美国中央司令部：美国海军在“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰（CVN 72）飞行甲板上对F/A-18E“超级大黄蜂”战斗机进行维护，以确保航母打击群资产保持战备状态，执行美国对伊朗的海上封锁任务。

Turkish foreign minister Fidan said the recently signed Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan aims to boost regional autonomy and should be expanded, with additional countries expressing interest and Egypt likely to join in the next phase, he told Anadolu on the 8th. He said the pact’s mutual-defense clause is, in technical terms, equivalent to NATO’s collective-defense clause, but its practical application will depend on discussions and decisions by the relevant committee.

A UK media report says Saudi Arabia fired about 2,400 PAC-3 (Patriot-3) interceptors in the first 38 days after the conflict began, roughly 86% of an estimated 2,800-round inventory. By April last year Saudi had about 400 interceptors remaining. Other Gulf Arab states reportedly used comparably large portions of their missile stocks, underscoring acute regional military strain.