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UN Security Council Condemns #Iran Attacks Against Gulf Neighbors The resolution, proposed by Bahrain on behalf of GCC, decried Iran’s retaliation against civilian targets, including energy facilities, as an international law violation. @Magdalena_971 https://t.co/P9t8JHNDMg
The Malta-flagged 50k ton Greek-owned tanker and Marshall Is-flagged 74k ton American-owned tanker is on fire in the anchorage off Iraq. It is suspected the ships were hit by Iranian unmanned surface vessels (USVs). The ships were involved...
JTBC an Iranian Shahed drone has a range of about 2000 km For one to hit California, it would have to be launched from the middle of the ocean. Even smuggled into Hawaii, it wouldn't make it to CA. The only way...
Russian intel recruited ordinary citizens across Europe to post packages to the UK and Poland that turned out to contain explosives. I hadn't heard about this when the couriers were arrested. Now one has spoken about how he was tricked...
I'm no Middle East expert, but looking at how Ukraine, without a Navy, destroyed the Russian Black Sea fleet using cheap drones, I would expect Iran, which is 3x larger than Ukraine, will find a way to block the Strait...
NEW FROM WAPO: The Iranian school building where scores of children were killed as the U.S. and Israel began their massive aerial campaign was on a U.S. target list and may have been mistaken for a military site, multiple people...
Evergreen argument. Unfortunately, I've heard this same argument many times on Russia ("Beijing should pressure Moscow" to deescalate with Ukraine), North Korea ("Beijing should coerce and pressure for denuclearization"), and Pakistan ("Beijing should press its partner" in at least two...
They gutted the team that operationally helps the US military avoid civilian casualties during war. Then we killed over 150 schoolgirls by accidentally bombing their school. This administration is torching American soft power.
Thank you to everyone who read and commented on our story about the Pentagon shutting out photographers for publishing “unflattering” photos of Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth. As always, I’m reachable on Signal at scottnover.99 if there’s anything you think I...
"Can America and Israel finish the job? A conversation with John Spencer." I had a great talk w/ my dear friend @havivrettiggur on his "Ask Haviv Anything" podcast. We talk about strategy, uncertainty, and the price of waiting too long...
Iran is demanding as a condition to ending the war a pledge the the U.S. and Israel stop bombing it and killing its leaders. That's... eminently reasonable. https://t.co/XZ3jlXDTIP
The last 24 hours have brought the most sustained attacks from both sides since the conflict started. We could see this escalation spill into the Strait of Hormuz with mines and further maritime disruption. Full video analysis exclusively on...
For decades, US military doctrine meant: if you break a country, you own the reconstruction. General "Spider" Marks says that calculus is gone. "We're just going to break it. And if you get back on that horse and you think...
Bombers In England Being Loaded With Bunker Busters A Sign Of Increasing Air Supremacy Over Iran There are now 15 American bombers that are flying strike missions against Iran from RAF Fairford. https://t.co/mveSNbKWeo
FBI recently sent warning to California police about intelligence it obtained from Feb that Iran "aspired" to launch drone strikes in the event the US attacked Iran. They planned to hit unspecified targets in the state from a vessel located...
Israel's bombing of Lebanon has displaced 800,000 people. 13.5% of the population. That would be like 47 million people being displaced in the US. The population of Maryland, Colorado, Minnesota, South Carolina, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oregon, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Utah combined.
Iran Missile Strike on Israel’s Satellite Communications Hub. Viral Footage of SES Ha’Ela Teleport Destruction Sparks Global Strategic Alarm https://t.co/aptNPBChhA
Uncle Sam wants YOU, sponsor coverage bankers of Wall Street. @semafor scoop on DoD's push to hire investment bankers with deep ties to PE as it hunts for natsec deals https://t.co/lTRGjUesXl
The Strait of Hormuz is turning into the key test of strength between the US and Iran. I've been thinking about what happens if it stays closed for an extended period. My conclusions might surprise you. https://t.co/mPXBo8HuqY
Both Israel and U.S. are clear on this. "Iran regime change not military goal, creating conditions for it is" https://t.co/LsttUiENZi
The National Press Club’s statement on our story in The Washington Post on the Pentagon banning photographers from briefings after they published “unflattering” photos. https://t.co/4EbXGWkVHt https://t.co/yWQniBhU0i
March 3, 2026 edition of FFTT: "Iran doesn't need to defeat the US military; just the UST market" March 11, 2026: "S&P has warned that the Middle East conflict is beginning to strain credit channels across multiple sectors" https://t.co/pnftNUeht5
.@RheinmetallAG on @OHB JV, + @Airbus as production partner, for $10B German milsatcom constellation, updates on @iceye_global radarsat JV. @bundeswehrInfo generating more procurements than @BaainBw ecosystem can handle. Delays likely. @AirbusSpace.https://t.co/lrTwhaP1uT https://t.co/BWNyguo0Ab
and if Israel & US truce depends on Iran pledging no more nuclear program does anyone believe this?
Hezbollah fired roughly 100 rockets into Israel. The group remains undeterred and continues to follow the orders of the Iranian regime. Lebanon has failed to disarm Hezbollah or assert sovereignty over its own territory.
1/6 Ten seafarers have now been killed in 13 attacks on merchant vessels since the Iran conflict erupted on February 28 — more than the 7 U.S. servicemen killed in the war. The focal point is shifting: can the Strait of...
MoD's Jiang Bin on U.S. Department of Defense requests that U.S. tech companies allow the military unrestricted use of artificial intelligence technology. https://t.co/rZKz1aYBfu https://t.co/rQrEDOVcck
Iran's IRGC warns that offices/infrastructure of US firms with links to Israel or whose technology has been used to assist the military will be targeted for physical attack. This includes infrastructure of Google, Palantir, Microsoft, IBM, Nvidia, Oracle https://t.co/M5nw4IhpCK
"The US used as much as $4 billion worth of munitions in the first 72 hours of its attacks against Iran" https://t.co/j5LKsavuyS
Iranian President: ""The only way to end this war ... is recognizing Iran’s legitimate rights, payment of reparations, and firm int'l guarantees against future aggression." https://t.co/3nWzoC6kb8
EGAN-JONES: “.. We hope that our analysis is wrong. However, if we are correct, the longer the combatants are engaged, the worse it will be for all.” https://t.co/NM167brXUU
What, then, are the carefully defined objectives with Iran that China will supposedly measure U.S. performance against? I think what China has learned, at least up until now, is that matching means to ends may now be a skill that...
Great look at the rotary launcher/rack in a B-1B. Will be packed like a revolver's cylinder with JASSMs.
Maritime Attacks Reach 13 in First 12 Days of Middle East Conflict. Escalating maritime and supply chain risk. When snd how will it end? https://t.co/58hInlgDQc
Iran Turns Up The Heat Around The Strait Of Hormuz Iran struck three commercial ships today in its continuing effort to inflict economic pain and political pressure on the U.S. and its allies. We are updating live: https://t.co/Nrf18TL3sz
"The Pentagon gave a private company a choice: change your product to meet our demands or face being largely blacklisted. Such a choice is an affront to the values enshrined in the First Amendment and those that the US has...
Wait until they find out Ukrainians also have tracked combat robots with fucking Browning machine guns.
Washington urges Taiwan lawmakers to pass special defense budget bill Unnamed State Department official: “We encourage all parties in Taiwan’s legislature to work through political differences and quickly pass a special defense budget that demonstrates Taiwan’s commitment to its self-defense by...
President Donald Trump said he didn’t believe Iran was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Asked Wednesday whether Iran had laid mines in the strait, Trump told reporters, “We don’t think so. Trump also urged oil companies to send their...
Iranian F-14 Tomcats Meet Their Doom In Israeli Airstrikes Iran's Tomcats may have used up the last of their nine lives as the U.S. and Israel seek to neuter the country's air force. https://t.co/JGGYBDqHg4
You can mine the waters using small boats and Iran trains to do exactly that. Even eliminating large ports won't keep them from retaining this capability, although it may make it harder. Hitting where the mines are stored is ideal,...
As a Ukrainan, I feel like it's not a coincidence that the British nuclear-carrying missile is called Trident but I can't prove it. https://t.co/y3Kt4e5Kem
Sincere condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, killed in action during an unmanned aircraft system attack on March 1, 2026, in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. https://t.co/0mzqQLEoTu
Iran's Navy must be like a Starfish We were told last week it was entirely eliminated, yet reappeared
NATO is testing live cockroaches as AI-powered spy drones. Incredible AI engineering, but also something I kinda wish I hadn't learned about: > Swarm Bio-tactics wired real cockroaches with electronic backpacks containing AI hardware, radios, cameras, and microphones. > Cockroaches are steered by...
Missiles, then drones, then mines, now underwater high-speed missiles. For Iran's next trick to keep the Strait closed: https://t.co/98z3siY3mA
I thought these comments were very key on $AMSC – American Superconductor for the mining issues in Iran "way to play marine defense (Strait of Hormuz) for their SPS (ship protection system) business". reports that Iran is placing mines in the Strait...
MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - Gazprom on Wednesday reported aerial attacks on its facilities in southern Russia, including the Russkaya pumping station that exports natural gas via the TurkStream subsea pipeline to Europe, but added that all the attacks had...
yes, managing to stop all non-Iranian oil tanker traffic in the Persian Gulf is a tremendous impact.
Scoop: The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering." https://t.co/4EbXGWkVHt
