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Baghaei noted mediators may convey messages from the American side regarding regional developments, but no negotiations are under way.

Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said Iran had halted its retaliatory operations after the United States stopped its attacks. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump is giving talks “some space” and “a little bit of room.”

Akraminia said Iran’s strategy had been retaliatory and that operations were halted once U.S. strikes stopped. Iran continued to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz and reported ongoing bilateral discussions with Oman on navigation management.

On July 27, Esmail Baghaei addressed a weekly press briefing in Tehran and said claims Iran had requested negotiations with the United States are fabrications circulated by the other side. He added that Iran’s priority remains defending its sovereignty.

Iranian state-affiliated media reported Baghaei’s additional comments that the United States had “betrayed diplomacy” by violating a prior 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.

Baghaei further noted that the only ongoing talks are with Oman and are focused on creating the necessary arrangements regarding the Strait of Hormuz. He said Iran will not allow the United States to determine the time of war and peace and will defend itself for as long as necessary.

The United States conducted no airstrikes on Iran for a second straight night after operations that began in early July. Iranian forces likewise conducted no attacks on U.S. bases or regional partners after July 24.

The final night of strikes by the United States, marked as the 13th consecutive night completed on July 23 at 9 p.m. ET, targeted Iranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities.

Baghaei said Iran and Oman held discussions on July 24 and 25 on mechanisms for safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while respecting the sovereign rights of both coastal states. He said the waterway remains closed under Iran’s management authority.

Iranian state media reported that six vessels attempting unauthorized transit were turned back on July 27. On July 26 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said that several rounds of negotiations were held in Tehran on Friday and Saturday between deputy foreign ministers of the two countries.

The two sides exchanged views on shared principles and operational mechanisms for ensuring the safe passage of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz while respecting the sovereign rights of the two littoral states.

The talks were constructive and had yielded progress. The Omani delegation left Tehran on Saturday afternoon, but technical and political consultations between the two sides are continuing.

No changes have occurred in the status of maritime traffic through the Strait. Baghaei clarified that these bilateral talks had no relation to the United States.

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The agreements cover the advanced two-pulse solid rocket motor, Attitude Control Motors, and Lethality Enhancer for PAC-3 MSE, along with the solid rocket boost motor and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control System for THAAD.

The July 27 frameworks build directly on a series of earlier Department of War actions under the Acquisition Transformation Strategy.

On January 13 the Department committed a $1 billion convertible preferred equity investment in L3Harris Missile Solutions to expand solid-rocket-motor capacity, with the investment closing on April 23.

Securities and Exchange Commission filings confirm the terms include warrants for the Department and L3Harris retention of majority ownership exceeding 80 percent. Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor, signed separate seven-year frameworks on January 6 and January 29 to raise annual PAC-3 MSE output from approximately 600 to 2,000 interceptors and THAAD interceptor output from 96 to 400.

On June 24 the Department awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year undefinitized contract action valued at up to $35 billion that executes the THAAD interceptor framework, and L3Harris broke ground the same day on two new propulsion facilities at its Camden, Arkansas campus.

No independent Department of War release confirming the July 27 L3Harris propulsion frameworks has been located in official channels.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the operation achieved strong results against vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran as well as a warship.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the action was a violation of the UN Charter and an act of aggression. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi stated the strike cannot go unanswered and attributed it to Israel’s instigation to draw Europe into the conflict.

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Iran summoned Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires. Araghchi discussed the matter in calls with EU High Representative Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

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Baghaei described the discussions as useful, noted that the Omani delegation departed Tehran on Saturday evening, and said technical and political consultations continue. He emphasized that no change has occurred in the current maritime traffic situation in the strait.

The announcement came while the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports remains in full effect. As of the most recent U.S. Central Command update on July 25, forces had redirected 12 commercial vessels attempting to transit to or from Iranian ports or coastal areas, disabled 2 that did not comply, and boarded 2 to verify compliance.

• On July 25, CENTCOM forces completed a verification boarding of the Comoros-flagged tanker M/T Charminar in the Arabian Sea; the vessel continued its journey.

• On July 24, forces disabled the Mozambique-flagged tanker M/T Lavine in the Gulf of Oman after the crew attempted to violate the blockade multiple times and ignored repeated warnings; the ship is no longer transiting to Iran.

Progressive tallies released by CENTCOM recorded 7 redirected and 1 disabled as of July 20, 8 redirected and 1 disabled as of July 21, 9 redirected and 1 disabled as of July 22, 12 redirected and 1 disabled as of July 23, and the July 25 figures of 12 redirected, 2 disabled, and 2 boarded.

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The office called on all media outlets to exercise precision, rely on official sources, and refrain from circulating unverified information or information attributed to anonymous sources.

The claims at issue held that Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi had delivered a U.S. cease-fire proposal to Iranian officials during his official visit to Tehran. No named official on either the Iraqi or U.S. side has publicly affirmed that such a proposal was prepared or conveyed.

Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi returned to Baghdad on July 24 after concluding an official visit to Tehran on July 23. The visit included meetings with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and head of the judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i.

Four agreements and memoranda of understanding were signed covering international road transport of goods, a railway link from Kermanshah-Khosravi-Khanaqin to Baghdad, twinning between the Baghdad Municipality and Tehran Municipality, and government administration and human resources training.

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Personnel from both sides employed wooden batons, oars and paddles during the encounter. A Philippine Navy serviceman sustained a head injury.

Chinese state media released on-site footage on July 21 depicting the approach and contact from the Chinese vessel’s viewpoint.

Official statements from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the China Coast Guard present mutually contradictory accounts of which side initiated the close approach and the use of force.

The United States Ambassador to the Philippines and the Australian Foreign Minister issued statements the following day.

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The events coincided with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers meetings in Manila.

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The Coast Guard cutter Munro executed Operation Frontier Sentinel to actively monitor the vessels during their northbound transit.

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The operation protects American sovereign rights, ensures consistency with international law, and positions the service to rapidly respond to any detected malign activity.

Foreign vessels are permitted to operate within the U.S. exclusive economic zone and over the U.S. extended continental shelf, but the service remains vigilant to ensure their activities comply with established international laws.

Conducting marine scientific research within this area would require advance permission from the United States and subsequent sharing of the information collected.

In recent years, the Coast Guard has observed heightened activity in the U.S. Arctic and anticipates a continued and increased presence in the region this summer.

Rear Adm. Bob Little, U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District commander, stated that the service, alongside the Department of War, the Department of State, and international partners, is actively responding to competitor activities across an increasingly contested Arctic.

The Chinese vessels form part of China’s 16th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition, which departed Dalian on July 3.

The fleet includes Xue Long, Xue Long 2, and Jidi, with Tansuo-3 expected to join later. The expedition is scheduled to continue until early October and focuses on surveys of sea ice, hydrology, biology, ecology, and atmospheric conditions in key Arctic areas.

Previous Coast Guard responses to Chinese research vessels in the U.S. Arctic occurred in 2025, including monitoring of Xue Long 2 approximately 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik on dates in July of that year and responses to multiple vessels operating over the U.S. extended continental shelf on August 5, August 6, and later dates in August and September 2025 under the same Operation Frontier Sentinel framework.

Vessel Transit and Monitoring

The Chinese research ships Xue Long and Xue Long 2 transited the Arctic approaches, with Xue Long observed in the Bering Sea on July 12.

The July 17 U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District release did not report any observation of scientific research activity by either vessel within U.S. jurisdiction during the monitored transit.

The Legend-class national security cutter Munro (WMSL 755) conducted the surface monitoring under Operation Frontier Sentinel, according to the Coast Guard Arctic District release issued from Juneau on July 17.

Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea framework applied by the United States, foreign vessels may exercise freedom of navigation through the exclusive economic zone.

Marine scientific research on the extended continental shelf requires coastal state consent. The service’s monitoring posture aligns with its role as the primary U.S. surface presence in the Arctic, operating in conjunction with U.S. Northern Command and Alaskan Command.

The official Coast Guard statement specified that foreign vessels are permitted to operate within the U.S. exclusive economic zone and over the U.S. extended continental shelf in accordance with international law, while conducting marine scientific research within the U.S. exclusive economic zone and/or on the U.S. extended continental shelf would require advance permission from the United States and subsequent sharing of information collected.

A U.S. Coast Guard photograph released with the July 17 statement shows Xue Long transiting north through the U.S. exclusive economic zone and over the U.S. extended continental shelf in the Bering Sea with a stated destination of the Arctic on July 12.

Assessment: Compared with the 2025 baseline of five Chinese research vessels monitored under the same operation, the 2026 transit of two vessels is the first recorded entry of the season and establishes a lower initial pace of surface presence by the Coast Guard cutter Munro. U.S. surface presence gains continuous awareness of the northbound transit without reported escalation.

The absence of any consent request leaves open the indicator of whether subsequent vessels from the 16th expedition will remain in transit or shift to research activity over the extended continental shelf.

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The development follows discussions between Israel and Lebanon in Rome the prior week. The United States stated it will continue working closely with both parties to implement the Framework.

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U.S. assets targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

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CENTCOM stated that its forces “remain highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready” under direction from the Commander in Chief.

On the same day, U.S. military personnel recovered unidentified remains at the site of the July 17 Iranian attack in Jordan following a thorough search.

An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing, with identities withheld out of respect for the families during notification.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to the press at Joint Base Andrews on July 19, stated that the only reason the U.S. is conducting strikes is against assets of Iran that are being used to attack global commercial shipping.

He said the Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway and that the United States is involved not just in protecting those ships but in targeting the places from which they launch these missiles and drones.

Rubio added that as long as Iran insists on controlling an international waterway, the United States is going to have to respond.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that it carried out a wave of retaliatory strikes on U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.

The command stated that its forces began the July 15 wave at 10:00 a.m. UTC (1:00 p.m. local Gulf time) and completed it at 11:30 a.m. UTC (2:30 p.m. local Gulf time), a 90-minute action against coastal defense systems and cruise-missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island, a small Iranian-held island near the mouth of the strait.

CENTCOM tied the strikes to degrading Iranian capabilities used against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

The morning wave came a day after the July 14 strikes and the restart of the blockade of Iranian ports, when the command carried out an additional strike round at 7:00 p.m. UTC (10:00 p.m. local Gulf time), resumed a naval blockade of Iranian ports at 8:00 p.m. UTC (11:00 p.m. local Gulf time), and completed a seven-hour strike over dozens of targets.

About 17 hours after the blockade restarted, CENTCOM reported redirecting two commercial vessels that attempted to run it, the first count of vessels turned away since the blockade resumed.

The strikes and blockade have run alongside a series of attacks on shipping that each side attributes to the other.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Defense Ministry attributed a July 14 cruise-missile strike on two UAE-flagged tankers to Iran, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has framed its own operations as retaliation for the U.S. campaign.

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On July 14, CENTCOM began launching the third consecutive night of strikes against Iran. The command stated that these strikes will continue imposing costs on Iranian forces and reduce their capacity to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

The previous wave of strikes on July 12 targeted Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats, and included the first combat employment of one-way attack sea drones by U.S. forces against a submarine and ship maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas Naval Base. CENTCOM stated that the strikes “degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping.”

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The M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship with IMO number 9401271, was attacked by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces approximately nine nautical miles east of Oman on July 11.

One civilian crew member remains missing, and the vessel suffered onboard fire and significant engine-room damage that prevented it from continuing its journey. The vessel had its Automatic Identification System switched off at the time of the incident.

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One civilian crew member is missing and the vessel sustained significant engine-room damage and an onboard fire that prevented it from continuing its journey.

Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all traffic until further notice and until the end of U.S. operations in the region.

Iranian state media, citing the IRGC Navy, stated that it fired a warning shot at a vessel that had deactivated its tracking system and strayed from approved routes. The vessel stopped after the warning.

The IRGC Navy warned that no vessel would be permitted to cross and that any misstep by adversaries would meet a severe response.

M/V GFS Galaxy Attack And U.S. Response

CENTCOM stated that the attack on M/V GFS Galaxy occurred while the vessel was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. One civilian crew member is missing, and the vessel was unable to continue its journey after the attack.

CENTCOM stated the strikes responded to the attack on the vessel and formed part of ongoing efforts to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial ships in the strait. The strikes followed earlier attacks by the United States on July 7 and July 8.

The Iranian warning shot and closure declaration occurred on or around the same date. Iranian state media reported the IRGC Navy action against a vessel that had killed its tracking and deviated from designated routes.

No vessel name, flag, or further identifying details for the vessel referenced in the Iranian statement have been released in open sources. No casualties or damage from the warning shot itself have been reported.

These events follow attacks on three commercial tankers on July 6-7 that the United States attributed to Iran and that prompted prior U.S. retaliatory strikes.

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Details of the paper were noted on July 9. Russian state-affiliated media amplified the disclosure hours later with claims framing the technology as a potential counter to Starlink satellite networks, drones, and communications systems at extremely low cost per strike and described the tech as battlefield-ready.

The paper, published in the journal High Power Laser and Particle Beams, describes advancements in pulsed-power drivers that have moved from laboratory prototypes to practical applications.

It states that some gigawatt-class systems have already been delivered to users. Earlier February reporting on the 20-gigawatt compact driver described similar concepts for ground-based systems that could disrupt or damage satellite electronics without creating orbital debris.

Feasibility of Using High-Power Microwave Systems Against Satellites

The July 2026 paper notes that pulses at or above 1 gigawatt can cause severe interference or hardware damage to satellites in low Earth orbit and suggests the work could inform assessments of vulnerabilities in large satellite constellations.

However, the paper does not describe any testing, integration, or deployment of a complete high-power microwave weapon system against orbital targets.

Several technical factors limit the near-term feasibility of using systems based on this research against satellites. Ground-based high-power microwave systems require a direct line of sight to the target.

Low Earth orbit satellites move at high speed relative to the ground, creating only brief windows for engagement. Atmospheric absorption and scattering further reduce effective power delivery, particularly at certain frequencies and under varying weather conditions.

Precise beam steering and sustained energy concentration at orbital ranges also remain significant engineering challenges.

The research focuses primarily on generating and scaling pulsed power rather than on the full weapon system requirements for space applications, such as rapid re-targeting, thermal management, and platform mobility.

No public information indicates that these integration and propagation issues have been resolved for the power levels discussed in the paper.

As a result, while the research identifies satellite interference as a potential area of interest, available evidence does not support the conclusion that current or near-term high-power microwave systems developed from this work can reliably engage or disrupt satellites in orbit.

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The summit followed commitments from the prior year’s gathering in The Hague on defense spending targets and focused on implementation of those pledges through concrete investments and industrial output.

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CENTCOM reported more than 20 U.S. Navy warships patrolling waters across the Middle East on the same day. The three commercial vessels struck included the Marshall Islands-flagged Al Rekayyat, a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker owned and managed by Nakilat, the Saudi Arabia-flagged Wedyan owned by Bahri, and the Liberia-flagged Cyprus Prosperity.

All three were hit close to Oman while traveling on an Omani-proposed coastal transit route that Iran has opposed. The Al Rekayyat was struck by a drone off Limah on the Musandam Peninsula, causing a fire in the engine room that was extinguished with no crew casualties reported; the vessel continued its passage. The Wedyan left a visible crude oil spillage trail in satellite imagery.

U.S. Strikes in Response to Shipping Attacks

On July 7, U.S. Central Command forces began launching strikes against Iran. CENTCOM stated the action responded to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and described the Iranian actions as a violation of the ceasefire.

The strikes targeted more than 80 sites, including Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait.

Locations included Qeshm island, Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Bandar Mahshahr. Iranian state media reported explosions in those areas and stated that one IRGC Navy member was killed during a confrontation with a US drone in Bandar Mahshahr.

The attacks on the vessels occurred after the United States revoked a temporary license authorizing Iranian oil sales that had been part of the interim agreement framework.

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The strikes came as U.S. and Iranian negotiators continued talks under the framework the two governments signed June 17 to end Operation Epic Fury and reopen the strait to commercial traffic.

A Qatari-owned liquefied natural gas tanker caught fire after being struck near Limah, Oman. A Saudi crude oil tanker was hit exiting the strait near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, and a third tanker sustained minor damage near the Musandam Peninsula.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center (UKMTO) and the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) each reported “no casualties or environmental impact” from the three incidents.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the attacks and held Iran responsible.

The U.S. Treasury Department revoked the license authorizing Iran to sell oil on international markets, and CENTCOM reported its forces struck Iranian targets that evening. Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded with a formal statement calling the U.S. actions violations of the memorandum ending the war.

Early on July 8, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had struck U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for the American strikes, and Kuwait’s military said its air defenses were confronting the missile and drone attack, the first Iranian fire on U.S. positions in the Gulf since the late-June stand-down.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry told the Gulf states hosting U.S. forces they would be complicit in any aggression against Iran and said its forces would “target the source and origin of the aggression,” while Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated Washington had violated the memorandum and Tehran raised the prospect of halting the talks held since June 17.

The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, which the two governments signed June 17, followed more than three months of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran that began February 28 and an April ceasefire that repeatedly came under strain.

A new round of fighting had also broke out June 26-29, when Iran struck two ships in the Hormuz corridor, U.S. forces struck ten Iranian targets, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles at U.S. positions in Kuwait and Bahrain before the stand-down took hold.

Fire Aboard Qatari LNG Tanker as Three Vessels Struck in One Day

The Joint Maritime Information Center’s Update 068, covering the period through July 7, listed three attacks that day, each involving a tanker struck by an unidentified projectile while transiting the strait.

The first, logged as UKMTO Warning 080-26, struck a tanker on its port-side engine room roughly eight nautical miles east of Limah, Oman, igniting a fire as the vessel traveled southbound out of the strait.

UKMTO and JMIC withheld the vessel’s name. The location, vessel type, and timing are consistent with Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement, which said its LNG tanker Al Rekayyat was struck near the strait the same day, though neither UKMTO nor JMIC has published a name linking the two directly.

A second incident, UKMTO Warning 081-26, struck a very large crude carrier on its port side roughly 16 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, as the vessel exited the strait; JMIC’s summary states the vessel proceeded to its next port of call with no crew injuries reported.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs identified the tanker struck that day as its crude oil carrier Wedyan, and reporting citing UKMTO places the Wedyan strike at the same Khor Fakkan location JMIC lists for Warning 081-26.

The third incident, UKMTO Warning 082-26, struck a tanker approximately six nautical miles east of the Musandam Peninsula, Oman, at 1:05 p.m. UTC.

UKMTO’s own warning attributes the strike to an unknown uncrewed aerial vehicle; JMIC’s Update 068 table describes the same warning number as a strike from an unknown projectile.

Neither UKMTO nor JMIC named the vessel; U.S. Central Command’s July 7 press release identified the third vessel struck that day as the Liberian-flagged M/T Cyprus Prosperity, alongside the Marshall Islands-flagged Al Rekayyat and the Saudi Arabia-flagged Wedyan.

Assessment: UKMTO’s warning for the Musandam-area strike attributes the weapon to a UAV, while JMIC’s own table entry for the same warning number describes an unknown projectile; the discrepancy between the two documents from the same reporting chain remains open as of July 8.

The distinction matters for attribution, since a UAV and a surface- or air-launched projectile point to different launch platforms and, potentially, different points of origin.

CENTCOM’s press release named the vessel as the Cyprus Prosperity but did not identify the weapon, so a corrected UKMTO or JMIC advisory is the most likely source to settle which system was used.

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The aircraft flew at low altitude and passed unnecessarily close to the carrier, dropped multiple sonobuoys in proximity to the vessel, and did not respond to calls on international safety frequencies, according to the British Defense Ministry.

Two British F-35B Lightning II jets launched from HMS Prince of Wales intercepted the Russian aircraft and escorted it until it departed the area. The British Defense Ministry described the activity as unsafe and unprofessional.

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The Carrier Strike Group continues operations with NATO allies in the High North to reinforce security in the Arctic and North Atlantic.

Context of Operation FIRECREST

Operation FIRECREST involves the deployment of the UK Carrier Strike Group, centered on HMS Prince of Wales, to the North Atlantic and High North.

The deployment, announced earlier in 2026, includes exercises with NATO partners and focuses on regional security amid heightened activity in the area.

HMS Prince of Wales is accompanied by elements including Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan and replenishment vessel RFA Tidespring, with more than 1,500 British personnel involved.

This marks the first time NATO air defense missions have been conducted from a European carrier using F-35Bs from the ship.

UK Defense Secretary Dan Jarvis visited forces onboard HMS Prince of Wales off Iceland under NATO command, highlighting the group’s role in patrolling the skies above Iceland and the High North against increased threats posed by Russia.

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The missile flew toward designated high-seas waters in the Pacific Ocean and landed precisely in the target area, according to Chinese Navy and Foreign Ministry.

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Chinese government statements described the event as a routine element of annual training. Beijing stated that relevant countries received advance notification and that the launch complied with international law and practice. The action was not directed against any specific country or target.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning addressed the test during the regular press conference on July 6. She stated that the Chinese side had released information on the matter and referred specifics to the competent authorities.

Mao Ning described it as a routine arrangement in China’s annual military training program that is consistent with international law and customary international practice and is not directed at any specific country or target.

The test was carried out on the opening day of the annual China-Russia Joint Sea-2026 naval exercise. Force assembly for the drills was completed the previous day at a military port in Qingdao. A joint command was established comprising task forces from the navies of both countries.

The exercise phases include harbor-based planning on July 6 and subsequent at-sea operations, followed by joint maritime patrol in relevant areas of the Pacific Ocean.

Chinese Ministry of Defense statements described the arrangement as focused on jointly responding to security challenges and safeguarding regional peace and stability.

The drills focus on joint reconnaissance, air and missile defense, rescue operations, anti-submarine warfare, and live-fire artillery.

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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.” - 2 Corinthians 3:17

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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei issued immediate public responses criticizing the event and linking it to broader U.S. regional policy.

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