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Ukraine: destroys Russian airfields, oil depots, military manufacturing, missile launch sites, radars. Russia: crushes residential buildings full of residents inside, destroys power and heating facilities, churches, UNESCO sites. That's the war we're having.
As China Encroaches, Even New Zealand Is Getting Serious About Its Military—Nation of 5.3 million people will spend billions of dollars on defense in coming years @Mike_Cherney https://t.co/1zwBOaBXl3 https://t.co/1zwBOaBXl3
Where is all the latest burst of optimism and positivity about US-Iran "negotiations" coming from? 100% US-based media. There are 3 parties in this war. Think about that.
And Trump just explained why there’s virtually no commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz right now. The Lincoln is ~600 miles off Iran’s coast. That gives it several minutes of warning time, plus an entire air wing, three destroyers, a...
Palantir $PLTR and Anduril are part of the group developing software to run President Trump’s planned Golden Dome antimissile shield - WSJ
“China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be crucial for waging submarine warfare against the United States and its...
US weighing deployment of a combat brigade to take Kharg, repair airfields Supply lines would follow That’s a blueprint for escalation into Iran’s oil heart MARKETS AREN’T READY FOR THAT OUTCOME #IranWar #Oil #Hormuz #Geopolitics #EnergyMarkets https://t.co/ekbkXerzjV
Both sides want a deal Washington wants Iran to give up the things that define it Iran wants relief without giving up those things NO DEAL IS POSSIBLE on these terms. #Iran #Trump #Hormuz #Geopolitics #Diplomacy #MiddleEast #War #Strategy #Oil #IRGC https://t.co/cfX0dD9IzF
NEW: The Pentagon on Tuesday approved written orders for a couple thousand paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to the Middle East, U.S. officials said, as President Donald Trump weighs a significant escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war.
The White House is (truly) winning the oil jawboning battle against Tehran — still to be seen if Trump would win the physical oil market war. But to see Brent trading at sub-$100 a barrel (and WTI below $90) after...
U.S. Battled Drone Incursions Over Key Bases At Home After Launch Of Epic Fury It remains unclear who is behind the incursions, which have occurred now at two bases in recent weeks, but concern is clearly elevated during a time of...
April 24, 1980: #OperationEagleClaw-- U.S. military rescue attempt of hostages in US Embassy in Tehran fails, resulting in deaths of 8 servicemen when helicopter collides w/ transport plane in Iranian desert....
B-2 Spirits Heading To Iran Appear With Puzzling Features On Their Wings New images of B-2s heading out on an Epic Fury sortie show two jets with prominent squares arranged along their leading edges. https://t.co/PxTSIPZQM8
The WSJ reports that the Pentagon is planning to send 3,000 members of the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East. THIS IS TRUMP’S IDEA OF THE ART OF A PEACE DEAL. https://t.co/CRAhLK1jFL
Just dropped: Securing the Agentic Enterprise - my deep-dive post-platformization analysis of Palo Alto Networks' big RSAC 2026 moves. From chatbots to autonomous agents: security must evolve from cost center to business enabler. Prisma AIRS 3.0, secure browser, NGTS & unified...
Everyone wants the Iran war to end — so a deal is “likely,” says @HayekAndKeynes Disagree Trump looks like a “loser” vs the February status quo even in the best case Prolonged disruption increases Iran’s leverage Third parties don’t get a vote https://t.co/LopwM7JzcQ https://t.co/VLEtiJbGZo
Russia literally just throws their people into the Ukrainian drones to die. Russians are expendable slaves of the Tsar. Russians would be so much better off without Russia.
The only reason Jared Kushner should be anywhere near the Iran negotiations is as a human shield to protect Vance.
Do this. Much more of this. In fact, build more factories, don’t just convert existing ones. The Western world should never find itself in a munitions shortage again in our lifetimes. A gigantic mistake of the past 25+ years of...
The Telegraph reports Iran does not want to negotiate with Witkoff and Kushner, they prefer JD Vance. https://t.co/EM6pghSciP
🇺🇸 Space Force officer shares intelligence on threats to space systems https://t.co/ZC1xETnG71 #SpaceEconomy #SpaceForce  https://t.co/PQPs80ePjS
So Trump admin is [rightly] panicking about the Strait of Hormuz so they’re going to try to get Iran to agree to a 1-month ceasefire to negotiate during which I’m sure Trump wants the Strait open Iran’s main leverage is the...
The Times of Israel reports US administration working on a monthlong ceasefire period to negotiate a 15-point agreement. https://t.co/E2EyihE4Gt
This was always going to be the case. Same with a deal over the nuclear program in many cases prior to launching the war.
It seems Trumps attempts to make out that they are entering talks with Iran are either complete fiction or an attempt to support insider trading as the truth ebbs and flows. I know what I think and it’s not an...
Planning For Army’s New MV-75 Tiltrotor Already Part Of Officer Training, General Says With the Army putting its MV-75 tiltrotor on a blazingly fast track, troops are already getting experience on the aircraft before the first one is even delivered. https://t.co/WGPIrfTgOs
One of the charms of Trump is that he will sometimes tell you what is really happening if you read between the lines. For example, here he all but told us the real reason Hormuz isn't open yet. I would think interception...
trump wants a win in iran. one option? take the oil infrastructure and hold it. that would be a massive escalation. @gzeromedia
Citing a "Western Source" Israel's Channel 12 reports the 15 conditions for a potential monthlong ceasefire with Iran: 1. Iran must dismantle its existing nuclear capabilities. 2. Iran must commit never to pursue nuclear weapons. 3. There will be no uranium enrichment on...
Trump did this exact charade while sending hundreds of military assets to the Middle East while the initial strikes were already approved. He is now running the same playbook while sending additional assets, troops and restockings. Iran is not stupid.
"In Over His Head" - Trump’s Iran War Strategy Backfires Amid Chaos Prof Jeff Sonnenfeld, @Yale, wrote the book on Trump...literally. In his opinion, Trump is distracting from the Epstein files AND he's bitten off more than he can chew in Iran. https://youtu.be/juG5Xwa7U0A
Makes sense why... Iran is allowing ‘non-hostile vessels’ through Strait of Hormuz. So they can mine them against US-Israel. The rest are... sitting ducks & collateral damage? untenable
A US Navy P-8 Poseidon got bonked by a foreign aircraft taxiing into it at an undisclosed location on March 20. Damage was enough to classify it as a Class A (>$2.5m) https://t.co/k13bI4dv4P
Seems highly irrational for Iran to open the Strait during a ceasefire and forego all negotiating leverage. In that case, Trump would just aim for an indefinite ceasefire. And for that to even get off the ground Iran would need...
ToI reporting: "...Trump’s administration has conveyed 15 conditions to Iran as its terms for ending the current war, Israel’s Channel 12 reports,...[t]he conditions appear to cover all of the [US+Israel] war goals,...Trump...to push quickly for “a framework agreement, an [AIP]”
Mossad tells Iranians to keep reporting on regime forces. Israel is eliminating any leader, checkpoint, tool of repression dumb enough to be visible.
With the Persian Gulf effectively offline, losing Russian oil would be devastating to the global markets. Drone warfare continues to evolve and reshape the way these conflicts unfold, especially when targeting energy infrastructure. #crude #russiaukrainewar #geopolitics https://t.co/L5OoXtN7DJ
Israeli Channel 12: A ceasefire for a period of one month will be announced according to a mechanism that Witkoff and Kushner are working on
"Just over a year after a dramatic Oval Office clash derailed the now-infamous "minerals deal," the fund it spawned is making its first move, backing Ukraine's defense tech sector as global conflicts intensify. The first of three investments planned this year...
FTR, I suggested the US look at Abu Musa and the Tunbs as avenues to securing the Straight of Hormuz back on March 5… https://t.co/UU4UsAph4d
🚨 Supply chain attacks are the scariest threat in modern software. The LiteLLM compromise was an absolute nightmare scenario. The reality check: → A compromised update hit a package with 97M downloads a month → Grabbed SSH keys, database passwords, and API keys → Spread...
"The Pentagon has already asked Congress for $200 billion in extra funding for the Iran conflict. If not offset by new revenue or spending cuts, that would take the 2026 deficit near $2 trillion compared with the $1.78 trillion for...
So, we are waiting for a "tape bomb" at any moment saying either Iranians agreed to talk (positive) or not agreeing to talk (effectively ending the possibility of deal).
We break: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrived at a port in Crete on Monday after it had to leave the Middle East — and the war against Iran — when a fire broke out in its laundry...
NEW: Republican senators reportedly sold the White House on a plan Monday night to pass the SAVE America Act through a reconciliation package after enacting a funding bill for most of the DHS, which has been shut down for over...
I’m choosing my words carefully here—I have concerns putting our troops into this sort of environment, without prior c-uas testing in a high density combat environment or more direct learning from the AFU. Please factor c-UAS into these deliberations....
"In 2022, the median time between an initial access event and the hand-off to a secondary threat group was more than 8 hours. In 2025, that window collapsed to just 22 seconds." https://t.co/gjePO94A0N < important security data in this new...
Planning for two-three weeks more of Iran war. What does Iran do? Are we teaching a tipping point of how long the Strait will be closed or have few ships transiting? Then what? Maritime? Supply chains. Global economy?
Reuters on Tehran's tougher negotiating stance: - Iran would seek guarantees against future attacks - Refuse limits on missile programme - Trump says talks have already taken place, Iran denies - Control over Hormuz would be a key issue - Israel believe US-Iran agreement unlikely
“Iran holds a lot of cards with the Strait Of Hormuz.” That’s the quote to remember. Geography can be economic power, and “that vulnerability remains pretty much forever.” https://t.co/OoCOYi8LMc
