Iran just purged its entire military high command — six new appointments including Ahmad Vahidi over the IRGC and Hossein Taeb over the Basij — signed in the name of a Supreme Leader nobody has seen in public since February. Meanwhile the F-16 and the P-8A Poseidon own the sky and water over the Strait of Hormuz, hunting Iran’s Ghadir-class midget submarines and thousands of naval mines while the U.S. blockade redirects ship after ship. Former F-15E and F-16 pilot Ryan Bodenheimer breaks down the purge, Iran’s last asymmetric weapons — midget subs, mines, UUVs — and what this command shakeup really means. Plus: Ukraine strikes the TANECO refinery deep inside Russia.
