Casualties and losses
Declassified
Recorded human and material losses of the Atlantic Rupture to 19 February 2026. The totals remain small by the standards of the forces engaged, and they are concentrated almost entirely in the eleven days between the assault on Iceland and the North Sea action. The first three weeks of the rupture — the severance, the occupation of Greenland, the asset freeze, the basing lockout, and the vault standoff — produced no deaths at all.
Personnel
| Date | Event | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan | [[greenland-crisis | Greenland landings]] | None |
| 9 Feb | [[occupation-of-iceland | Northern Hinge]] | 9 French killed, 12 wounded; 154 British and French captured |
| 11 Feb | [[internment-at-lakenheath | Lakenheath]] | ~1,150 American personnel interned |
| 16 Feb | [[submarine-campaign | Newport News]] | Boat scuttled; crew recovered |
| 18 Feb | [[uss-gettysburg | USS Gettysburg]] | 32 American dead |
Ships
| Vessel | Nation | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[uss-newport-news | USS Newport News]] (SSN-750) | US | Torpedoed by HMS Ambush; scuttled |
| [[uss-gettysburg | USS Gettysburg]] (CG-64) | US | Sunk by Exocet, 18 February |
| FS Aquitaine | France | Sunk by Mk 48 torpedo | |
| [[hms-ambush | HMS Ambush]] | UK | Crippled; withdrew to Faslane |
| HMS Defender | UK | Heavily damaged; towed to Scapa Flow |
Aircraft
| Type | Nation | Loss |
|---|---|---|
| Typhoon FGR4 | UK | 2 shot down at Keflavik, both pilots ejected; 1 damaged |
| F/A-18F Super Hornet | US | 8 lost in Phase II |
| EA-18G Growler | US | 2 lost in Phase II |
| Various fighters | US | 4 further lost in Phase II |
| Typhoon / Rafale | UK, France | 18 lost in Phase II |
| F-15E, KC-135 | US | 17 airframes seized at Lakenheath |
Materiel and stockpiles
- Standoff munitions. 42 percent of the total American global inventory of JASSM-ER and LRASM expended in four days. Phase III as planned requires more than remains.
- Air defence. One French SAMP/T battery destroyed at Keflavik with its Arabel radar and power complex.
- Infrastructure. Radar heads at RAF Buchan and RRH Benbecula destroyed; runways cratered at Leeming, Lossiemouth, Coningsby, Waddington, and twice at Keflavik; Keflavik's aviation fuel farm destroyed.
- Nuclear. No warhead has been moved, lost, damaged, or used. Approximately 60 American weapons remain sealed at Büchel, Volkel, and Kleine Brogel; 48 allied warheads remain at sea and unlocated.
See also
Sources
- 9 February 2026 U.S. Forces Seize Iceland in Kinetic Assault: Operation Northern Hinge Neutralizes French Air Defenses, Overwhelms Allied Garrison at Keflavik record
- 16 February 2026 U.S. Strikes British Air Defense Network in Opening Salvos of Operation Albion Anvil: Undersea Clashes Erupt in North Atlantic as UK Declares State of War record
- 19 February 2026 Allied Carriers and U.S. Strike Group Clash in North Sea as Phase II of Albion Anvil Hits Heavy Resistance: USS Gettysburg Sunk, Keflavik Cratered in Standoff Counter-Strike record