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Russia’s Drone Line Experiment

The Russian military continued to experiment with improving its employment of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in support of its maneuver forces. Both Russian and Ukrainian forces face coordination challenges and internal debates regarding the “ownership” of different depths of the battlespace and the command-and-control relationship between independent drone units and …

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Iran Update Special Report, April 30, 2026

Key Takeaways Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared on April 30 that Iran will retain control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and maintain its nuclear and missile capabilities, which supports ISW-CTP’s assessment that the Iranian regime is unlikely to make meaningful concessions in its next proposal to the United …

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Let Iran Defeat Itself

America Should End the War but Keep Up the Pressure When U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States was at war with Iran, he called on the country’s people to rise in revolt. “When we are finished, take over your government,” Trump said on February 28. “This will …

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