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''Why it matters.'' Watch the facility as a barometer. Approval would signal [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] still values — and intends to keep using — the [[Islamabad]] channel. Refusal, or slow-walking, would tell Islamabad its [[leverage]] is [[depreciating]], with consequences for how hard Pakistan works the next round. It also cuts the other way: a Pakistan visibly susceptible to [[American]] [[financial]] pressure is a Pakistan that [[Tehran]] in [[Larry Johnson]]’s phrase from today’s episode, handles “like a [[cobra]]” — useful, but gripped firmly.}}

''Why it matters.'' Watch the facility as a barometer. Approval would signal [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] still values — and intends to keep using — the [[Islamabad]] channel. Refusal, or slow-walking, would tell Islamabad its [[leverage]] is [[depreciating]], with consequences for how hard Pakistan works the next round. It also cuts the other way: a Pakistan visibly susceptible to [[American]] [[financial]] pressure is a Pakistan that [[Tehran]] in [[Larry Johnson]]’s phrase from today’s episode, handles “like a [[cobra]]” — useful, but gripped firmly.}}

===Hormuz===

====Hormuz====

*[ The War is Back? Trump Resumes Attacks and Focuses on Rallying Allies]. ''Obviously, Iran is also accelerating its missile production, refurbishment, and upgrades. Proof of this is the precision with which Iranian missiles struck targets in Jordan, nearly 1,000 km away

*[ The War is Back? Trump Resumes Attacks and Focuses on Rallying Allies]. ''Obviously, Iran is also accelerating its missile production, refurbishment, and upgrades. Proof of this is the precision with which Iranian missiles struck targets in Jordan, nearly 1,000 km away

{{quotebox-float|In response to the ongoing [[American]] strikes, [[Iran]] launched a massive wave of [[missile]]s against [[Persian Gulf]] countries and surrounding areas, reportedly hitting [[strategic]] targets. In [[Qatar]], the main hangar and fortified fuel tanks at [[Al Udeid Air Base]] were struck. In [[Bahrain]], [[Sheikh Isa Air Base]] suffered damage to [[helicopter]] maintenance facilities, the [[P-8]] [[electronic warfare]] aircraft hangar, and the [[air defense]] command center. [[Kuwait]] was heavily targeted, with attacks on [[Ali Al-Salem Air Base]] damaging fuel tanks and a possible [[Patriot system]], as well as impacts on [[Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base]] that disabled an FBS radar, launch platforms, and missile depots.

{{quotebox-float|In response to the ongoing [[American]] strikes, [[Iran]] launched a massive wave of [[missile]]s against [[Persian Gulf]] countries and surrounding areas, reportedly hitting [[strategic]] targets. In [[Qatar]], the main hangar and fortified fuel tanks at [[Al Udeid Air Base]] were struck. In [[Bahrain]], [[Sheikh Isa Air Base]] suffered damage to [[helicopter]] maintenance facilities, the [[P-8]] [[electronic warfare]] aircraft hangar, and the [[air defense]] command center. [[Kuwait]] was heavily targeted, with attacks on [[Ali Al-Salem Air Base]] damaging fuel tanks and a possible [[Patriot system]], as well as impacts on [[Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base]] that disabled an FBS radar, launch platforms, and missile depots.