Senior US officials led by Vice President J.D. Vance discussed plans at Camp David for a three-day strike campaign that would target Iran's missile and UAV arsenal, energy facilities and Revolutionary Guards command posts, after Trump vetoed five previous proposals against Iran's key operations. Three aircraft carriers, Theodore Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, and George Washington, will be in the Middle East until the end of October, the first such deployment since 2003, as Iran has hit at least 13 ships since September, with intelligence reports putting the number closer to 20, while improving its missile targeting using satellite images from Chinese companies.

Senior US officials led by Vice President J.D. Vance discussed plans at Camp David for a three-day strike campaign that would target Iran's missile and UAV arsenal, energy facilities and Revolutionary Guards command posts, after Trump vetoed five previous proposals against Iran's key operations. Three aircraft carriers, Theodore Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, and George Washington, will be in the Middle East until the end of October, the first such deployment since 2003, as Iran has hit at least 13 ships since September, with intelligence reports putting the number closer to 20, while improving its missile targeting using satellite images from Chinese companies.