(By Khalid Masood) Today, the world’s most dangerous waterway became the stage for the world’s most dangerous gamble. At dawn on May 4, 2026, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched “Project Freedom” — a naval operation ostensibly designed to guide “neutral and innocent” merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint through which one-fifth…
(By Khalid Masood) Executive Summary The ongoing US-Israel joint military campaign against Iran, which began on February 28, 2026, represents the most complex air warfare operation in modern history. While American and Israeli forces have achieved near-total air superiority and conducted unprecedented coordinated strikes, critical questions remain: Can air power alone achieve strategic victory? Is…
(By Khalid Masood) An Air Defence Veteran In the pre-dawn darkness of February 28, 2026, the skies over Tehran remained eerily silent. No sirens wailed. No surface-to-air missiles streaked upward. Instead, waves of Israeli F-35I Adir stealth fighters and American B-2 Spirit bombers, supported by EA-18G Growler electronic-warfare aircraft, sliced through Iranian airspace with impunity….
(By Khalid Masood) As the U.S.-Israel war against Iran enters its most intense phase in early March 2026, with relentless airstrikes hammering military bases, nuclear sites, and regime strongholds, a volatile new dimension has opened on Iran’s western flank. Exiled Iranian Kurdish militant groups, PJAK, PDKI, Komala, PAK and others, have formed the Coalition of…
