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US Military Tested Device That May Be Tied To Havana Syndrome On Rats, Sheep https://t.co/B4wBplyBRA
There's been a big drop in Iranian attacks on the UAE, though nobody knows whether it's a strategic choice, or whether it reflects diminishing stockpiles. https://t.co/gt6ed9Fg9S https://t.co/oMHskjmjSQ
By the way, speaking of Shahed-136s. Back in 2022-2023, when Iran first supplied them to Russia and they were first used on a large scale against Ukraine, they were fairly simple loitering munitions -- a slow, buzzing two-stroke engine whining high...
Sweden will amass stockpiles of essentials like fuel, food and power generators in case of crises or war https://t.co/POOlFazTcZ via @CharlesDuxbury https://t.co/28uWLsPf2e
Good read about real-life counter-intelligence work: https://t.co/vo0s5eCx9F Notable points: 1) @AshtonCirillo immediately reported Noma's attempt to contact to his superiors. That was critical in making the spying fail, and keeping Sarah out of trouble. Ukraine puts a lot of effort into reminding...
Here is your example of escorts in operations. But this is @EUNAVFORASPIDES in the Red Sea. Note the limited number of ships and the fact that they are owned or operated by an Italian form with an Italian frigate. There are 5 US...
Ukraine Sent Drone Experts to Protect U.S. Bases in Jordan, Zelensky Says - The New York Times https://t.co/Kyzi5X5UXK
Mass Versus Exquisite Weaponry is a Partially False Dichotomy, I write for @RUSI_org on how we have agency in determing the relative unit price of weaponry by investing in our industrial base: https://t.co/zSsbav6DjE None of it is cheap without the...
There's the military-industrial complex. Now there's the military-Trump complex (drones and golf courses). Pure corruption. Trump Sons Back New Drone Company Targeting Pentagon Sales https://t.co/Rp4R5WL176
The Gulf countries are just as strong as the USA because it is the US that agreed to DEFEND them…. So, all of them combined just fall under the US…. Iran is already fighting their protector, so it can literally...
"Iran Claims to Strike Tanker for Running Strait of Hormuz Blockade" Unfortunately, @Mar_Ex is following this trend of believing the IRGC. The tanker Prima is off the coast of Mozambique and no where near the Persian Gulf or Strait of...
And I’d like to remind everyone that not so long ago, by helping Ukraine with weapons, America was: - securing valuable contracts for its own defense industry and spending a large part of U.S.-Congress-allocated funds in America - gaining massive global advertising...
The Belgian government has seized a tanker of the shadow fleet. With the United States, India, and now the Europeans intervening, it is only a matter of time – months at most – before the entire fleet is shut down. Full...
COLUMN: Iran’s strategy is by now clear: Impose an intolerable economic cost on President Trump. One of the last lines of defence is a couple of oil pipelines offerign a partial (**emphasis on partial**) bypass of the Strait of Hormuz. Link: https://t.co/tXkHzUOiYy...
Re-up! 'On the cusp of a revolution in warfare' are we on the brink of similar transformation from cavalry to tanks? #avgeek #AI #drones #Iran #Ukraine https://t.co/5ush5GHnlj https://t.co/GMD3LbIv0U
CIA can't operate without it. Pentagon can't function without it. And Wall Street can't trade without it. Yet most people have no idea about what Palantir does. How the Government let a $300 Billion surveillance company track you everywhere:
U.S., Israel Should Withdraw From Strait of Hormuz Area, Says Iranian Envoy—Iran’s ambassador to China denounced the U.S. and Israel as sources of insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz and called on the two governments to withdraw from the area. @ByChunHan...
Wait for it, now Trump and his dream team are going to twist Ukraine's arms to make it stop destroying Russian oil production and exports and also relieve sanctions to try and undo this global disaster.
Israel did not attack civilian infrastructure. Iran and Hezbollah did. Israel retaliated by attacking IRGC infrastructure. Back on CNN with @ErinBurnett https://t.co/cppZTpI2Q1
There is little evidence that the Israeli government cares about the Iranian people. They care about destroying and suppressing Iran's military and economy and ability to influence the region. Those are not the same thing.
How One Man’s Prediction Fueled Fears of a 2027 Taiwan Invasion—A U.S. conclusion about China’s military plans quickly became a deadline for battle preparations @austinramzy @ByChunHan @joyuwang https://t.co/uKw3G9WeVV https://t.co/uKw3G9WeVV
If I could get a penny for every tweet from know-it-alls who in 2024 raged about "technical impossibility" and "it must be the size of a truck". Especially from those nitwits who claimed Moore's Law is inapplicable to miniaturization of...
GMTI and what is actually providing it (use your imagination) is the real technological star of this war nobody is talking about.
New Nukesletter: on recent revelations from ONI on the JL-4 (China's next-gen, longer-range SLBM) and on China's all-nuclear-propulsion future submarine force. https://t.co/XAQ6wN8iEI https://t.co/i9xca9q1K7
A sophisticated man like Bessent “unsanctioning” Russian oil as Russia is… 1. Openly supporting Iran 2. Reportedly helping Iran target US assets 3. Still fighting Ukraine …strongly suggests the Trump Admin knows these oil disruptions are going to be longer than expected.
Yeeps: @Bob_McNally of @RapidanEnergy "Gulf War III has disrupted ~20% of global oil supply for nine days and counting – more than double the previous record set during the Suez Crisis of 1956-57, which disrupted just under 10%."
This post, with nearly a million views, is in no way based in fact. The "Doomsday" plane has an eye-grabbing name, but does not carry heavy ordnance. It carries the secretary of defense. Wading through X these days is an...
The Department of WAR has released the WARiors to do WARfighting... in a Limited Objective Special Military Operation
A good thread. One thing I would add -- we saw cranes and other heavy equipment at the tunnel entrances in late October 2025. I think its safe to assume Iran has had access to the material for months.
Sounds like 2006 all over again...which just happens to be #MidTermElection yearr ==== HEZBOLLAH HIT ISRAELI HELICOPTER IN EAST LEBANON
From the video and satellite images, the damage looks most like "(2) misidentification" to me, but an investigation is necessary.
those that think recent military events and bombings are novel to Trump, are reminded of the more than 200-year old Monroe doctrine from 1823 and the follow-up Roosevelt Corollary (1904)... shared across administrations and through time... there is nothing new...
Since people are rediscovering "clobbering" of cruise missiles, let me explain: Tomahawks use "terrain contour matching" (TERCOM) to find their way to targets. For reasons, about 1-2% of Tomahawks "clobber" -- get lost and fly into the ground --...
Any bets that the @MarineNationale will do what they did in @EUNAVFORASPIDES and escort French vessels through the contested waters for their shipping lines.
Now it’s getting clear that Iran’s attacks on US bases were effective…. The US Military has been downplaying Iran’s capabilities, but these injuries and subsequent deaths clearly indicate that the US failed to stop Iranian missiles… the Trump regime won’t...
You don't say... How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine https://t.co/2pGSMnmdGL
During the campaign against ISIS, Obama put U.S. special operators in Iraq and Syria, leading to an extended argument in Washington about what counted as "boots on the ground." 1/
That's definitely the IRGC compound, looking north-ish. And that does look like a TLAM. https://t.co/zEGryMmIxG
I don't generally believe stories about high American casualties or Iranian military wins. But the thing is, Iran doesn't have to 'win' militarily to defeat the U.S. They just have to put a few guns in some caves next to...
For the record, I’m not thrilled about this whole Iran thing. I was in the camp of bulldozing @CENTCOM to fund moving @Southcom back to the Panama Canal. But if we must be there a few weeks longer… maybe… just...
I've been on the topic of critical minerals for 15 years and I have never heard gold referred to as a critical mineral. Gold is certainly valuable, but not critical to defense technologies, energy transition, or anything else that would elevate...
Everyone has always wondered what the PLAN (Chinese Navy) was configured for. We may see this come to fruition if they send a squadron to the Persian Gulf to escort their ships. The PLAN is perfectly sized and...
Everyone’s shocked the Royal Navy can’t get a warship to the Mediterranean, let alone the Persian Gulf. But remember, King Charles also commands Canada’s Royal Navy. Surely he can dispatch her broken subs and battle kayaks for backup. https://t.co/Yo6gQLLxR6
There is basically zero chance the @iaeaorg goes commando, as it were. (10x the IAEA-UNCSOM tension in post-1991 Iraq. Disaster.) More likely is an Iraq Survey Group-like arrangement, which maybe includes some friendly former IAEA inspectors and consultants.
In 2016, Trump called the Iraq War and the search for nuclear weapons a “big, fat mistake.” 10 years later, Trump is waging war in Iran. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. https://t.co/zvsvJCcvwJ
We had a good thing, Britain. A really good thing. You taught us this game. Mahan studied you. We just wrote bigger checks. The deal was simple. We spend the trillions. Fight the hard wars. We even let you sit out Vietnam. And...
Geopolitics expert Alexander Mercouris on Putin-Trump's sour relations: "It is a striking fact that Putin has not spoken to Trump at any point since the start of the American operation against Iran. In fact, he has not spoken to Trump since...
If you read one article on the US-Israel war on Iran and its many risk factors - from binary to systemic, bounded to unbounded duration - read this one. 🙏
@rstatecraft just doubled down on its story all-but-accusing U.S. submariners of committing war crimes, even though we now know that several of its key points are factually incorrect. Amazing. Never change, @QuincyInst. https://t.co/zNquQWgVa0
Axios: “The US and Israel have discussed sending special forces into Iran to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium at a later stage of the war” 👀⏰ Nuclear material a predictable a boots-on-the-ground pretext, but what’s most worrying to me...
