Evening Sky 4-7-26

Every great chess player knows the most dangerous opponent isn’t the one staring you down across the board — it’s the one standing behind you, studying your blind spots.

For over a month now, America has been locked in a grinding conflict with Iran. Operation Epic Fury has dominated every headline and every dinner-table argument in the country. Oil has surged past $112 a barrel, gas is north of four bucks a gallon, and the Strait of Hormuz — the jugular vein of global energy — is effectively under Iranian blockade. President Trump has promised two to three more weeks of “extremely hard” strikes to finish the job.

But Tehran isn’t the only capital paying close attention.

Sophisticated, un-hackable drones circling American military installations. On our soil. Not hobbyist toys — state-level hardware. Chang connected the dots further to a suspicious device found near MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, which he suggested may trace back to Beijing.

His conclusion was chilling: “These are warnings that China intends to move on the U.S. in the American homeland.” [China Analyst Gordon Chang]

Good Night, Patriots!