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US Military

News Reports

U.S. forces hit a Gambia-flagged cargo ship with Hellfire missile in Gulf of Oman to enforce blockade against Iran

OpIndia Staff - 31 May, 2026

A U.S. aircraft disabled the Gambia-flagged cargo vessel M/V Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman using a Hellfire missile strike.

News Reports

US rescues injured soldier from deep inside Iran: How the sophisticated operation unfolded and why the ‘ground war impossible’ narrative is now busted

Sanghamitra - 6 April, 2026

The daring, action-movie style rescue operation seems to have reinforced the ‘leave no man behind’ policy of the US military, where they risk anything and go to unbelievable lengths to rescue their personnel. It is already being hailed as one of the most sophisticated and challenging CSAR operations in the history of modern warfare.

Opinions

Fighter jets, Stratotanker crashing, billion-dollar radars blown up: How US military has lost high-value assets despite its ’superiority’ flexing in a war nobody wanted

Sanghamitra - 13 March, 2026

The current war with Iran could have been avoided. US aggression in attacking a country thousands of miles away from their shores, is choking the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial bridge to global trade, is risking millions of people living in the Gulf nations, and destroying infrastructure at an alarming scale.

News Reports

How Trump administration is crushing Anthropic after it refused unrestricted military usage of AI

Anurag - 28 February, 2026

After Anthropic refused Pentagon demands for unrestricted AI access, the Trump administration ordered all federal agencies to stop using its technology and labelled the company a supply chain risk, threatening partnerships across the defence ecosystem.