Mary Kissel appears on The John Batchelor Show to discuss the Iranian standoff, emphasizing the threat of “impregnable” nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain and how Tehran uses the Strait of Hormuz as leverage. Additionally, she praises Ukraine’s innovative drone technology, which has created a stalemate against Russia and has fostered a burgeoning, globally sought-after military-industrial complex within the war-torn country.
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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)