Foreign Policy: “Many of the immediate consequences of the Israeli-American war with Iran are already clear. The further emergence of drones and missiles as dominant weapons of war; the danger to the global economy from the threats to vital chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb; and the inadequacy of U.S. weapons procurement, among other issues, have garnered widespread and entirely merited attention.”

“Yet as important enough as those developments are, the Iran conflict could also have far wider and longer-term implications—changes that could be truly transformative for the Middle East region and the rest of the world. Decades from now, we might look back on this conflict as a watershed event that fundamentally reshaped what had been bedrock principles of modern geopolitics.”

“The U.S. military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called ‘mother of all bombs’ to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump give the order to resume combat operations either before or after the midterm elections,” CNN reports.

“The United States is sending several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises with local forces in Latin America as the Pentagon expands its campaign to combat drug trafficking in the region,” the New York Times reports.

“Ukraine is raising alarm that air defense operations are being impacted by unannounced limitations on SpaceX satellites,” The Hill reports.

“The disruption comes following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning that President Trump has threatened to cut off intelligence sharing with the country.”

New York Post: Ukraine slams SpaceX for cutting Starlink internet access while Russians launch brutal attacks.

“Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Ali Ozmaei said Wednesday that Tehran is ‘counting the moments’ until it can sink American warships,” CNBC reports.

Said Ozmaei: “If the Americans think the Strait of Hormuz is open, let them come closer. We are impatient to sink American warships.”

He added: “We are waiting for U.S. warships to approach the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz so we can sink them. We are counting down every moment until this happens.”

“NATO’s supreme commander has acknowledged that Russia’s hybrid war against Europe is unsettling the continent’s societies but warned Moscow that the military alliance is always ready to strike back at any attack,” the Financial Times reports.