PDB Afternoon Bulletin | May 13th, 2026: Iran’s Missile Network May Have Survived The War & California Mayor’s CCP Ties
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🗓️ 13 May 2026
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday the 13th of May. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. |
| 0:23.0 | First up, new intelligence assessments reportedly show that Iran's military may be far more intact |
| 0:29.8 | than publicly advertised, with Tehran retaining access to most of its missile infrastructure |
| 0:35.8 | along the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:38.0 | Later in the show, according to federal prosecutors, a California mayor allegedly worked |
| 0:42.8 | directly with Chinese government handlers as part of a broader CCP influence campaign inside |
| 0:49.0 | the U.S. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. New reporting from the New York Times is raising |
| 0:55.7 | serious new questions about just how badly Iran's military was actually damaged during the recent |
| 1:01.6 | U.S. Israeli campaign. According to classified U.S. intelligence assessments reviewed by the paper, |
| 1:07.5 | Iran has reportedly retained operational access to most of its missile infrastructure |
| 1:12.4 | across the country, including the vast majority of its launch sites along the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:18.5 | And that assessment appears to stand in sharp contrast to months of public statements from |
| 1:23.5 | President Trump and senior Pentagon officials who repeatedly described Iran's military as, |
| 1:29.2 | quote, decimated or obliterated and effectively combat ineffective following Operation Epic Fury. |
| 1:36.3 | Now, according to the New York Times, intelligence agencies are telling policymakers something far |
| 1:41.3 | more complicated behind closed doors. The most alarming finding reportedly |
| 1:45.8 | involves Iran's missile network surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. According to the assessments, |
| 1:51.1 | Iran currently has operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites that it maintains along |
| 1:57.8 | the strategic waterway. Only three sites are reportedly considered |
| 2:01.4 | completely inaccessible. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean every site is fully functional, |
| 2:07.5 | but intelligence officials reportedly believe many of the facilities are now at least |
| 2:11.7 | partially operational again, allowing Iranian forces to move missiles, reposition launchers, and in some cases, |
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