At around 7:00 PM eastern US Time last night, January 13, a Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton patrolling off the coast of Iran.
This is real-time targeting prep.
The MQ-4C Triton is a strategic surveillance platform with multi-intelligence fusion capabilities. High-altitude, long-endurance, capable of wide-area maritime ISR and signals intelligence.
Its presence confirms active battle-mapping. It is not reconnaissance for future contingencies. It is live-feed targeting validation. Final threat correlation. Networked with real-time strike packages.
The specific geography is the signal. Gulf airspace is constrained, Iranian air defenses are paranoid, and U.S. assets are staging offshore. You do not fly a Triton along this corridor without operational intent. The only reason to fly it now is to complete the precision kill chain.
This confirms three layers:
1. Ignition prepositioning is finished.
2. Targeting telemetry is live.
3. Strike authorization is functionally staged.
The only thing not yet declared is timing.
The structure is already active.
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