waste.”

Matthew B. Ridgway stepped into a freezing Korean command bunker in January 1951, looked at a wall map covered in retreat arrows, and made a decision that stunned every officer in the room. The United Nations forces were outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and collapsing, yet Ridgway calmly said the collapse would end tonight. Then he clipped a grenade to his chest harness and walked toward the front.

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