Pentagon planners have drafted three days of strikes on Iran that list its energy facilities among possible targets, The New York Times reported. Trump's pledge of no attack before the Nov. 3 midterms covers 26 days, so the supply risk belongs in plans for the weeks after the vote.
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US Air Force bombers have left RAF Fairford for their home bases after six arrests in a British terror inquiry, over a threat Trump says is linked to Iran. The move protects the aircraft, but Britain keeps the base and an Iran-linked proxy threat that its own officials say was already active.
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Trump is sending about 9,000 troops and a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East while calling more bombing of Iran after Nov. 3 "possible." For oil and rates, the case for a longer war rests on his refusal of an Iranian truce that offered to open the Strait of Hormuz.
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Boeing gets three Lot 1 aircraft plus long-lead parts for three more, with first deliveries due in 2029. That is also the year the Navy now expects the unmanned tanker to reach initial operational capability, four years late.
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build2 publishersConfirmed The hull carried the launcher and the link while the Navy's Adjunct Remote Engagement System held fire control. That division of labour is what six months of integration actually bought, on terms Lockheed Martin has only partly disclosed.
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