Episodios

  • Israel - Iran War Summary + IAEA Chief on Iran's Enriched Uranium "We don't know where this material could be" + Japan Tests Type 88 Surface to Ship Missile + More
    Jun 30 2025

    For review:

    1. Israel - Iran War Summary.

    2. UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months,” despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday.

    3. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s operation against Iran has opened up “broad regional possibilities,” while stressing that freedom for hostages was a top priority.

    4. A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen was likely intercepted by air defenses on Saturday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said.

    5. Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a decree to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines. The 1997 treaty, joined by over 160 countries, bans the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines in efforts to protect civilians from the scattered explosives.

    6. Japan Tests Type 88 Surface to Ship Missile. The truck-mounted Type 88 guided missile, developed by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have a range of about 100 kilometers (62 miles).

    9. Latest on development of US Army Multi-Domain Task Forces (5 of them) and new Multi-Domain Commands.


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  • IDF Chief of Staff: Iran No Longer Nuclear Threshold State + Russian President: Moscow Ready for New Round of Direct Talks with Ukraine + US Army & USAF FY26 Budget Info + More
    Jun 28 2025

    For review:

    1. IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has told colleagues that Iran is no longer a nuclear threshold state following the Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear program. While Iran may still maintain parts of its nuclear program, it has been set back by years, LTG Zamir has concluded.

    2. Iranian Parliament votes to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. Bill sent to Iranian President for ratification.

    3. President Trump prepared to remove sanctions on Iran- changes mind after Iranian Supreme Leader's "blatant and foolish" statement. In a video statement on Thursday, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the (US) strikes did not "achieve anything significant."

    4. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a circuit of interviews aired Thursday evening that Israel sought to eliminate Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during its 12-day conflict with Iran, but the opportunity never presented itself.

    5. The IDF said Thursday that it had eliminated two Hezbollah operatives in separate airstrikes in southern Lebanon in the span of two hours.

    6. Russian President: Moscow Ready for New Round of Direct Talks with Ukraine.

    7. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Politico on 25 June that President Donald Trump will resist European pressure to escalate sanctions on Russia, arguing that doing so could close the door to potential peace negotiations with Moscow.

    8. US Army & USAF FY26 Budget Info.

    9. US Army Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (CAML) program.

    CAML = autonomous/optionally crewed, highly mobile, air transportable, cross domain fires launcher with the potential to augment or replace existing Army launchers (offensive & defensive).


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  • IDF: Iran's Nuclear Program Set Back Years + Iran Foreign Ministry: Nuclear Facilities "Badly Damaged" + NATO Agrees to Increase Spending to 5% GDP + More
    Jun 26 2025

    For review:

    1. In a video statement on Tuesday summing up the war against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel “achieved a historic victory” that would “abide for generations."

    “Now, the focus returns to Gaza, to bringing the hostages home and toppling Hamas rule,” he added.

    2. IDF: Iran's Nuclear Program Set Back Years.

    Israel Defense Forces spokesman Brigadier General Effi Defrin said Wednesday: "I can say here that the assessment is that we significantly damaged the nuclear program, and I can also say that we set it back by years, I repeat, years.”

    3. Iran Foreign Ministry: Nuclear Facilities "Badly Damaged." Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Wednesday conceded the Sunday strikes by American B-2 bombers using bunker-buster bombs had been significant.

    4. Iran has, over the last 12 days, arrested more than 700 people accused of ties with Israel, state-linked media reported Wednesday.

    5. The United States and Qatar said Wednesday that the ceasefire in Iran has created an opportunity to advance truce-hostage talks they are mediating between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

    6. NATO Agrees to Boost Spending to 5% GDP. The 5% GDP figure is a bit of a workaround, with 3.5% for core defense tasks and an additional 1.5% on measures that support defense and security- such as cyber defense.

    7. The United Kingdom announced today it will buy “at least” 12 F-35As and will use the jets to “join NATO’s dual capable nuclear mission” in what it called a “major boost” for the alliance’s security.

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  • President Trump Announces Ceasefire Agreement between Israel and Iran + Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar - No Injuries + IAF Launches Extensive Strikes in Tehran + NATO Summit Begins Tomorrow
    Jun 24 2025

    For review:

    1.President Trump Announces Ceasefire Agreement between Israel and Iran.

    There was no immediate Israeli comment on President Trump’s announcement.

    Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later insisted on X that “as of now, there is NO ‘agreement’ on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations.”

    He said, however, that the Islamic Republic would not launch further attacks if Israel immediately ceased strikes.

    2. Many questions remain after Sunday’s strikes, especially about the whereabouts of Iran’s sensitive stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 percent.

    IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi on Monday demanded access to Iran’s nuclear sites, saying the agency needs to “account for” the uranium stockpile.

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had “interesting intelligence” on the matter, declining to elaborate.

    3. Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar - No Injuries. The strikes targeted the Al Udeid air base in Qatar, which is used by local forces as well as American, British and other foreign troops.

    4. IAF Launches Extensive Strikes in Tehran. Another wave of “extensive” strikes carried out by over 50 IAF fighter jets hit “military headquarters of the Iranian regime, missile production sites, radar systems, and missile storage infrastructure” in the Tehran area, the military said.

    5. NATO Summit Begins Tomorrow.

    The NATO summit will be held at The Hague in the Netherlands from June 24-25.

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  • US CJCS: 7 x B2 Bombers Dropped 14 x GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators + IAEA Chief on Fordo: "Clear Indications of Impacts...Cannot Announce Degree of Damage + World Reaction
    Jun 23 2025

    For review:

    1. US CJCS: 7 x B2 Bombers Dropped 14 x GBU-57/B MOP Bombs.

    2. IAEA Chief on Fordo: "Clear Indications of Impacts...Cannot Announce Degree of Damage.

    3. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Sunday morning of “everlasting consequences” after the American military had carried out an attack” on the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites in Iran.

    4. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation that he would be traveling to Moscow later in the day to hold “serious consultations with the Russian president tomorrow.”

    5. World Reaction.

    6. Israeli PM Netanyahu on Iran Campaign: “We won’t pursue our actions beyond what is needed to achieve [the goals], but we also won’t finish too soon- vowing to avoid entering a war of attrition. When the objectives are achieved, then the operation is complete and the fighting will stop,” he told Israeli reporters.

    7. The bodies of three slain hostages, Ofra Keidar, Jonathan Samerano, and Staff Sgt. Shay Levinson, were recovered in a joint military and Shin Bet operation from the Gaza Strip overnight, the IDF announces.

    8. Israel's Campaign continues: According to the IDF, some 30 fighter jets carried out bombing missions in four areas of Iran earlier Sunday, targeting missile and drone sites.

    A second sortie later Sunday involved 20 planes dropping 30 bombs on various sites, including in the capital, Tehran.

    9. Current and former senior officials in the Israeli security establishment are cited by Ynet’s Ronen Bergman as saying the US may ultimately unilaterally declare a ceasefire in Iran.

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  • US Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites at Fordo, Natanz, & Isfahan + NY Times Report: Iran Supreme Leader Has Nominated Potential Successors + IDF Eliminates Three More IRGC Commanders
    Jun 22 2025

    For review:

    1. US Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites at Fordo, Natanz, & Isfahan.

    2. NY Times Report: Iran Supreme Leader Has Nominated Potential Successors.

    3. IDF Eliminates Three More IRGC Commanders.

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  • IAF Destroys Missile Launchers and Storage Sites in Tabriz & Kermanshah + Iran Launches Another Missile with Cluster Warhead + 5 x US Navy Guided Missile Destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea
    Jun 21 2025

    For review:

    1. On Thursday night, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem offered "all forms of support" to Iran in its fight against Israel and the US.

    2. On Friday, the Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck several Hezbollah military sites in southern Lebanon, the IDF says.

    3. Iran Launches Another Missile with Cluster Warhead. The apparent targeting of Beersheba with a cluster bomb came after the IDF Home Front Command on Thursday confirmed that Iran had launched at least one ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead at central Israel.

    4. Reports from Tehran said that an IDF drone targeted and killed an Iranian nuclear scientist who had been holed up in a safe house. The Israel Defense Forces have not yet commented on the reported strike.

    5. IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said Friday that Israelis must prepare for a “prolonged campaign” against Iran- indicating that a quick end to the campaign was unlikely.

    6. A meeting between Iran’s foreign minister and top European diplomats on Friday yielded hopes of further talks but no indication of any immediate concrete breakthrough. Foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany, as well as the European Union’s foreign policy chief (Kaja Kallas)- met with Iran’s Foreign Minister (Abbas Araghchi).

    7. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to boost production of medium- and long-range missiles so no country dares attack Turkey.

    8. 5 x US Navy Guided Missile Destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea.

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  • IDF Strikes Heavy Water Reactor at Arak & Khondab + Iranian Missile Hits Hospital in Beersheba + US Moving Ships and Planes from Vulnerable Sites
    Jun 20 2025

    For review:

    1. Iran has appointed a new chief of intelligence at its Revolutionary Guards on Thursday, the official Irna news agency says, after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli strike last week.

    2. IDF Strikes Heavy Water Reactor at Arak & Khondab.

    3. The IAEA confirmed Thursday that IDF strikes had hit Iran’s partially built Khondab Heavy Water Research Reactor and damaged the nearby plant

    “IAEA has information the Khondab (former Arak) heavy water research reactor, under construction, was hit. It was not operational and contained no nuclear material, so no radiological effects."

    4. Iranian Missile Hits Hospital in Beersheba.

    5. Iranian missile barrage on Thursday contained cluster-bomb warhead.

    The IDF Home Front Command said the missile’s warhead split while descending, at an altitude of around 7 kilometers (4.3 miles), spreading around 20 smaller munitions at a radius of around 8 kilometers (5 miles).

    6. Missile strike on Beersheba Hospital raises temperature on regime-change questions.

    7. White House Statement (from President Trump): “Based on the fact that there is a chance for substantial negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future — I will make my decision on whether or not to go within the next two weeks.”

    8. US Moving Ships and Planes from Vulnerable Sites.

    9. Iran could shut the Strait of Hormuz as a way of hitting back against its enemies, a senior Iranian lawmaker said on Thursday.

    The Strait of Hormuz lies between Oman and Iran and is the primary export route for Gulf producers such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Kuwait.

    About 20 percent of the world’s daily oil consumption — around 18 million barrels — passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which is only about 33 kilometers (21 miles) wide at its narrowest point.

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