CENTCOM’s new unit extends the naval blockade to Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea. Trump says it is in effect and new strikes are highly unlikely if talks progress. Analysts doubt it can work.
US officials say limited strikes on the largest island in the Strait of Hormuz answered Iranian missile fire at American aircraft and were part of a quiet series of similar attacks in recent weeks.
Officials and reporting point to Pickaxe Mountain, energy sites and Iran’s missile and drone stocks. Iran’s leader says any response will have no geographic limits. Here is what is known, and what is not.
Iran says at least four tankers hit mines after taking routes it calls unauthorized. A British maritime agency says one ship was attacked by a small boat. Washington says the main lanes are clear.
Britain, Germany, Poland and the Nordics are working with Paris on ‘forward deterrence,’ which could put nuclear-capable Rafales on allied soil. Italy said no, and the three Baltic states were not invited.
Typhon has kept a forward presence for more than 30 months and is now stored on Okinawa, while HIMARS crews train from Balabac to Hokkaido. Here is what each weapon does and how far it reaches.
Trump told an Iowa rally the US will have Iran ‘finished very soon’ and that ‘one way or the other’ the war will be done, while UN Ambassador Mike Waltz said the war could run another year. Here is what we know and what we don’t.
A new commercial image shows Russia’s Cosmos 2612 about a kilometer from ICEYE-X36, a U.S.-flagged radar satellite tied to a company that supports Ukraine. The State Department says the satellite’s behavior is consistent with on-orbit weapons operations.
Iran’s floating oil reserve in Asian waters, which kept Chinese buyers supplied through months of U.S. blockade, is now empty, according to Kpler data cited by The Wall Street Journal.
The Marine Corps has redesignated 1st Battalion, 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune as its first medium missile battalion, built around the unmanned NMESIS anti-ship launcher.