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According to CENTCOM, the U.S. military's recent strikes against Iran were defensive actions taken because Iran was laying mines near the Strait of Hormuz.
Talks between the U.S. and Iran include the potential unfreezing of Iranian assets as part of a first phase of an agreement.
The U.S. is reportedly considering a phased agreement with Iran where the first phase would involve reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. lifting its naval blockade.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has stated that Iran's highly enriched uranium will not be removed from the country.
President Trump is reportedly seeking to expand the Abraham Accords and has suggested it should be mandatory for countries like Jordan to join.
Israeli forces are continuing to bomb Lebanon and have issued an evacuation announcement for the Bekaa Valley.
U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Iranian military capabilities are not as degraded as President Trump has publicly claimed.
The Pentagon is currently undertaking its largest mass production munitions commitment in decades.
As of May 14th, the U.S. had expended 13,629 munitions in the Middle East conflict, according to U.S. Admiral Bradley Cooper of Central Command.
The new expansion of Lockheed Martin's Troy, Alabama facility will double its size and is projected to quadruple the production output of THAAD interceptors.
Lockheed Martin is approximately $1 billion into a planned $9 billion investment to ramp up its munitions production capacity.
Lockheed Martin is developing cheaper counter-UAS systems to address the cost asymmetry of using expensive missiles against inexpensive drones like the Iranian Shahed.