{"id":9742,"date":"2026-10-05T15:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=9742"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:42:54","slug":"9742","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/10\/05\/9742\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And here\u2019s the answer, drones.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/uk-us-bomber-move-iran-drone-threat-5097f827?mod=hp_lead_pos3\">\u201cThreat of Iranian Drone Attack Prompted U.S. to Pull Bombers From U.K. Base,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 10-5-26.\u00a0 See also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/us\/politics\/iran-drone-attack-threat.html\">\u201cPotential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft From British Air Base,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 10-5-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSome of the officials said they believed that the plot was loosely modeled on an audacious attack that Ukraine launched against Russia last year when it smuggled drones deep into the Russian heartland and launched them from semi trucks. The attack destroyed or damaged at least a dozen aircraft, including many of Moscow\u2019s nuclear-capable strategic bombers, on runways in Siberia and Russia\u2019s Far North.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-yemen-houthis-bab-al-mandab-strait.html\">\u201cSaudi and Yemeni Forces Attack to Retake Control of Red Sea Coast,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 10-5-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe offensive is an effort to wrest control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait from the Houthis, a militia in Yemen backed by Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiddle Eastern crude exports excluding Iran exceeded their pre-war average on four days in late September, reaching approximately 19.5\u201322.5 million barrels a day despite continued tanker attacks. Alternative routes carried around 40% of crude out of the Gulf without crossing Hormuz, compared with 17% before the war, reducing exporters\u2019 reliance on the restricted strait.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/economy-news\/us-says-foreign-financial-institutions-doing-business-with-iran-may-be-sanctioned-without-notice-4932881?utm_source=www.fortitudeintelligence.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=osintsum-6-october-2026&amp;_bhlid=2826c1c5932f5506db599028d683c2316d32efcf\">\u201cUS says foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran may be sanctioned without notice,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 10-5-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here\u2019s the answer, drones.\u00a0 \u201cThreat of Iranian Drone Attack Prompted U.S. to Pull Bombers From U.K. Base,\u201d WSJ, 10-5-26.\u00a0 See also\u00a0\u201cPotential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft From British Air Base,\u201d NYT, 10-5-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cSome of the officials said they believed that the plot was loosely modeled on an audacious attack that Ukraine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/10\/05\/9742\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9742"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9751,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9742\/revisions\/9751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}