Strategic Command
STRATCOM · United States Strategic Command is responsible for strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, and global strike.
Area of Responsibility: Strategic nuclear forces, global strike capability
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LIVE- Aug 21 Japan-U.S.-ROK Telephone Meeting Follows Missile Launches By North Korea
- Aug 20 Tanker Hijack in Gulf of Aden as U.S. Forces Enforce Iran Blockade and Issue New Sanctions
- Aug 18 UAE Detects Iranian Ballistic Missiles After Erbil Drone Attack
- Aug 14 NATO Baltic Air Policing Jet Shoots Down Foreign Drone Over Eastern Latvia
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Current Assessment
War with Iran, ongoing attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities and heightened force posture in the Middle East
Strategic Command Mission Overview
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) deters strategic attack through a safe, secure, effective, and credible global combat capability and is ready to prevail in conflict when directed. It provides strategic planning and coordination for national-level deterrence missions.
STRATCOM provides strategic deterrence and planning for global operations across multiple domains, coordinating capabilities that support national-level deterrence and strategic readiness. The command maintains continuous readiness and supports national command and control requirements.
- Strategic deterrence and readiness.
- Global planning and coordination of strategic capabilities.
- Continuous command and control for strategic operations.
United States Strategic Command is responsible for strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, and global strike.
Headquarters
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
Area of Responsibility
Strategic nuclear forces, global strike capability
Latest STRATCOM Alerts
Recent intelligence updates for Strategic Command.
Japan-U.S.-ROK Telephone Meeting Follows Missile Launches By North Korea
TOKYO - On August 20, following North Korea’s ballistic missile launch, Deputy Director-General Ariyoshi of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a trilateral phone meetin
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Tanker Hijack in Gulf of Aden as U.S. Forces Enforce Iran Blockade and Issue New Sanctions
GULF OF ADEN - Six armed persons boarded the tanker Seamull, also known as SIBU 1, 136 nautical miles east of Al Mukalla, Yemen, and redirected the vessel toward Somalia.
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UAE Detects Iranian Ballistic Missiles After Erbil Drone Attack
DOHA - On August 18 the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defense stated that its air defense systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran toward the UAE.
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NATO Baltic Air Policing Jet Shoots Down Foreign Drone Over Eastern Latvia
LATVIA - On the morning of August 14, a NATO fighter jet operating under the Baltic Air Policing mission from a base in Lithuania intercepted and destroyed a foreign unmanned aer
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Projectile Strike Hits Vessel East of Khasab as UAE Qatar Saudi Kuwait and GCC Attribute Missile Attack on ADNOC Tanker to Iran
STRAIT OF HORMUZ - UK Maritime Trade Operations reported that a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile approximately 18 nautical miles (33 km) east of Khasab, Oman, on August
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Federal Prosecutor Labels Leipzig Explosive Drone a Serious Attack as USEUCOM Advances SAG-U Reorganization
GERMANY - On August 6 the Office of the Federal Prosecutor assumed lead of the investigation into the explosive-laden drone recovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport on the night of Aug
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Iranian Foreign Ministry Reports Final-Stage Negotiations with Oman on Strait of Hormuz as JMIC Confirms Projectile Incidents
STRAIT OF HORMUZ - The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that negotiations with Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages. The Joint Maritime Information Center
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State Department Issues Middle East Travel Caution as Iranian State Media Claims Missile Strike on U.S. Base in Jordan
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of State on August 1 advised Americans currently in the Middle East to exercise caution and heightened vigilance and to prepare for flight cancel
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Armed Russian Cruise Missile Crashes in Eastern Poland, NATO Activates Defenses
POLAND - An armed Russian Kh-101 cruise missile violated Polish airspace and crashed in a field near Tarnawa-Kolonia, approximately 31 miles (50 km) from Lublin, during a large-s
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IRGC Reasserts Hormuz Control After CENTCOM Strikes. Gulf States Condemn UAV Attacks
MIDDLE EAST - The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on July 30 again claimed full control of the Strait of Hormuz and said two oil tankers that tried an unauthorized route
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Trump Orders Hard US Response After Iran Missiles Targeting Forces in Jordan Intercepted
MIDDLE EAST - On July 29, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that five Iranian rockets traveling 8,500 miles per hour had been knocked down the previous night and that U.S. force
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U.S. and Saudi Forces Strike IRGC-Directed Sites in Eastern Iraq
MIDDLE EAST - On July 28, U.S. Central Command and the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces conducted precision strikes against Iran-aligned terrorists that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
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