Here's Everything We Know About The U.S. Strikes On Iran That Did Not Happen

The aircraft carrier USS and elements of her strike group underway earlier in 2019. US Navy

Warzone/The Drive: Here's Everything We Know About The U.S. Strikes On Iran That Never Came

U.S. ships and other assets in the region are still reportedly on alert for possible strikes on Iranian targets.

U.S. President Donald Trump says American forces were "cocked and loaded" to strike targets in Iran overnight, but that he called off the operation because he felt estimates that there would be approximately 150 Iranian casualties was not a proportional response to the loss of an unmanned aircraft. This comes as Iran, which admits to shooting down the U.S. Navy RQ-4 Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator drone, or BAMS-D, says it refrained from destroying a manned aircraft that it claims violated its airspace around the same time.

Trump explained his decision in a series of Tweets on June 21, 2019. In doing so, he confirmed a story earlier in the day from The New York Times, which had first reported on the abrupt shift in plans, citing anonymous sources. Other outlets, citing other unnamed individuals, had already added weight to the report that the U.S. military had been about to strike Iran, before receiving an order to stand down.

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WNU Editor: A good and comprehensive summary.