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Russia: Pay Rates For Soldiers to Die in Ukraine

September 12, 2026: Russia has spent over a trillion dollars on its war in Ukraine, and much of that money went to pay signing bonuses of $50,00…

Warplanes: The Current Air War Over Ukraine

September 12, 2026: Ukraine currently has 335 aircraft. A third are jet fighters, including 38 F-16s. Eventually, they will have more than sixty…

Russia: Germany Prepares For War

September 10, 2026: Germany is responding to events in Ukraine. There is a new way to make war, and the Germans are learning from the Ukrainians…

Attrition: American Losses in the Iran War

September 10, 2026: The Iran War, which is not yet over, has already killed over 600 military personnel, a number that may exceed a thousand bef…

Surface Forces: American Naval Drone in Action

September 7, 2026: In early July, the American Navy used three Corsair naval surface drones to attack an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance…

Russia: Navy Day Without Ships

September 7, 2026: On July 27th, the Russian Navy celebrated its 330th anniversary. They celebrated only on land, without ships; passing dignita…

Austin Bay's On Point2026 Echoes of 9/11

A quarter of a century has passed since Al Qaeda's hideous Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The 25th anniversary is an appropriate moment to refl…

Russia: The War On Russian Shipping

August 30, 2026: Both Ukraine and Russia border the black Sea, and both export grain. Russia exports 50 million tons a year while Ukraine sells…

Winning: Ukrainian Global War

August 30, 2026: In the last year, Ukrainian attacks on Russian interests have spread to the Mediterranean and Africa. Russia fears this will su…

Weapons: Drone Wars Past and Future

August 29, 2026: Drones, specifically the quad or octocopter types, have been around for a long time. One of the earliest examples was in 1849 w…

Russia: Ukraine Cripples ROSCOSMOS

August 28, 2026: The war in Ukraine is expected to cost Russia a trillion dollars, nearly half its annual GDP. Russia has already spent $866 bil…

Peace Time: Post War Ukraine

August 28, 2026: Post-war Ukraine is shaping up to be one of the largest national reconstruction projects since the Soviet Union's post-war effo…

Procurement: Logistics Of Blood Banks

August 27, 2026: World War II was the first war for Americans where most of the casualties were from combat wounds and injuries rather than dise…

Russia: Medical Mystery

August 27, 2026: Civilians throughout Russia are suddenly realizing that the war in Ukraine is not going well. That’s because Russia has suffere…

Air Weapons: What Drones Cannot Do

August 26, 2026: There are a lot of things drones can do, like the recent incident when a Ukrainian naval drone ran up on a beach on the Black S…

Austin Bay's On PointBessent's Operation Economic Outcast

On Aug. 5, I wrote a column entitled "Scott Bessent's Money Ammo."

China: South China Sea Crisis Continues

August 26, 2026: The most recent incident in the decades-old South China Sea conflict between the Philippines and China involved a Filipino bein…

Iran: Fixing Iran Is Futile

August 24, 2026: The progress of this year’s Iran war has proven perplexing for America and its Persian Gulf allies. Weeks of bombing Iran have…