Original analysis on military facilities, weapon systems, force structures, chokepoints, and strategic shifts. Some geospatial. All data-sourced.
Iran launched four waves of anti-ship missiles and Shahed-136 drones at a US-escorted convoy in Hormuz. A Financial Times investigation two weeks ago exposed the Russian program building the next generation of the weapons.
Read FLASH →Trump bombed Iran. He cannot do the same to Kim Jong Un's North Korea. Kim already possesses what Iran was still reaching for. Vladimir Putin has spent three years quietly widening the gap.
Read brief →1,293 confirmed strikes. 280 hit missile and air-defense. 15 hit nuclear. Iran remains armed. The US may be close to a maritime ceasefire, not a comprehensive settlement. MERIDIAN analysis of the Epic Fury OSINT dataset.
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Robert Davi played an FBI agent and a Bond villain. In 2015 he wrote about a different kind of power. A decade later, the Strait of Hormuz has put that warning back in front of us. Iran controls the geography. America controls the financial architecture. This is the war behind the war.
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The president called off a planned strike late Saturday. The State Department warned Americans across the region to prepare to leave. Same night. The pause is not the same as peace. Iran has not endorsed every term. The Houthis remain armed. The next 72 hours will decide.
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Trump promised to end Iran nuclear threat. 1,580 targets destroyed. 34,000 casualties across all parties. $200 billion plus in cost. Iran's nuclear program is not eliminated. Hormuz is not open. A wounded chokepoint power with little left to lose.
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2,708 strikes in 34 days. 141 within range of US bases. Seven Americans killed. The dossier Tehran has been writing for a decade, and the four red lines Washington is finally drawing in response.
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The 2026 Strait of Hormuz closure did not distribute pain proportionally. Russia profited from a war it did not fight. Developing Asia rationed fuel. The country that triggered the strikes never ran short.
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