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President Trump has announced that he’s reimposed the naval blockade on Iran. The US has continued its air campaign against Iranian military targets.

He also formally notified Congress in a letter, on Monday, that military action against Iran had resumed. The administration sees the letter as starting a new 60-day clock to use the military in the region without congressional approval.

Iran Army Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it would “resume blockading maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports,” beginning at 4 p.m.

About 4,000 soldiers assigned to Hawaii are in barracks without central air conditioning due to mechanical failures at a water treatment plant, which left only one pump able to provide water to installations in north and central Oahu, according to U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii.
Underground water pumps at the plant began experiencing problems on July 10, a garrison official told Task & Purpose, drastically reducing the water available to Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Airfield, Helemano Military Reservation, and other bases.

Russia Seeks New Grain Export Routes: In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture said that it is exploring alternative routes for grain shipments from the Sea of Azov following Ukrainian strikes. The news follows yet more drone and missile strikes that Kyiv claims hit more than 11 Russian vessels overnight into Tuesday, July 14. According to the statement, Russia is now preparing to use “alternative shipping routes” for vessels in the Sea of Azov, and much of the cargo may be rerouted via land.

Neptune Missile. Image Credit: Government of Ukraine.

The US Department of War (DoW) has suspended implementation of Phase II of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), previously due to come into force in November 2026, after concerns were raised about the burden on small defence contractors.

Birmingham holds a place in the “soul of our

The U.S. military command that oversees forces across Africa will establish a “drone academy” and training center in Morocco to begin getting African partners up to date with their use in counterterrorism, officials announced.
U.S. Africa Command officials signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday with the leaders from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces to establish the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center in Tan-Tan, Morocco, by 2030, officials said in a release.

Zelensky is Seeking 300 Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Defense: In war, history shows that getting through the winter is especially crucial.

It might only be mid-July, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking a specific number of missiles to get through next winter.

Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09. Over 200 U.S.

Despite months of military operations, economic pressure, and diplomacy, restoring commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has proven far more difficult than many expected. The waterway, one of the world’s most strategic, carries roughly 20 percent of global oil exports under normal conditions. But securing the strait has proven an extraordinarily difficult military challenge thanks to geography, Iran’s asymmetric capabilities, and the sheer scale of the operating environment.

L3Harris executives revealed plans to maximise the effects of Poland’s existing capabilities rather than competing over gaps in the network.

Okay, so if you’ve been seeing summer blockbusters and/or you’re into movie trailers, then you probably saw the teaser trailer for Tom Cruise’s upcoming film “Digger.” The teaser for the “comedy of catastrophic proportions” began with two minutes and 26 seconds of a Tom Cruise demo reel. 
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The teaser-trailer also starts with a list of his IMDb credits.
This is a screengrab from the trailer. What is happening, am I right?? (Warner Bros.