🔥 Iran / Middle East

Tehran hit with ‘worst night of strikes’ as US destroys 16 Iranian mine-laying boats near Hormuz https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/11/us-iran-strait-of-hormuz-mine-boat-attacks

New supreme leader ‘safe’ despite war injuries — wounded early in conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news

140 US service members injured in Iran war

Iran’s regional proxies hold back from all-out war with US and Israel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/irans-regional-proxies-hold-back-from-all-out-war-with-us-and-israel

US THAAD missiles redeployed from South Korea to Middle East — Seoul rattled https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/redeployment-us-missiles-thaad-south-korea-middle-east-seoul-iran

SecDef Hegseth leaves Iran war timeline in Trump’s hands https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/03/hegseth-leaves-iran-wars-timeline-trumps-hands/412007/

Russia-linked hackers appear on Iran war’s cyber front https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2026/03/russia-linked-hackers-appear-iran-wars-cyber-front-their-impact-murky/412013/

🤖 Defense AI & Policy

INDOPACOM was all in on Anthropic — now adjusting after Anthropic sues DOD https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/03/indopacom-was-all-anthropic-now-its-working-adjust/412033/ https://www.defenseone.com/business/2026/03/anthropic-sues-over-dozen-federal-agencies-and-government-leaders/411997/

5 Critical Pentagon AI Efforts — what GovCons should know https://www.govconwire.com/articles/dow-artificial-intelligence-anthropic-openai-autonomy

🪖 DOD Personnel

NSA/Cyber Command gets a permanent leader — 11-month gap ends https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/03/senate-confirms-josh-rudd-lead-nsa-and-cyber-command/412017/

Hegseth pressing defense civilians to deploy for immigration enforcement https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2026/03/year-hegseths-cuts-defense-civilians-report-degraded-performance-and-low-morale/412006/