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A stealth fighter descends toward a runway at dusk with emergency vehicles visible near the tarmac

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The F-35 Made It Home. That Does Not Make the Lesson Small.

Military Times confirmed the F-35 emergency landing. Al Jazeera, citing CENTCOM, says the pilot is stable and the incident is under investigation. The most important fact is not whether the jet was lost. It is that the war is now teaching both sides under combat conditions what stealth, survivability, and attrition actually look like.

By Samuel Crane, Washington March 20 3 min read

Tankers anchored offshore in hazy water with a crowded shipping lane beyond them

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Hormuz Traffic Is Still Moving. It Just Barely Resembles Trade.

CNBC reports that only a small fraction of normal tanker traffic is moving through Hormuz, with hundreds of ships waiting nearby, selective safe passage, and widespread rerouting. The strait is not a binary open-or-shut story anymore. It is a rationed, negotiated bottleneck.

By Katya Volkov, Moscow March 20 1 min read