President Donald J. Trump has announced via Truth Social that "any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz..the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT..."

A Russian Balzam-class vessel, RFS Pribaltica, was detected by Japan transiting between the Japanese and Russian islands of Hokkaido and Sakalin, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Japan dispatched a vessel to monitor the transit. This follows joint Chinese-Russian naval exercises that recently took place within Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as Sino-Russian naval cooperation in the Western Pacific theater of competition continues to increase.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released imagery of U.S. Navy sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) monitoring the ongoing naval blockade of Iran from the Arabian Sea.

Since resuming the blockade, U.S. forces have redirected nine commercial vessels away from Iranian ports and disabled one noncompliant vessel.

The 12th consecutive round of U.S. strikes are likely underway, amidst reports of explosions in a number of locations in Southern Iran, including locations in Khuzestan Province (Ahvaz and Ramshir), Sirik, and other areas adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre and Iranian news outlets, a vessel 70nm west of Al-Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia was struck by an unknown projectile and is currently on fire. This comes following the Yemeni Houthis’ pledge to blockade vessels traveling to and from Saudi ports via the strategic maritime choke point of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, after tensions between the nominal holders of power in Sanaa and Riyadh turned kinetic in the past few weeks.

Following reports that the Yemeni Houthis struck a Saudi tanker 70nm west of Al-Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia, the Houthi military spokesperson has said that they in fact struck two tankers with missiles and drones, LAYLA and ENCELIA, for violating he Houthis’ self-imposed blockade of vessels traveling to and from Saudi ports.

UKMTO report of the incident.

Kuwaiti Air Defenses are currently responding to hostile drone threats, likely from Iran. The Kuwaiti Army advises the public to adhere to safety and security instructions issued by relevant authorities.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it began conducting the 12th consecutive night of strikes at 5:30 p.m. ET.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Alexander “SMO” Davis, 34, a Weapons System Officer onboard the B-52H Stratofortress that crashed shortly after takeoff last month at Edwards Air Force Base in California, killing all eight pilots and crewmembers, was returned to his hometown of Goldsboro, North Carolina on Tuesday. Video captured yesterday by passengers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, showed an Air Force Honor Guard unloading the remains of Major Davis from a commercial airliner operated by Southwest Airlines, before his family and members of the North Carolina Patriot Guard escorted him the remainder of the way to Seymour Funeral Home in Goldsboro.

U.S. Air Force E-3G “Sentry” Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft currently squawking 7700 (General In-Flight Emergency) over Saudi Arabia near the Persian Gulf, seen via FlightRadar24.

Amidst increasing worry from U.S. decision-makers that Russia is supplying Iran with targeting data for U.S. bases, infrastructure, and covert sites across the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the sidelines of the ongoing ASEAN Ministerial Conference in Manila, Philippines.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the completion of a twelfth consecutive night of strikes against military targets in Iran, to include maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and air defense assets across areas of Southern Iran.

U.S. Air Force B-1B “Lancer” Long-Range Heavy Bombers participated in strikes Tuesday against sites operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the first such strikes against Iran since the start of the now-failed ceasefire, U.S. officials tell Axios.