Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point said it hopes to deploy the first batch of ballistic missile interceptors by year-end.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said the United States will not accept any claim that the Strait of Hormuz belongs to a single country.

CNN, citing four people familiar with the account, reported the U.S. F-15 pilot whose jet was shot down over Iran in April recalled that, before ejecting, he observed multiple Iranian drones circling in a coordinated 'jellyfish' formation. The sighting has prompted intense debate within U.S. intelligence and remains unresolved; if the pilot did see a coordinated swarm, it would represent a significant advance in Iranian drone capability. The pilot described the drones as appearing interconnected and moving as a single unit, with smaller drones positioned under larger ones 'like legs,' and likened the configuration to 'alien' technology.