E‑7 Wedgetail: Top Low‑Altitude Drone & Sensor
So much garbage being passed around here in long jargon filled threads that sound like AI about E-7 Wedgetail and the potential RAAF deployment to the Middle East. Here is all you need to know: it’s arguably the best low flying drone and CM detection sensor on earth. That’s the mission here. Don’t listen to the wacky dribble from people who know nothing but use impressive jargon to trick you.
Trump, Putin Discuss War, Peace Amid U.S. Sanction Review
Trump, Putin talk of war and peace as US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions https://t.co/XxiEKNK66b
Trump Claims Productive Call with Putin on Ukraine, Middle East
DORAL, Florida, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he had a "very good call" with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.
Trump Blames Iran for Gulf Oil Disruption Amid Standoff
Don’t miss the intense psychological warfare and the tug-of-war over the Gulf states accompanying the military conflict. Iran has signalled it would spare Gulf neighbours from further attacks if they distance themselves from hosting US forces, and suggested that vessels...
B-2 Retired Years Ago, B-21 Slated Next
This is definitely false. B-2 line has been gone for years and the B-21 is up next.
ISIS Targets Iran as Anti‑Islamic Enemy in Gracie Mansion Attack
Feel like more of the reporting on the ISIS-inspired attack at Gracie Mansion should point out that ISIS is a sworn enemy of the Iranian state and views Iran as anti-Islamic https://t.co/j1IfC7LQyP
US and Israel Cripple Iran's Missile, Nuclear Assets
.@CENTCOM says U.S. forces have struck over 5,000 targets and sunk or damaged over 50 ships in the last 10 days. Add Israel's over 3,000 targets to that and you get a lot of capability and resources lost for the...
Iran's Military Crumbling as US‑Israel Gains Ground
I agree. "Iran Isn't Winning This War," @WSJ editorial board. https://t.co/twzXYJsVjZ The reality inside Iran and the region is that the U.S. and Israel continue to make progress. The regime loses more of its military each day, along with the ability...
False B‑21 Rumor Repeats Monthly in Media
Every month this bogus headline surfaces and goes around the human centipede that is modern media. A simple google by someone who knows nothing will make it clear this is not a thing. Its origins likely have to do with...
Trump’s Iran Optimism Fails to Calm Investors
“Trump saying the Iran war will be over very soon is hardly the reassurance that will get tankers sailing normally again in and out of the Strait of Hormuz,” said Vandana Hari, founder of analysis firm Vanda Insights. Investors could...
UAE Airlifts Hundreds of Israelis After Netanyahu Request
Netanyahu spoke with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed on Saturday to ask for help evacuating Israelis from the UAE, per reports. UAE chartered three planes at their expense... two arriving at Ben Gurion tonight with ~600 Israelis, one with over...
China Refrains From Detaining Ships Amid US‑Iran Clash
“China could have held these vessels at port, imposed an administrative delay, invented a customs hold – any number of bureaucratic tools, but didn’t,” he said, calling the decision notable at a time when the United States and Iran are engaged...
US Envoy Steve Witkoff Seeks Contact with Iran's Foreign Minister
The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Noureddine El-Dghir, reports from reliable sources that US President’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, has attempted to reach Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
IRGC Awaits US Navy's Entry Into Hormuz, Carrier Arrival
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: ‘Our armed forces are waiting for the entry of the US Navy into the Strait of Hormuz and the arrival of the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford.’
Iran Now Cast as Oil‑flow Villain; Markets Act Calm
JUST IN: Classic turning the tables. Now Iran will be the bad guy for doing anything that hinders oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Crude is trading Tuesday morning as if the war is over. The proof will be in...
Missile Performance Relies on Critical Scandium Supply
Missiles like the Tomahawk—and the advanced defenses against them—consume vast quantities of critical minerals far beyond just copper. These systems increasingly depend on scandium-aluminum alloys to reduce weight, extend range, and enhance payload performance under extreme conditions. That’s exactly why these are...
US and Israel Signal Extended Iran Conflict Through September
The signal from Washington and Jerusalem is that this runs through September or later— long enough to set expectations, long enough to signal to the Mullahs and IRGC we have staying power in a war of attrition, long enough to buy...
Tomahawk
There are a finite number of countries that possess Tomahawk missiles. Iran is not one of them.
Speculating Maduro's Ouster as Venezuela Insurance Against Iran
Is it feasible that Maduro was taken off the board to use Venezuela as some sort of insurance policy against attacking Iran leading to tighter oil supply or is that silly
Trump Predicts Iran War Ending Soon, Critiques New Leader
President Trump just finished speaking on the Iran situation now. Here is a summary of his key comments. He says the war will end very soon (but not this week) and he is disappointed by the new supreme leader's appointment. Oil...
Risky Raid May Be Only Way to Secure Iran's Uranium
Special Operations Raid To Secure Iran’s Enriched Uranium May Become A Very Risky Necessity A raid is fraught with risk, but it may become the only way to make sure the nuclear material is safe and out of the regime's hands. https://t.co/Wlqxk84kyf
DARPA's X-76 to Test Fold‑Away Rotors By
Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed. https://t.co/Q9nYT16ovV
Airborne Tactics to Neutralize Transformers without Explosives
Taking out a power transformer/relay station from the air perhaps? A couple interesting ways to do that from the air without high explosive.
Iran Vows Economic Chokehold, Dismisses Cease‑fire, Wall Street Skeptical
Iranians told CNN their strategy is to choke the world economy until Trump is forced to remove U.S. forces from being able to threaten Iran. Wall Street doesn’t believe they can or will. https://t.co/iYUzaEGQy7
First Closure Hard, Repeated Closures Become Effortlessly Easy
Shutting down Hormuz the first time is like withdrawing from a golf tournament the first time. The second time becomes soooo much easier and will happen with much less provocation.
Gulf Nations’ Restraint Highlights Growing Strategic Sophistication
Impressed by the restraint that gulf countries have shown so far. It shows a high degree of sophistication in internal capabilities - from self defense to intel gathering to strategic decision making. It will be int’g to see how their...
Maritime Dominance Requires More than Shipyards: Chokepoints, Navies, Finance
President Trump’s push for “America’s Maritime Dominance” aims to break China’s grip on global shipbuilding. But shipyards are only one piece of maritime power. Th real contest runs through chokepoints, naval force, commercial fleets, and the insurance and financial systems...
Trump's Iran Comment Pushes Oil Below $90, Markets Rally
As I noted in this thread, no oil infrastructure was damaged. This was all about waiting for a resolution to gets the ships moving again. Looks like that happened and the market is pricing in the end of the war. Headlines * TRUMP...
Video Confirms Interceptor Heading Directly Toward Sitra Impact
Unfortunately, that's EXACTLY what the video shows -- the interceptor heading right toward Sitra where the impact reportedly occurred. Red line is the approximate trajectory of the interceptor, white line is the point of view from the video. https://t.co/jvOPjH0Yme
Pentagon Brands Anthropic with Supply-Chain Risk Label
The Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label — previously used only for foreign firms that present national security threats, like Chinese tech firm Huawei Technologies — is a “scarlet letter designation for Anthropic,” Wedbush Dan Ives wrote in a note https://t.co/gHeLolQfwf @nypost
Iran Strikes Container Ship and Assisting Tug in Hormuz
A tug boat was assisting a container ship that Iran attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran then attacked the tug boat. https://t.co/Fb17MPTaD7
Trump Declares Iran War Essentially over, Questions Israeli Ties
Trump says Iran war 'pretty much' over - that is a TACO, as far as I can judge... Next question. Do the Israelis and Iranians agree?
Markets Doubt US-Iran Conflict's End Amid War Debate
The betting market remains skeptical about the end date to the US-Iran conflict being in sight. Interesting that he is calling it an outright 'war'. Executive branch doesn't have the power to declare war. https://t.co/cUBtf0lV7M
US, Israel, Iran Trade Bluffs Over Missile Capabilities
US and Israel: “This means Iran is out of missiles with warheads lighter than one ton.” Iran: “We think Israel is largely out of interceptor missiles.” High stakes poker to find out who has been bluffing about missile capabilities and who hasn’t...
Iranian Tech Self‑sufficiency Defies Bombing Threats
You can’t take away what you didn’t give…. Iranians created their own technologies, that can’t be taken away by bombing, it never works…. They cab still make more and maybe better versions..:.
Graham Allegedly Urged Trump to Consider Iran Strikes
Graham Coached Netanyahu, Met Israeli Spies to Push Trump Toward Iran Strikes, WSJ Reports https://t.co/JovZZifV08 #groundnews via @Ground_app
Trump Threatens to Endorse Killing Iran's New Leader
“President Trump…would back the killing of new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei if he proves unwilling to cede to U.S. demands” @WSJ https://t.co/0jKyXatr7r
Iran's Drone Shortage Could Shift Tanker Dynamics
If Iran’s supply of drones has been exhausted, could mean tanker situation might improve. Or it could mean they are saving the drones for tankers
EU Think Tank Warns Market Weaponization Needed to Counter China
Weaponise EU market against China or face manufacturing collapse: official think tank EUISS study urges bloc to “preserve and create technological chokepoints”, diversify markets away from China – in both instances mirroring long-term moves made by Beijing – to give it...
Article Overlooks Crucial DoD Insights From Latest
Somewhat odd to me that this article on the PRC's 2027 timeline doesn't include highly relevant DoD analysis provided in the most recent China Military Power Report (CMPR)... https://t.co/4xZjZX8KmY
Tomahawk Block IV Capable of Vertical Dive
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Tomahawk Block IV can dive vertically. https://t.co/rcP0BgLqGH
Cramer Sees No De‑escalation Path for US‑Israel‑Iran
Jim Cramer says he doesn’t see a path to de-escalation between the US, Israel and Iran. 👀 https://t.co/ZwgLwGBpCJ
Israel's Tech Prowess Masks Strategic Blunders Creating Enemies
Israelis have proved to be smart at technology & horrible at grasping the consequences of their own actions: They helped create Hezbollah by occupying S. Lebanon They helped create Hamas to counter the 2-state solution I let you assess the mistake they...
TLAMs Require Land Launch; Cannot Fly Directly over Water
Nope, TLAMs use terrain contour matching which means it CAN'T come directly from over the water.
Whole Battery Supply Chain Now Critical for Defense
Defense supply chains have changed and bettery manufacturers need to pay attention The entire supply chain matters now matters for defense systems, not just where battery cell are made *BIG* change that will reshape global supply chains #CriticalMinerals #Defense #USA https://t.co/cF3zGkKEtn
OpenAI‑Pentagon Partnership: Anything but Innocent
OpenAI and the Pentagon signing a deal together? Sounds totally innocent. Two of the most regular sounding organizations. Nothing bad or sinister could happen from this
UK Defence Incompetence Could Undermine Industry Business Prospects
Interesting (and depressing) suggestion from Andrew Lillicote that UK's exposure of utter ineptness with its National Defence may impact ability for Defence Companies to win new business.
Polish Central Bank Gold Buys Likely Fund Wartime Plans
I've just done a deep dive on how the Polish central bank's gold purchases may have been intended for wartime financing from day one. When you look at promo NBP materials, the dog whistles were pretty brazen in retrospect. That...
Putin Urges Russia to Capitalize on Soaring Oil Prices
Putin says Russia should take advantage of the sky-high oil prices after US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Russia should redirect supplies to Europe elsewhere, he adds. “If we shift our focus right now to the markets that need more supplies, we might...
Trump Urges Ships to Show Courage Amid Rising Deaths
How about no? Trump Tells Ships to ‘Show Some Guts’ in Hormuz as Seafarer Death Toll Rises https://t.co/jVzMgCqdbF