According to released information, ROKETSAN’s air-launched missile family is being developed in several models with different ranges, intended for use from combat drones and jet fighters.

The air defense of the Yemeni armed forces succeeded in downing an F-15 fighter jet in the skies over Marib province.

Yemeni armed forces announced in a statement that, in response to the continuation of the Saudi regime’s aggression against Yemeni soil, they carried out a military operation against the Sharorah military base north of the Al-Wadiah crossing.

In continuation of the advances by the Yemeni army and popular committees in the country’s southwest, Mayun Island has come under the control of the Yemeni army. With this, full control over the strategic Bab al-Mandab waterway has fallen into the hands of the Sana’a-based government.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy announced in a statement today that, following numerous attacks on East-West pipeline stations in the Riyadh and Medina regions on the morning of Thursday, September 10, the East-West pipeline has been shut down as a precautionary measure. The statement also noted that several people were injured as a result of these attacks.

Since the onset of the Yemen war, a total of 131 aircraft of various types have been downed in the country. Of these, 71 belong to Saudi Arabia, 23 to the UAE, 34 to the United States, one to Morocco, one to Bahrain, and one to Jordan.

Yemen’s air defense, during these strikes, shot down a Wing Loong drone over Al-Bayda Governorate and a CH-4 drone over Al-Jawf Governorate.

Iranian military forces launched a large-scale retaliation on the morning of August 31, the evening of September 1, and the early morning of September 2, in response to U.S. airstrikes on southern and central Iran. The operation involved waves of precision ballistic missiles and scores of loitering munitions targeting American assets across multiple countries, including the U.S. Fifth Fleet and Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, Muwaffaq Salti and Prince Hassan Air Bases and Camp Titin in Jordan, Ali Al-Salem and Ahmad Al-Jaber in Kuwait, Al-Dhafra and Al-Minhad in the UAE, and Al-Harir and Erbil in Iraq.

The recent war deepened the internal rifts within the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), revealing that its member states hold divergent approaches toward Iran, the United States, and the Zionist regime. Simultaneously, the vulnerability of the Strait of Hormuz and energy infrastructure exposed the limitations of the U.S. security umbrella. Consequently, the future of the Persian Gulf will be shaped less by strategic integration and more by rivalries, divergences, and individual states’ efforts to secure their interests through different pathways.

The Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz crisis served for China as a practical test in the use of strategic chokepoints, demonstrating that disruption to vital global trade routes can impose heavy costs on rivals without direct warfare. This experience is likely to push Beijing toward reinforcing a strategy of encirclement and gradual control over Taiwan—an approach in which the world’s dependence on Taiwan’s semiconductor industry becomes a geoeconomic leverage point. Consequently, the Taiwan conflict may shift from a deterrence model based on military power toward one grounded in control over supply chains and critical global economic chokepoints.

According to IWN assessments, the armed forces of Iran, Iraqi resistance groups, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have destroyed or damaged over 241 aircraft and cruise missiles belonging to the United States, the Zionist regime, European, and Arab countries since the beginning of the war.

Recent developments in West Asia signal a transition from traditional confrontations to multi-layered rivalries unfolding across strategic energy chokepoints, where straits such as Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab have become focal arenas for the projection of power and pressure. Within this framework, the scenario of a U.S.-led naval blockade of Iran—employed as a tool for maximum pressure—alongside the possibility of a return to direct conflict between the two sides, has reinforced the prospect of escalating tensions. At the same time, Europe’s growing skepticism toward Washington’s unilateral approaches has cast uncertainty over the future of NATO cohesion. On another level, the involvement of Tehran-aligned actors such as the Houthis (Ansarallah) in Bab al-Mandab has highlighted the potential for expanding the maritime theater of competition and enabling Iran to leverage this asset indirectly. Taken together, these developments indicate that regional maritime security is increasingly becoming the primary arena for redefining the balance of power. Accordingly, this study aims to assess the feasibility, consequences, and sustainability of these scenarios, while elucidating their impact on the regional balance of power and the international security order.