Weekly Preflight: 6 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of July 13, 2026
Iran’s ceasefire has collapsed, nuclear oversight is blind, North Korea is expanding enrichment, India joined the three-submarine nuclear club, and Ukraine is still torching Russian oil.
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BLUF:
The Iran ceasefire is over, the man who was brokering the Senate’s Iran response just died, the nuclear watchdog told the Security Council it has no idea what Iran’s nuclear program looks like, North Korea is tripling its enrichment capacity while everyone watches the Middle East, and India quietly became a three-submarine nuclear power. Plus, some bonus Ukraine strikes against Russian oil. Burn, baby, burn.
1. The Ceasefire Is Gone. CENTCOM Hit Dozens of Targets Overnight
Video geolocated and verified by CNN showed an Iranian aircraft hangar at Omidiyeh Airport in flames, while CENTCOM confirmed it had completed its latest wave of strikes hitting “dozens” of Iranian military targets. Targets across almost all cities in Khuzestan Province, Iran’s main oil region, were struck over several continuous hours after a US official told the New York Times to expect a “bigger wave” of attacks than previous days.
Iran’s response was not limited to the strait. Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior activated the national alarm siren, urging citizens to immediately head to the nearest safe location, while Iranian ballistic missiles targeted US forces near the Fifth Fleet headquarters.
