Iran says every U.S. military base from the Middle East to Europe is a target if America strikes it again.
MIKE DROP NEWSROOM | 12 NOVEMBER 2026
Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, warned that any base used in a new attack, "from West Asia to Europe," would be a legitimate target, adding "no safe distance, no safe haven, no immunity." In England, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath went to Force Protection Condition Charlie, the second-highest level, and KC-135 tankers left Mildenhall for Germany and Scotland. At home, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved onto a U.S. military base after Iranian threats against him, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House adviser Stephen Miller have also moved to protected housing.
Mike Ritland breaks down what it means when Iran's reach extends to U.S. bases in Europe and to the homes of top U.S. officials, why sleeper cells and proxies are still a threat after months of strikes, and why Vice President Vance may sit down with the same man making these threats.
Also covered:
- Vance weighs a face-to-face meeting with Rezaei, possibly in Doha
- A Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel calls out Secretary Hegseth's group on Veterans Day
- The defense budget fight and the failed Hegseth impeachment vote
- Data centers and the AI race with China
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid an alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy
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0:00 Iran says every U.S. base from the Gulf to Europe is a target
0:50 U.S. bases in England go to FPCON Charlie
2:20 Vance weighs meeting the man making the threats
4:33 Bessent, Rubio and Miller move to protected housing
9:20 Tomb guard calls out Hegseth's group
10:34 The defense budget fight and the impeachment vote
11:36 Data centers and the AI race with China
13:40 Nvidia's CEO resigns over an alleged Chinese spy affair
