Daily Intelligence Briefing — July 15 2026 – D46
The fourth night of US-Iran war saw strikes on Bandar Abbas, Chabahar and Ahvaz, with CENTCOM disabling the M/T Belma tanker and Tehran activating air defences for the first time. Ukraine struck Russia's Engels-2 strategic bomber base with Shahed-style drones and eight vessels in the Black Sea. Zelensky fired Defence Minister Fedorov, sparking protests, while announcing a successful ballistic-missile test. Macron visited the Fontainebleau fire with 950 firefighters. Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation hearing devolved into a 2020-election proxy fight. Burnham prepares his cabinet. Will the Iran war's WSJ-reported expansion into ground forces and Pickaxe Mountain strikes trigger a regional conflagration?
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