DEFCON Alerts

CENTCOM Completes New Wave Of Attacks On Iran, Hitting Dozens Of Targets With Precision Munitions

CENTCOM Completes New Wave Of Attacks On Iran, Hitting Dozens Of Targets With Precision Munitions

U.S. Forces Begin Launching More Strikes Against Iran To Degrade Ability To Attack Commercial Vessels

U.S. Forces Begin Launching More Strikes Against Iran To Degrade Ability To Attack Commercial Vessels

Iran's IRGC Launches Drone And Missile Attacks Across Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE.

Iran's IRGC has launched drone and missile attacks on Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, and the UAE.

U.S. Central Command Launches Strikes in Response to Attack on M/V GFS Galaxy in Strait of Hormuz; Iran Announces Closure (Report)

U.S. Central Command confirmed the launch of strike operations against Iran at 7:15 p.m. ET, the third round of U.S. military action in one week.

U.S. Africa Command Conducts Airstrikes Targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia; Danab Special Forces Carry Out Ground Operation in Lower Juba

SOMALIA - On July 10, a day after Danab special forces of the Somali National Army, working with Jubbaland Security Forces, overran al-Shabaab positions in the Baqdaad area near Badhaadhe in Lower Juba, U.S. Africa Command released a statement disclosing an airstrike it had carried out against the group on July 8. The command had conducted four such strikes between July 3 and July 8.

U.S. Forces Strike Iranian Military Targets in Response to Shipping Attacks; Iran Claims Attacks on Nuclear Sites

PERSIAN GULF - U.S. Central Command forces completed an additional round of strikes against Iranian military targets on July 8 to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation followed earlier strikes on July 7.

U.S. Launches Additional Strikes Against Iran To Further Degrade Capabilities

Trump Declares U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Over After U.S. Strikes on Iran and Renewed Shipping Attacks in Strait of Hormuz

MIDDLE EAST - President Trump stated on July 8 that the ceasefire with Iran is over from his perspective and that continued engagement constitutes a waste of time, following U.S. Central Command strikes launched the previous day against Iranian targets in response to attacks on commercial shipping i

U.S. Strikes Southern Iran, Iran Hits U.S. Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain

U.S. Central Command: “U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.

Three Tankers Struck in Separate Incidents in the Strait of Hormuz on July 7

STRAIT OF HORMUZ - United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued two warnings on July 7 reporting attacks on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Joint Maritime Information Center Update 068 listed three incidents on July 7, and raised the regional threat level for the Strait of Ho

Cuba Total Power Failure Prompts Embassy Security Alert for U.S. Citizens

CUBA - Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed on July 6, producing a total power failure across the country that began at 12 p.m. Eastern Time, the U.S. Embassy in Havana stated in its security alert.

Qatari LNG Tanker Hit East of Limah, Oman. Strait of Hormuz Southern Corridor Available

STRAIT OF HORMUZ - A tanker traveling southbound was struck by an unknown projectile on its port side, causing a fire, approximately 8 nautical miles east of Limah, Oman.

China Conducts Submarine-Launched Strategic Missile Test into Pacific Ocean

SOUTH PACIFIC - The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) launched a strategic missile carrying a dummy warhead from one of its nuclear-powered submarines on July 6 at 12:01 p.m. Beijing time.

Cargo Vessel Reports Attack off Al Hudaydah, Yemen

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) received a report on July 5 of a cargo vessel triggering a distress alert approximately 30 nautical miles southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, stating it was under attack by unknown armed assailants.

Happy Independence Day!

On this Fourth of July, we give thanks for the blessings of liberty entrusted to our nation. Freedom is not simply the work of human hands but a gift from God, calling us to live with gratitude, responsibility, integrity, and faith. “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant Loses Off-Site Power Connection for the 21st Time

UKRAINE - The International Atomic Energy Agency reported on July 3 that the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant lost its connection to the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 line, the 21st such loss during the military conflict.

UAE Thwarts Series of Sophisticated Cyberattacks Targeting Financial Sector

UAE - The United Arab Emirates Cyber Security Council announced July 3 that the national cybersecurity system contained a series of cyberattacks targeting entities in the financial sector.

Explosive Device Detonates in Central Damascus Cafe, Killing Six and Wounding 22 Others

DAMASCUS - An explosive device detonated inside a cafe on Al-Nasr Street in the al-Hijaz area of central Damascus on July 2, killing six people and injuring 22 others according to the latest update from Syrian health officials.

Romanian Defense Ministry Destroys Explosive Drone Fragment in Tulcea County

TULCEA COUNTY, ROMANIA - Romanian Ministry of Defense specialists destroyed an explosive charge from drone fragments through controlled detonation in Luncavița commune on June 30.

IRGC Claims Missile and Drone Strikes on US Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, Explosions and Sirens Reported in Gulf States

PERSIAN GULF - On June 28, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Command released a statement asserting dominance over the Strait of Hormuz.