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🚨Recent satellite imagery suggests that the Department of War has conducted a covert dredging operation to open up a never-before-used shipping corridor through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz. The corridor in question is an approximately 1,600-foot-wide waterway with a natural depth of about 93 feet, meaning that only a small amount of dredging would have been necessary to make it safe for VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers). Worth noting, ships navigating this corridor remain completely outside the Iranian regime’s line of sight due to the Omani island of Jazir

Russia's Nuclear Signalling: Reading the Actual Doctrine New START expired in February 2026. The 2024 doctrine lowered the threshold. What the text actually says, what the signalling is for, and where the limits are. RAGE Global · Intelligence Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/russia-nuclear-doctrine-signalling

Russian Electronic Warfare: The Counter-Drone Race Russia entered 2022 with the most extensive tactical EW of any military. Fibre-optic drones made it irrelevant in one mission set — and spoofing crossed into NATO airspace. RAGE Global · Defense Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/russian-electronic-warfare

Russia's Shadow Fleet and the Undersea Cable Campaign NATO cut response times from 17 hours to one. Sabotage fell. But attribution remains the unsolved problem — an anchor is not a weapon until someone proves intent. RAGE Global · Intelligence Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/russia-shadow-fleet-cables

The Russian Army Rebuilt: What Four Years of War Produced Putin says 700,000 in Ukraine — the same as mid-2024. Contract signings fell 20% year-on-year. Russia adapted its doctrine and hit a recruitment wall. RAGE Global · Intelligence Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/russian-army-reconstitution

Russia's War Economy: How Long Can It Actually Last Russia spent 65% of Q1 federal revenue on defence. The four-month deficit exceeded all of 2025. Growth forecast cut to 0.4%. The sustainability arithmetic. RAGE Global · Intelligence Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/russia-war-economy-analysis

🔴UAE Localizes Drone Interceptor Production #News #Breaking #Intel Follow : @rageintel https://ragex.co/alerts/uae-localizes-guardian-interceptor-production/

🔴#Breaking: RATCLIFFE MAKES SNAP TRIP TO MOSCOW 🚩 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 CIA Director visited Russia today; U.S. notified Ukraine beforehand and asked Kyiv to hold off on drone and missile strikes until trip concludes. (Source: Axios) Stay informed. Follow @rageintel

🔴#Breaking: Bessent: “Trying to buy Iran’s appeasement will no longer work.” Bessent: “I expect a major financial institution to be sanctioned this week.” Stay informed. Follow @rageintel

🔴#Breaking: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: "Zero leakage" will be enforced on Iran sanctions. Stay informed. Follow @rageintel

🔴#Breaking: Israeli PM Netanyahu: "Iran tried to assassinate one of my sons.” Stay informed. Follow @rageintel

🔴#Breaking: CIS LEBANON SECURITY INDEX - August 24 2026 https://ift.tt/XINbKoD #Lebanon #LebanonSecurityIndex #Security #SecurityIndex Stay informed. Follow @rageintel

CIS LEBANON SECURITY INDEX - August 24 2026 ⬇️ FIRST DROP OUT OF THE HIGH BAND — The national alert level reads 55/100 MEDIUM, down six points from 61 and set by Nabatieh. https://cissecurity.net/security-index/august-24-2026/ #Lebanon #LebanonSecurityIndex #Security #SecurityIndex

Artillery Is Back: Why Tube and Rocket Fires Still Decide Wars Finland kept 1,500 guns while the rest of Europe divested. Ukraine proved it right. Why artillery — not air power, not armour — still decides ground war. RAGE Global · Defense Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/artillery-modern-warfare

Article 5: What NATO Members Are Actually Obliged To Do Article 5 does not require anyone to go to war. It has been invoked once, and not for a European invasion. What the text actually says, and what it leaves out. RAGE Global · Intelligence Analysis · 12 min read https://theragex.com/global/nato-article-5-explained

Counter-Drone Warfare: Why Nobody Has Solved It Jammers, guns, missiles, lasers, nets. Every counter-drone layer fails somewhere, and the ones that work lose the cost exchange. The honest scorecard. RAGE Global · RAGE X Analysis · 13 min read https://theragex.com/global/counter-drone-warfare-analysis

The $400 Drone Economy: How Cost Exchange Replaced Firepower A $400 drone kills a $4.5 million tank. Russia plans 7.3 million FPVs in 2026. The full cost-exchange arithmetic that now governs every defence budget. RAGE Global · RAGE X Analysis · 14 min read https://theragex.com/global/fpv-drone-economics-cost-exchange

The 2027 Deadline: What China's Military Milestone Actually Means 2027 is not an invasion date. It is a capability target — and the distinction is the most misreported thing in defence. What the Pentagon report actually says. RAGE Global · Intelligence Analysis · 13 min read https://theragex.com/global/china-2027-military-deadline

Is the Tank Dead? The Honest Answer No Leopard 2 has ever been destroyed by frontal penetration. Yet 57% of the 2A6 tranche was lost. The tank is not dead — it has been demoted. Here is why. RAGE Global · Defense Analysis · 13 min read https://theragex.com/global/is-the-tank-dead-analysis

❗️The Atlantic reports that Ukrainian officials developed a secret operation dubbed M&Ms that envisioned sending as many as 1,000 cheap, autonomous AI-guided drones a night toward airports in and around Moscow. The stated aim was to force Moscow's airspace to remain closed to civilian flights for an extended period and increase pressure on Russia's elites. Zelensky reportedly expressed serious concerns that drones could hit civilian aircraft or cause casualties among passengers, crews or airport staff, but allowed preparations to continue for several months. The report says planning was halted in July after Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, described as the operation's mastermind, was dismissed. An official in Zelensky's office denied the plan existed, calling the report "total nonsense."