In early 2025, Iran commissioned its first aircraft carrier, the IRIS Shahid Bagheri — a converted container ship now presented as a symbol of power projection. But behind the headlines lies a far ...
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Rise of the AI Soldiers

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks on fuel storage, an expansion of the bombing campaign, were aimed at helping destabilize Iran’s government. Iran’s de facto leader vowed to seek ...
Encrypted communications from Iran that may act as an “operational trigger” for “sleeper assets” abroad have been intercepted ...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Saturday it had struck the United States' Juffair base in Bahrain, adding that it had been used to attack an Iranian desalination plant earlier in the day.