The US is conducting its most active air campaign in Somalia ever, yet it barely registers in public debate. No US troops in harm's way means no political pressure to explain the mission. The military has learned that casualty-free wars stay invisible.
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Keating lays out the statistics that make the Somalia campaign impossible to dismiss as a minor operation. In 2025, the US conducted 125 airstrikes and one ground raid — a number that exceeds the 51 total operations Biden authorized across his entire presidency. [1] — Josh Keating "125 airstrikes in Somalia in 2025 alone: In 2025, the US carried out 125 airstrikes and one ground raid in Somalia — more than Biden's enti…" 19:29 By mid-2026, 70 more strikes had already been carried out. For scale, Keating notes that even the US campaign against drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific — which drew far more media attention — was smaller. Before the Iran war, Somalia was arguably the Trump administration's largest active military campaign. And almost no one in Washington was debating it.
In 2025, the US carried out 125 airstrikes and one ground raid in Somalia — more than Biden's entire four-year total.
By mid-2026, the US had already conducted 70 airstrikes in Somalia, putting it on pace to surpass 2025's total.
Joe Biden authorized only 51 military operations in Somalia across his entire presidency, fewer than the US conducted in Somalia in 2025 alone.
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