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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister talks about the MoU and its terms.
60‑day verification and talks
Gharibabadi outlined a two‑stage process following Friday’s signing [on June 19]. First, a verification period will begin immediately.
“On Friday, we will have an official signing, and the heads of the two delegations will hold talks to determine the future arrangements of the negotiations. Until then, the US side’s commitments regarding ending the war, lifting the blockade and releasing assets will be verified. Entering the 60‑day negotiations is conditional on the implementation of these US commitments.”
During the 60‑day negotiation period, he said, several issues will be discussed, including ending America’s primary and secondary sanctions against Iran, as well as terminating UN Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions.
He said the nuclear issue will also be discussed, along with a mechanism for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran following the imposed war.
The deputy minister said a system to oversee the proper implementation of commitments by both sides should also be created.
Gharibabadi confirmed that mediators will continue to play a role in the upcoming talks.
https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/06/15/3617306/deputy-fm-confirms-finalization-of-iran-us-mou
Iranian leadership clarifies that the Memorandum of Understanding is an intermediate step, with the signing planned for June 19, but “Negotiations for the final agreement will be postponed until after the other party fulfills its commitments according to the memorandum of understanding.”
The current agreements are said to include, effective today, provisions that “the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently from tonight, and furthermore, the naval blockade against Iran will be immediately and completely lifted.“
The Islamic Republic of Iran, under the leadership of its martyred leader, has completed its superiority over the American Zionist enemy and, under the guidance of the Leader (may God protect him), with the support of all the people and the diligent efforts of the warriors of Islam, after a difficult and intensive several-month negotiation period, and based on the resolution of the Supreme National Security Council, finalized the text of the memorandum of understanding regarding the end-of-war negotiations (Islamabad negotiations) between Iran and the United States on the evening of June 14.
– According to the agreements reached, the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently from tonight, and furthermore, the naval blockade against Iran will be immediately and completely lifted.
– The signing of this memorandum of understanding will be officially carried out on Friday, June 19.
– Negotiations for the final agreement will be postponed until after the other party fulfills its commitments according to the memorandum of understanding. The Islamic Republic of Iran appreciates the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the government of Qatar.
Breaking news from Iranian source –
From this moment on, due to insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed to the passage of any type of vessel, including oil tankers and commercial vessels, and any traffic will be targeted.
The US claim that the ship passed through the aforementioned strait is denied.
The Iranian version of the news –
IRGC missiles hit US F-35 shelters at Al-Azraq base in Jordan
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Iran’s IRGC struck a U.S. airbase in Al-Azraq, Jordan, on Wednesday, hitting four key targets, including F-35 fighter shelters and a command and control centre with long-range solid-fuel missiles.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) public relations office said its Aerospace Force fighters fired solid-fuel ballistic missiles at the base, destroying four important targets, including hangars housing F-35 warplanes and a command and control centre of the “child-killing U.S. army.”
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245213/IRGC-missiles-hit-US-F-35-shelters-at-Al-Azraq-base-in-JordanVideo games designed for behavior modification.
Increasing HPV Vaccination Among Early Adolescents Using a Game-Based Digital Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Digital interventions (e.g., serious games) may improve HPV vaccine uptake.. game-based digital intervention to increase HPV vaccine initiation among unvaccinated youth aged 11-14 years
Results: A significantly greater proportion of adolescents in the intervention group initiated HPV vaccination compared with controls (88.5% vs. 46.2%
re AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine passes first human trial
Yeah, right.Artificial intelligence (AI) was not mentioned in the referenced journal article.
The study’s “vaccinations” occurred in 2021-2023.
Only 39 people received the new “vaccine”.
Of those 39 people, 15 people got a Covid-19 infection as an adverse effect of the new “vaccine”.
The word “effectiveness” does not appear in the article.For those 39 people, there were “15 adverse events of special interest” plus “121 unsolicited adverse events” plus “12 laboratory adverse events considered clinically significant.”
Between December 2021 and September 2023, a total of 39 volunteers were vaccinated.
There were 15 adverse events of special interest, all of which were COVID-19 episodes which were of grade one or two severity and did not require medical attention. There were 121 unsolicited adverse events, all of which were grade one or two severity and 23 were deemed possibly, probably or definitely related to the vaccine. There were 12 laboratory adverse events considered clinically significant, all of which were grade one or two severity and self-resolved without intervention during the study.
https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(26)00084-8/fulltext
John Day – “I can foresee a lot of ongoing difficulty as I will need to keep cutting down crops with live roots and planting the next crop into the established roots, while chopping the plants down in place as mulch, to eventually integrate into the soil.”
Tarps might help.
Vegetable farmers are increasingly using tarps as a no-till method for preparing crop beds.. Three and four weeks of tarping effectively terminated the rye cover crop and set back weeds for at least 1 week. Two weeks of tarping was statistically just as effective at killing cover crops and preventing weeds as the longer treatments, though there was a small amount of rye re-growth in this treatment. One week of tarping was not enough time to effectively kill cover crops and was less effective at preventing weeds compared to two, three and four weeks of tarping… no tarping length they tested effectively killed perennial weeds, but these weeds were set back.
https://practicalfarmers.org/resources/research-reports/tarping-for-no-till-cover-crop-termination/
Autonomous ships are being tested for the US Navy, “for the Indo-Pacific fight.”
prepared to scale at the pace required for the Indo-Pacific fight. In an era defined by America’s pacing-threat competition with China, our Nation and our Navy cannot afford protracted development programs that delay transition, escalate cost, and fail to field capability.
https://sea-machines.com/steamracer-class-autonomous-ship-advances-in-major-u-s-navy-masc-program/
The Navy’s requirements include the vessel having the ability to travel 2,500 nautical miles at 25 knots in sea state 4 carrying a payload of up to 25 metric tons, according to naval solicitation documents published in late March. The payload tonnage will be accommodated between two 40-foot containers.. At-sea testing will begin next month and should be complete by October 2026,” reads a Friday statement from the Navy.
https://news.usni.org/2026/05/29/hii-saronic-included-in-first-musv-navy-prototype-tests
A range of 2,500 miles would presumably enable autonomous round-trip military cargo shipments to Taiwan from as far away as the naval bases at the Philippines or Guam, and back to the naval bases without refueling.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s side of the developing story –
MoU Being Finalized, Iranian Spokesman Says about Talks on Ending Imposed War“Within a period of 30 to 60 days, the details of the issues should be discussed and finally an agreement should be reached.”
He emphasized, “We are in the stage of finalizing this memorandum of understanding. The issues that are being discussed at this stage are focused on ending the war. The issue of ending the US naval aggression and issues related to the release of blocked Iranian assets will be addressed in this memorandum of understanding.”
Regarding the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, Baqaei said the Strait of Hormuz has nothing to do with the US.
“A mechanism should be defined between us and Oman as coastal countries. We are in talks with the relevant organizations. We are aware of the importance of this waterway for the international community. The international community knows that the insecurity is caused by the aggressive actions of the United States and the Zionist regime. They understand that the responsible action of Iran and Oman to create a mechanism for the safe passage of ships through this waterway is in the interest of the international community.”
He added, “What we are doing is in line with protecting the national interests of Iran and Oman as coastal countries and is also aimed at ensuring safe shipping. From this perspective, we expect all countries that attach importance to free trade and maritime safety to understand this situation.”
Regarding the nuclear issue, Baqaei said, “We are not talking about the details of the nuclear issue at this stage. We know that our nuclear issue was a pretext for two aggressive wars against the Iranian nation. At the same time, we were subjected to illegal attacks during the nuclear negotiations. Therefore, we wisely decided to give priority at this stage to the issue that is urgent, which is ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon.”
A congressional report about Operation Epic Fury says that so far, the US military has reported “42 fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft, including uncrewed aircraft (i.e., drones), reportedly lost or damaged in OEF,” but this number is “according to news reports and statements by DOD and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)” and may be a different number due to the information being classified. “The number of aircraft damaged or destroyed may remain subject to revision due to multiple factors, which may include classification…”
Moderna Began Developing a Bundibugyo Ebola mRNA “Vaccine” Just 4 Months Before WHO Declared a Global Emergency
Bill Gates-backed CEPI awarded Moderna and Oxford $26.7 million to develop multivalent Ebola mRNA and viral vector shots in January 2026.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-198168875Today’s news has many articles about the aircraft carrier USS Ford (of clogged toilets and laundry fire fame) finally returning home after an extra-long 11 month deployment.
Also in recent news, with far less coverage, is the submarine USS Florida completing a 727-day deployment, which is around 24 months in a windowless ship.
“The USS Florida Ohio-Class SSGN Completed a 727-Day Deployment Covering 60,000 Nautical Miles”
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-uss-florida-ohio-class-ssgn-completed-a-727-day-deployment-covering-60000-nautical-miles/RIM’s take on the 2014 outbreak of Ebola –
“George W. Bushmeat and the Economics of Ebola”
https://www.theautomaticearth.com/2014/10/george-w-bushmeat-and-the-economics-of-ebola/“Bundibugyo ebolavirus was less fatal (case-fatality rate 34%) than Ebola viruses that had caused previous outbreaks in the region, and most transmission was associated with handling of dead persons without appropriate protection (adjusted odds ratio 3.83, 95% confidence interval 1.78-8.23).”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20587179/During the time of that “largest Ebola outbreak in history”, there was one “outbreak” in the USA in 2014, with 4 cases and one fatality, for the Zaire strain of Ebola which is considered to be more deadly than the current outbreak’s Bundibugyo strain.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034123003581
Here we go again?
A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people in Democratic Republic of CongoBetween 2014 and 2016, 28,600 people were infected and 11,325 people died during the largest Ebola outbreak in history, according to the World Health Organization. That started in the West African nation of Guinea then spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and several other countries outside the region.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g-s1-122494/a-new-ebola-outbreak-has-already-killed-87-peopleToday I learned that a submerged nuclear ballistic missile submarine can receive launch orders from a special aircraft (such as a Boeing E-6A) using very low frequency communications.
Yesterday, one of those E-6A aircraft flew to Europe from the US, and today a US ballistic missile submarine was reported to have embarked on a “Mediterranean Patrol.”
“USS Alaska Leaves Gibraltar for Mediterranean Patrol as US Navy E-6A Arrival Raises Strategic Questions”
The ballistic missile submarine believed to be USS Alaska (SSBN-732) departed Gibraltar today heading east into the Mediterranean after arriving on Saturday, in a movement that comes just one day after the arrival in Europe of a US Navy E-6A Mercury aircraft.
Unlike attack submarines, SSBNs represent one of the core components of the American nuclear triad, designed to provide survivable second-strike capability. For that reason alone, deployments of this kind are always strategically sensitive, even when conducted routinely.
What makes the movement particularly interesting is the near-simultaneous presence in Europe of a US Navy E-6A Mercury tracked yesterday. The aircraft serves as an airborne nuclear command post capable of relaying launch orders to US ballistic missile submarines through very low frequency communications.
Greek tanker carrying oil from Iraq (not Iran) to Vietnam reportedly forced to turn back near Oman (at the US Navy’s blockade line) after getting through the Hormuz Strait.
According to multiple shipping and media reports, the vessel had been transporting Iraqi crude oil bound for Vietnam after departing Iraq’s Al Basrah terminal.
The tanker had successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz using a route authorised by Iranian authorities and travelled via officially declared shipping lanes, Iranian media reported.
However, ship-tracking data later showed the vessel abruptly changing course near the Gulf of Oman before eventually turning back, amid heightened naval tensions involving the United States and Iran. Reports linking the manoeuvre directly to intervention by the U.S. Navy have circulated online, although no official confirmation has been issued by U.S. authorities at this stage.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/05/12/agios-fanourios-i-tanker-oman-hormuz/?amp
For Dr. D –
FWIW, Wikipedia says the SSBN ballistic missile submarine USS Alaska is not the same configuration as cruise missile submarines, aka “SSGNs capable of conducting conventional land attack and special operations.”
SSGNs capable of conducting conventional land attack and special operations… payload possibilities include new generations of supersonic and hypersonic cruise missiles, and Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles,[citation needed] unmanned aerial vehicles, the ADM-160 MALD, sensors for antisubmarine warfare or intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, counter mine warfare payloads such as the AN/BLQ-11 Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System, and the broaching universal buoyant launcher and stealthy affordable capsule system specialized payload canisters.
The missile tubes also have room for stowage canisters that can extend the forward deployment time for special forces. The other two Trident tubes are converted to swimmer lockout chambers. For special operations, the Dry Combat Submersible (which replaced the Advanced SEAL Delivery System), as well as the dry deck shelter, can be mounted on the lockout chamber and the boat will be able to host up to 66 special-operations sailors or Marines, such as Navy SEALs, or USMC MARSOC teams. Improved communications equipment installed during the upgrade allows the SSGNs to serve as a forward-deployed, clandestine Small Combatant Joint Command Center.
Just flexing? Or for turning up the insanity dial to 11?
US ballistic missile submarine appears in Mediterranean as tensions rise in Middle East
Appearances of Navy submarines are rare and often designed to send a strategic deterrence message. One of 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, Alaska carries Trident missiles armed with nuclear warheads.
The vessel’s visit is a demonstration of U.S. capability, flexibility and commitment to NATO allies, NAVEUR-AF/6th Fleet said in the statement. The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines offer the U.S. its “most survivable leg of the nuclear triad,” the Navy said.
FWIW the USS Alaska, a ballistic missile submarine that can carry 20 Trident II missiles, with each missile carrying up to 12 nuclear warheads -according to Wikipedia- has arrived at the Gibraltar naval base today. With a length of 170 m (560 ft), it’s the largest type of submarine in the US navy.
https://www.gbc.gi/news/uss-ohio-class-nuclear-powered-submarine-in-gibraltar-amidst-tight-securityToday an Iranian admiral talks about their small submarines in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Commander of the Iranian Army Navy Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has talked about the mission of small-sized submarines in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Laying on the seabed in the depths of the waters of the Strait of Hormuz for a long time and intercepting and destroying different kinds of hostile vessels are among the capabilities of the Army Navy’s light submarines.
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/244388/Army-submarines-monitor-intercept-vessels-in-Hormuz-StraitI forgot to include this source link with my comment last night about the US Special Operations speedboat-packing Mothership being spotted in the Indian Ocean.
https://xcancel.com/MT_Anderson
The MV Ocean Trader, a ship that’s referred to as “U.S. Special Operations Command’s Elusive Mothership,” has been spotted at the Diego Garcia naval facility in the Indian Ocean, after being seen near Venezuela late last year.
MV Ocean Trader is a converted roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel outfitted for clandestine maritime special operations under U.S. Military Sealift Command authority. The ship is designed to accommodate over 150 SOF personnel, rotary-wing aircraft, RHIBs, and ISR systems. Capable of remaining underway for extended periods without external support, Ocean Trader operates as a low-signature floating base for insertion, interdiction, and surveillance operations. (article at Army Recognition)
The four launch and recovery bays visible in the photo are said to be used for “stealthy Combat Craft-Assault (CCA)” speedboats.
We have wondered what types of craft would fill the now ironically named M/V Ocean Trader’s four launch and recovery bays located on the ship’s starboard side. The most likely option seemed to be rigid-hull inflatable boats, like the 11 meter Naval Special Warfare RHIB. But it turns out the ship totes around far more advanced vessels in the form of the stealthy Combat Craft-Assault (CCA).
Some claims from Iran’s military and foreign minister –
Iran’s attacks on the three USN destroyers caused “significant damage” and the ships “changed course and left the area.”
The CIA’s estimate that Iran’s missile inventory and launcher capacity is now at 70-75% compared to Feb. 28 is incorrect. The correct figure is claimed to be 120%, due to assembly of “new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began.”
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that Iranian forces had “launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats” at three destroyers — the USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta, and USS Mason.
Iran’s Army announced that the strikes were in response to the US violation of the April 8 ceasefire that had initially paused the joint US-Israel war against Iran. It said following the response, “the aggressor American destroyers changed course and left the area.”
A spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which coordinates military operations between Iran’s Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said the Iranian counterattacks were immediate and decisive, causing “significant damage” to US warships.
According to a US official, Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventory of mobile launchers and roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpiles. The official added that there is evidence Iran has been able to recover and reopen almost all of its underground storage facilities, repair some damaged missiles, and even assemble new missiles that were nearly complete when the war began.
In a message on X on Friday, Iran’s foreign minister reacted to the CIA analysis, saying Iran has boosted its missile power compared to the period before the war and is more prepared than ever to defend the country.
“The CIA is wrong. Our missile inventory and launcher capacity are not at 75% compared to Feb. 28. The correct figure is 120%.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/526202/Iran-teaches-Yankees-a-lessonRashomon, he said she said, news/propaganda?
US military says –
According to a CENTCOM statement, Iranian forces launched a coordinated assault involving “multiple missiles, drones and small boats” while the USS Truxtun (DDG 103), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), and USS Mason (DDG 87) were navigating the international sea passage. Officials confirmed that “no US assets were struck” during the engagement. In response to the “aggression”, US Central Command said it “eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking US forces.”
Iran military says –
Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya: Terrorist U.S. military breached ceasefire by attacking an Iranian oil tanker departing from Iran’s coastal waters near Jask towards Strait of Hormuz, along with another vessel entering Strait of Hormuz near Fujairah.
At the same time, they launched airstrikes on civilian regions in collaboration with several neighboring nations near the shores of Bandar Khamir, Sirik, and Qeshm Island.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Armed Forces swiftly responded by striking U.S. military ships east of the Strait of Hormuz and south of Chabahar port, causing considerable damage to them.
The hostile and aggressive United States along with its allied nations must understand that the Islamic Republic of Iran will, as it has before, respond decisively and without hesitation to any acts of aggression or invasion.
Satellite image from today shows the US Navy’s “approximate blockade line” which is about 650 km from the Strait of Hormuz, in the Northern Arabian Sea near the entrance to the Gulf of Oman. The line goes from the Pakistan/Iran border to the shoulder of Oman.
https://xcancel.com/MT_Anderson/status/2052132241393033651#m
More conflicting stories today.
CENTCOM chief says Iran fired at U.S. warships, and “U.S. destroyed six Iranian small boats“
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency rejected the assertion by Cooper, saying none of its so-called “fast boats” were destroyed Monday.
Iranian state media said earlier that forces fired “warning” shots, including missiles and drones, at a U.S. destroyer as it neared the Strait of Hormuz in the Sea of Oman.
Iranian authorities insist the strait is closed and only vessels with explicit permission from its military will be permitted to pass, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Monday that the U.S. has full control over the waterway.
Axios
Two U.S. merchant ships cross Strait of Hormuz under Trump’s new operation
1 hour agovs.
Tehran Times
#BREAKING
IRGC: No commercial vessels or oil tankers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours.Map with regularly updated ship locations in the Strait of Hormuz.
“VesselFinder is a FREE AIS vessel tracking web site. VesselFinder displays real time ship positions and marine traffic detected by global AIS network.”
A bunch of ships of “Unknown Type” (US Navy?) are beyond the imaginary line connecting the Iran/Pakistan border with the shoulder of Oman.
For comparison of front page news/propaganda
Tehran Times –
New York Times and others –
https://www.frontpages.com/the-new-york-times/
Scroll down to see others, including UK newspapers.Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
March 1 to April 29
As reported by Lloyd’s List Intelligence and graphed by the nonprofit USNI News.This graph shows civilian traffic through the strait (the total number of ships for each day, with breakdown for each type of ship.)
For example, starting at the high end of the daily count –
27 ships on 18 April
27 ships on 01 March
22 ships on 12 April
16 ships on 07 April
15 ships on 02 April
15 ships on 14 April
14 ships on 04 April
etc…Transits are also majorly members of the “shadow fleet” – internationally sanctioned ships that use deceptive measures to avoid detection, Meade said. While they accounted for about 10-15 percent of transits before the war, “shadow fleet” ships now constitute about 80 percent.
Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster (NYT)President Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships.
“They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Mr. Trump boasted at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and resort in Florida a few days before Christmas. Mr. Phelan, a billionaire investor who has a home near the club, stood next to the president as he made the announcement.
Mr. Phelan’s job was to deliver the first of Mr. Trump’s battleships by 2028.
On Wednesday, Mr. Trump fired Mr. Phelan, who had struggled to come up with a plan to deliver the ships on the nearly impossible timeline that Mr. Trump has demanded, senior defense and administration officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.
Presidents rarely pay close attention to military procurement, but Mr. Trump has spoken repeatedly about his plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship. In a February speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., Mr. Trump insisted that he had helped design the new class of ships that bear his name.“I put a little more spirit in the hull,” Mr. Trump told the troops. “I want that ship to look gorgeous, you know.”
In the days after Mr. Trump announced his plans for the new battleships, defense experts raised questions about whether they would ever be built.
“The ship’s purported characteristics are so extraordinary that the announcement will surely spark immense discussion,” wrote Mark F. Cancian, an expert on military budgeting with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “However, there is little need for said discussion because this ship will never sail.”
The ship would take “years to design,” Mr. Cancian noted. “A future administration will cancel the program before the first ship hits the water.”
In Mr. Trump’s imagination the new warship would be massive, weighing as much as 40,000 tons, and would be packed with new high-tech weapons, like lasers, hypersonic missiles and electric rail guns, most of which are still in development and years from being deployed.
In recent weeks, it had become clear to Mr. Phelan that the Navy and the U.S. shipbuilding industry did not have the ability to deliver on Mr. Trump’s vision. Mr. Phelan recently suggested to Mr. Trump that the Navy might have to rely on European shipyards to deliver the battleships on the ambitious timeline Mr. Trump was demanding, senior military and administration officials said.
Mr. Trump rejected the suggestion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/trump-navy-secretary.html
From Craig Murray today –
Israel now occupies a higher percentage of Lebanon than Russia does of Ukraine.
All of Russian occupied Ukraine was majority Russian speaking before the war.
Zero of Israeli occupied Lebanon was ever Hebrew speaking.
The US has 12 aircraft carriers.
5 of these are in maintenance.
Only 3 are currently deployed, all in the Middle East area.
Article in The Hill says that during the past 7 weeks, the US military used up almost half of its Patriot missiles, and more than half of its THAADs, and almost half of its Precision Strike Missiles.
To rebuild the stockpiles to former levels, it will take 1 to 4 years, if no more of the remaining missiles are fired.
“The U.S. fired almost 50 percent of its Patriot missile stockpile; more than half of Terminal High Altitude Area Defenses (THAADs), which are used to protect against short, medium and intermediate-range missiles; and over 45 percent of its Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) stockpiles during the air and missile campaign in Iran”
The U.S. military has used up nearly half of its stockpile of Patriot air defense interceptor missiles and heavily expended six other key missile stockpiles during its seven-week strike campaign against Iran, according to a new analysis from the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
The U.S. fired almost 50 percent of its Patriot missile stockpile; more than half of Terminal High Altitude Area Defenses (THAADs), which are used to protect against short, medium and intermediate-range missiles; and over 45 percent of its Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) stockpiles during the air and missile campaign in Iran, CSIS said in its Tuesday report.
Rebuilding the stockpiles of the missiles, including Tomahawks and JASSMs, precision-guided cruise missiles, to pre-Operation Epic Fury levels will take one to four years and these munitions will be critical for a potential conflict in the Western Pacific, according to CSIS.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5842118-patriot-thaad-prsm-expenditure-iran/
The US Navy’s next two new Ford-class aircraft carriers that are planned (but not yet contracted) are to be named after Slick Willie and Dubya.
Following the naming of the next two Gerald R Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers by the US Navy as the future USS William J Clinton (CVN 82) and USS George W Bush (CVN 83), a path has opened for the eighth vessel in class (CVN 85) to be named after the incoming President-elect, Donald J Trump.
https://www.naval-technology.com/news/could-cvn-85-be-named-uss-donald-j-trump/
From AP News –
The Navy has three other Ford-class carriers under construction: the USS John F. Kennedy, the USS Enterprise and the USS Dorie Millier.
Headlines from Iran –
Fire all your guns at once?
And then explode into space?
I like smoke and lightnin’
Heavy metal thunder
Racing with the wind
And the feeling that I’m underYeah, darlin’ gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into spaceTHE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to buy the first Trump-class battleship in next year’s budget submission, a schedule that would allow the service to make the purchase before President Donald Trump leaves office.
In the FY 2028 budget submission the Defense Department will unveil next year when it buys the first ship, the Navy projects asking for $17 billion in procurement funding. The service currently projects buying the second ship in FY 2030, when it will seek $13 billion, and the third ship in FY 2031, when it will ask Congress for $11.5 billion
Trump and Navy Secretary John Phelan announced in December that the service would pursue a new battleship, which anchors the Trump administration’s pursuit of the Golden Fleet concept.
https://news.usni.org/2026/04/21/navy-wants-to-buy-trump-class-battleship-in-fy-2028
