Scott Strgacich

Roger L. Hale Fellow @plough_shares | Alum @AU_SIS & @ucberkeley (go 🐻s) | Nukes & strategic history | Views mine

[Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC]

US official tells Fox: airstrikes targeting Iran are "ongoing" and targets include air defenses and radar installations.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

IRGC outlet Tasnim says Iran will decisively respond to tonight’s US strikes.

[Faytuks News @Faytuks]

BREAKING: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has begun launching "self-defense strikes" against Iran at Trump's direction

[Mark Satter @marksatter]

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told reporters just now he “doesn’t agree” with this, and that a defense reconciliation bill “will have to happen.”

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

CNN: President Trump has said the the war will be over within days at least 37 times before

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, with the crew successfully rescued -NYT

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

BREAKING: U.S. SPR declines 7.9 million barrels in the last week to 349.2 million as of June 5, meaning that at any moment in the next few days the SPR will decline to its lowest since 1983, when it was being filled for the first time.

[Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky) @nukestrat]

Our updated world nuclear arsenal overview in the SIPRI Yearbook is now public. Honored to assemble, with @mattkorda, this annual production with @SIPRIorg to assist the public debate about the status and future of nuclear weapons. Press release: https://t.co/l4OaCo3e7j

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

The US military didn't take part in the Israeli attacks against Iran, the first since the ceasefire, and the Trump admin didn't order any US defensive action to shield Israel from incoming Iranian missiles, per a US official. @CBSNews

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Yemen's Houthis have launched a ballistic missile against Israel

[Faytuks News @Faytuks]

BREAKING: Israel launches strikes in Iran

[Faytuks News @Faytuks]

Trump tells FT that Israel would have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiates with Iran

"He won’t have any choice. I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots"

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Multiple Iranian ballistic missiles seen flying outbound from Central Iran towards Israel tonight.

[Alex Kirshner @alex_kirshner]

This is a national tragedy. It was inevitable after 2020 and Megyn's probably lying here, but if you get to the point where you can't believe Rs finished third in jungle primaries in a deep blue state in a year the R president's favorability is minus a billion, nothing's real

[Sam Karas @sammiecarrots]

On this day in 1944 Amon Carter presented FDR with the deed to the land that would become Big Bend National Park. Famously FDR had nothing else going on June 6, 1944, which you can tell from his extremely relaxed demeanor

[Selina Wang @selinawangtv]

🚨BREAKING: US planning to use Iranian assets to rebuild Gulf allies, a source familiar with Secretary Bessent’s thinking tells me.

“Treasury will utilize all tools available to allow Iranian assets to be made available to our Gulf allies to support rebuilding and repairs for any future damage caused by Iran," the source tells me.

This comes as the administration aims to put increased economic pressure on Iran. The Iranian assets could include frozen assets and ships the U.S. has seized.

The administration is reaching out to Gulf allies right now and asking for their evaluation.

“The Secretary has also directed his team to assess conditions amongst our Gulf allies and request comprehensive estimates of the costs associated with repairing damage Iran has inflicted since the start of the conflict,” the source said.

“Treasury will further consider whether Iranian assets could be used to support repairs for past damages.”

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

I honestly wonder who thought it was a good idea, on the anniversary of D-Day, to have a speech in which the Secretary's own ideology is set in metaphorical parallel to the Nazis opposing the beaches being stormed on D-Day.

[Scott Strgacich @scottstrga]

Man I really despise this troglodyte

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Pete Hegseth in Normandy:

Sadly, today different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies.

In Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive.

When will European capitals do something about that invasion? Or is it too late?

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Ukrainian forces carried out a widespread drone attack on Russia this morning, scoring a number of successful hits.

Dozens of drones swarmed St. Petersburg, striking Baltic Fleet installations, the port of Mariupol was hit, and a major oil depot in Ust-Labinsk was set ablaze.

[Scott Strgacich @scottstrga]

Spanish national team walking into a Food City in Chattanooga

[Patrick MacCoon @PMacCoon]

The Spain national football team has arrived in downtown Chattanooga for the FIFA World Cup