The Vigilant // SITREP Index 66 Elevated · Escalating
SITREP Index 66 (Elevated), +3 vs yesterday
DAILY INTELLIGENCE BRIEF · Friday, September 11, 2026
SITREP INDEX
The SITREP Index (0–100) blends a structural conflict base (UN/HDX HAPI) with a live news-velocity layer across 56 sources. Higher = greater global instability; a directional signal, not a forecast. |
⚠ Alerts
CRITICAL Military jet triggered UK’s latest air traffic meltdown — FT
HIGH Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis seize an island in a key strait, opening a new front in the Iran war — AP
HIGH Lightning Houthi advance in Yemen may bring dangerous new dimension to Iran war — BBC
HIGH Amid war and sanctions, many Iranians are losing their jobs and struggling to get by — NPR
HIGH Trump uses 9/11 memorial speech to justify Iran war as families commemorate victims of attack – live — Guardian
Today's Movers
| COUNTRY | COVERAGE Δ | INDEX |
| ▼ United States | -9 | 84.8 (0) |
| ▲ Yemen | +7 | 72.7 (+8) |
| ▲ Saudi Arabia | +4 | 25 (+8) |
| ▲ India | +3 | 81.4 (+4.5) |
| ▲ Russia | +2 | 88 (+2.5) |
The Board
| COUNTRY | INDEX | Δ | CONFLICT | NEWS |
| Russia | 88 | ▲ +2.5 | 88 | 88 |
| United States | 84.8 | — 0 | 70 | 100 |
| India | 81.4 | ▲ +4.5 | 86 | 77 |
| Iran | 76.4 | — 0 | 68 | 85 |
| Yemen | 72.7 | ▲ +8 | 52 | 93 |
| Ukraine | 70.2 | ▼ -1 | 85 | 55 |
| United Kingdom | 49.6 | ▲ +0.5 | 48 | 51 |
| Brazil | 47.8 | ▲ +39.8 | 80 | 16 |
Country index, day change, and the two component scores (0–100): conflict base + news-velocity.
Pentagon Pizza Index
DEFCON 1 COCKED PISTOL - MAXIMUM READINESS · activity 55% · 3 spikes · 6 locations
| LOCATION | ACTIVITY |
| District Pizza Palace | SPIKE 100% |
| Pizzato Pizza | SPIKE 100% |
| Extreme Pizza | SPIKE 59% |
| Papa Johns Pizza | ELEVATED 48% |
| We, The Pizza | NOMINAL 17% |
| Domino's Pizza (Pentagon Closest) | QUIET 8% |
Geopolitical Tensions
| PAIR | GPR | 7-DAY |
| USA ↔ Russia | 0.1 | ↓ -82.6% |
| Russia ↔ Ukraine | 1.4 | ↓ -13% |
| USA ↔ China | -0.3 | ↓ -193.2% |
| China ↔ Taiwan | 0.5 | ↓ -56.8% |
| USA ↔ Iran | 2.6 | ↑ +27.6% |
| USA ↔ Venezuela | -0.1 | → 0% |
Source: PizzINT (pizzint.watch) — Google Maps activity at Pentagon-area pizza spots as a readiness proxy. Tensions: GDELT GPR, 7-day avg vs prior week.
Market Radar
OVERALL BUY 5/7 bullish
| SIGNAL | READ | BASIS |
| Liquidity | SQUEEZE | JPY 30d ROC -4.1% |
| Flow | ALIGNED | BTC -3.7% / QQQ -0.4% 5d |
| Regime | RISK-ON | QQQ -2.4% vs XLP -3.0% 20d |
| BTC Trend | BULLISH | BTC $77,372 · Mayer 1.1 |
| Hash Rate | STABLE | +1.6% 30d |
| Mining Cost | PROFITABLE | |
| Fear & Greed | Greed | 56/100 |
| EQUITIES | ||
| S&P 500 | 764.29 | ▲0.85% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 714.88 | ▲0.87% |
| Dow Jones | 525.79 | ▲0.97% |
| COMMODITIES | ||
| Gold | 398.77 | ▲0.61% |
| Crude Oil | 154.9 | ▼2.2% |
| VOLATILITY | ||
| Volatility (VIX) | 17.3 | ▼4.74% |
| CRYPTO | ||
| Bitcoin | 77285 | ▲0.18% |
| Ethereum | 2539 | ▲3.12% |
| RATES | ||
| US 10Y Treasury | 4.83% | +0.03% |
Levels as of compile time; figures are end-of-prior-session/intraday snapshots.
Sector Heatmap
| Tech ▲1.34% | Finance ▲0.63% | Energy ▲0.31% |
| Health ▼0.18% | Consumer ▲0.89% | Industrial ▲1.06% |
| Staples ▲0.35% | Utilities ▼0.33% | Materials ▲0.37% |
| Real Est ▲0.86% | Comms ▲0.99% | Semis ▲1.47% |
S&P sector ETFs, day change as of compile time.
SIGINT Brief
BAND CONDITIONS 80‑40 m daytime fair, night good; 30‑20 m day and night good; 17‑15 m day good, night poor; 12‑10 m day fair, night poor. Best windows UTC 20‑23 for 30‑20 m and 80‑40 m night, and 20‑22 for 17‑15 m day band.
STATIONS OF INTEREST UVB‑76 (RU) remains a Russian numbers station; high Russian instability (index 88) makes any traffic noteworthy. SKYKING / EAM (US) military broadcasts may reflect US operational tempo amid ongoing legal actions against terror suspects (DOJ report). Radio Havana Cuba (CU) evening broadcasts are relevant as Cuban ties to regional unrest are highlighted by the Yemeni island seizure and broader Iran‑related conflict.
GEOPOLITICAL CORRELATION Russian stations align with a high instability score and recent Ukrainian sanctions call (Zelensky urging new Russia sanctions, France24). US time‑signal and military stations operate from a nation with a stable but elevated index (84.8) and are mentioned indirectly in the DOJ alien terrorist removal case. Chinese time‑signal (BPM) has no direct reporting linkage today. Iranian‑linked events (Houthis seizing island, economic hardship) relate to Iran’s index 76.4 but no Iranian HF stations are on the roster, so no direct monitoring tie.
MONITORING PLAN 4625 kHz UVB‑76 20‑23 UTC; 8992 kHz SKYKING/EAM 20‑23 UTC; 6000 kHz Radio Havana 20‑23 UTC; 10000 kHz WWV/WWVH/BPM 20‑23 UTC for baseline time‑signal checks.
Solar & Propagation
| SFI 115 | SUNSPOTS 76 | A-INDEX 6 | K-INDEX 2 | X-RAY B3.6 | WIND 408 km/s |
| BAND | DAY | NIGHT |
| 80m–40m | Fair | Good |
| 30m–20m | Good | Good |
| 17m–15m | Good | Poor |
| 12m–10m | Fair | Poor |
Solar data: NOAA SWPC. Band conditions computed from SFI + Kp. Assessment generated at compile time.
Down-Detector
| ⚠ ONGOING | Cloudflare — Incorrect geo location for some Cloudflare WARP users minor · since Aug 27 · ongoing 15d · last update Sep 1 |
| ⚠ ONGOING | OpenAI — Partial System Degradation minor |
| ⚠ ONGOING | Anthropic — Degraded functionality for Claude Cowork on Windows major · since Sep 10 · ongoing 28h · last update Sep 11 |
| ⚠ ONGOING | Twilio — MMS Delivery Failures from Telstra Australia to Twilio Australia Phone Numbers minor · since Sep 4 · ongoing 7d · last update Sep 11 |
✓ Resolved since yesterday: Discord
Internet Disruptions
| POWER | Honduras nationwide A failure in Central America's regional power interconnection system caused a significant drop in Internet traffic across multiple providers in Honduras. Sep 10 17:45Z–19:15Z |
| GOV-DIRECTED | Iraq regional Exam Shutdown · Earthlink-DMCC-IQ, HulumTele Sep 10 03:30Z–03:45Z |
Source: Cloudflare Radar outage annotations, last 48 hours.
Disaster Watch
| EVENT | DETAIL |
| M5.9 | Earthquake — 253 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste |
| M5.3 | Earthquake — 151 km WSW of Adak, Alaska [TSUNAMI] |
| ORANGE | FL — Orange flood alert in China |
| ORANGE | DR — Drought is on going in The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador |
| ORANGE | DR — Drought is on going in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croati |
| ORANGE | DR — Drought is on going in Madagascar |
The Brief
GEOPOLITICS Colombia’s Cali remembers earthquake victims one month on
GOVERNMENT Department of Justice Removes Alien Terrorist in First Use of United States Alien Terrorist R…
DEFENSE & CONFLICT Anime reaction YouTubers are at war with copyright enforcers
CYBER & SECURITY EU's Cyber Resilience Act starts the 24-hour vulnerability clock
AI & MACHINE LEARNING Release of open AI model trained on 17 years of lunar data maps ice, craters and volcanoes
TECHNOLOGY UMG and voice AI giant ElevenLabs launch AI-powered music platform
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Outside the Wire
Coverage surfaced by topic, not outlet — what the fixed source roster can’t see.
Arab News | Israel kills Hamas commander in Gaza strike, military and militants say — arabnews.com
Could Iran nuclear ambitions harden as war escalates? - AL - MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012 — al-monitor.com
Suspected terrorist surrenders to Nigerian Army through Chadian forces in Borno — dailypost.ng
Russia and China oppose push to reactivate UN Iran sanctions committee — thenationalnews.com
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