Event Archive

Key US ballistic-missile early-warning radar at Qatar's Al-Udeid base rendered scrap; feeds THAAD and Patriot layered defense.

Beijing extracts diplomatic authority by brokering Iran flexibility; plans to trade at Xi-Trump summit for Trump movement on Taiwan 'one-China' posture.

3 km security cordon around Serena Hotel — Pakistan signals these talks are real, not theater.

Secretary of State acknowledges dollar de-centering compressed timeline: sanctions tool effectively dead when non-USD settlements dominate.

Currency of settlement shifts from yuan to Iranian rials; Islamabad talks stall on Lebanon condition.

USS Tripoli (LHA-7) + 31st MEU entered CENTCOM AOR late March with ~3,500 personnel — not the 20,000 Marines OSINT channels claim. A narrative correction event: the observed force is coercive signaling + NEO/CSAR + island-raid capable, but insufficient for mainland amphibious assault without a second ARG.

Lincoln CSG on station, Ford CSG deployment extended to 11 months, Bush CSG sortied Norfolk 7 days before truce. Tripoli ARG in theater, Boxer ARG accelerated from San Diego. 6 B-2 Spirits confirmed at Diego Garcia 2026-04-01 via Planet Labs — exactly the 2025 Fordow strike package. Every decision pre-dates the ceasefire; none were reversed.

Netanyahu declares ceasefire does not cover Lebanon; IDF executes largest single-day strike wave of the war in ~10 minutes on Apr 8 — ceasefire did not survive 24 hours on the Lebanon axis.

IRGC toll regime on Strait of Hormuz verified operational with yuan/stablecoin settlement; ceasefire locks in rather than dismantles structural USD attack.

Iran's Supreme National Security Council ratified a 2-week halt Apr 8 with embedded conditions (Hormuz under Iranian AF, sanctions relief, US base withdrawal) Trump has not publicly agreed to.