US Military Strikes Iranian Military Targets Tonight, Approximately 140 Attacks
The strikes primarily target Iranian military infrastructure, aimed at responding to Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz.
In market mechanisms, energy traders and safe-haven funds have become the main buyers, with geopolitical conflicts driving up oil and gold prices, as funds flow from risk assets to defensive commodities. US defense contractors benefit while Iranian-related assets are under pressure.
Source: Public Information
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The Trump administration has previously responded to Middle Eastern threats with precision strikes, similar to the 2020 action against Soleimani and recent interventions regarding shipping security in the Strait of Hormuz, reflecting its historical behavior of maintaining energy corridor security through strength deterrence.
In terms of capital pathways, the US mobilizes military supply chains and allied resources, projecting power quickly through airstrikes, motivated by the protection of global oil trade and allied interests, shifting resources from diplomatic negotiations to military deterrence to maintain dollar dominance in oil and regional influence.
Similar to the coalition strikes against Iraqi infrastructure during the 1991 Gulf War and the air campaigns against ISIS in the 2010s, the US is currently in a strong phase of controlling energy security in the Middle East.
Essentially, this represents a regulatory change (restructuring of geopolitical rules): military actions directly destroy the opponent's projection capabilities, mechanically reconstructing the pricing of shipping security in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing Iran to concede in energy exports and nuclear negotiations, and accelerating the short-term restructuring of the global energy supply chain.
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Whoever controls the energy choke point, controls global pricing power.
The more precise the military deterrence, the faster the capital seeks safety.
Peace dividends are fragile, but power corridors are perpetual.