US has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and oil flows through the waterway are far above levels indicated by publicly available shipping data.
British PM Andy Burnham said wealthier areas should house more illegal immigrants as Oxfordshire village continued its campaign against plans to house 1,250 asylum seekers.
The U.S. military’s stockpiles of Patriot missiles and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missiles have been significantly diminished during the Iran war.
The US is increasing its military commitment to Asia and strengthening its posture of “deterrence by denial” along a chain of islands including Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.