Securing a perimeter to open the straits of Hormuz would fit that description. I guess that will take several brigades or a division or two.
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Securing a perimeter to open the straits of Hormuz would fit that description. I guess that will take several brigades or a division or two.
It seems Ukraine needs to step up attacks against Russian oil and gas exports.
Hopefully they are prepared, they have had some spectacular results recently.
Well, of course they can...
Just because it is legal it doesn't mean it is a good idea though.
Most civilian ships would also be ok. As long as the military advantage is proportional to the risk to civilians.
Sure, there are "cruiser rules" in the London declaration but these have been so frequently violated that they can't be called part of customary international law.
Interesting that among the few advance plans we made are those that benefit Russia. See my longer essay on Oligarchic Corridors.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...
Coffee, straight out of my nose.
..it may not look..
Would be some interesting possibilities for options trading for people sitting on inside information..
It's like the Catholic church. It may look like a sensible proposition to an external observer but it would be stupid to short it.
I think it is lawyer speak for "we are terminating the contract"
Was this a red herring or is there more info? I am thinking one reason for staying quiet is if this is a sensitive aircraft where they would like to recover or destroy the wreck before anyone start looking for or finds it.
Like an F35 or F22..
I thought the first renderings didn't actually look that bad (irrespective of if there's a real need of a ballroom...) but it seems to have really gone downhill.
This is a fucking travesty.
“In just three days of fighting in the Middle East, more than 800 Patriot missiles were used — more than Ukraine has received throughout the entire Russian full-scale invasion.”
(A year’s worth of production or more, btw)
kyivindependent.com/over-800-pat...
This is interesting. There has been speculation that this war will exhaust stores but this graph basically seems to show no big issues.
It's anyone's guess how accurate they are of course..
This map offers a pretty good explanation of why Turkey is never thrilled when the US talks about backing Kurdish rebel groups in Iran. It also shows why the impact of such groups in Iran is extremely limited, even if they are successful.
#OTD in 1934 Harry Knox patented the rubberized tank track link. This might not have seemed like a big deal at the time, but it set the trend in American tank building for the next decade. #tanks #history
Trump’s Iran War is not going to be ending anytime soon. And calling for a country to surrender unconditionally means it is unarguably a war that requires a declaration of war.
Preemption is a very narrow case and it is questionable to apply here. Israel has a very credible deterrent.
A "duty to protect" the Iranian people case could also be made (e.g. Libya, Bosnia).
But the Trump admin forwarded nothing to substantiate either case or forestall the war.
Oj, oj vilket totalhaveri.
There is really nothing legitimate in this war (even the second Gulf war had a much better case) and other nations should really keep their distance to the US on this point.
It is really a low water mark to be at war with the one of the worst regimes on Earth and manage to come away as the callous and undignified party.
Hemvärnet behöver fler förare, men har inte tid att utbilda som förr. När ambitionen krockar med verkligheten riskerar vi att tappa både kompetens och engagemang. Det är dags att renodla utbildningen: fokusera på det nödvändiga, få fler operativa förare – snabbare.
militardebatt.com/2026/03/06/k...
"The U.S. is being run by
gung-ho nutters like Trump and Hegseth."…….
Former NATO commander and British General Sir Richard Shirreff delivers a stark warning for Britain to avoid being dragged into America's illegal war on Iran.
-Analyst News
"I hope you are impressed," he said to me. "How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be even better. How do you like the performance?"
"I hope you are impressed," he said to me. "How do you like the performance? I mean, Venezuela is obvious. This might be even better. How do you like the performance?"
"How do you like the performance?"
An illegal war for the sake of spectacle and the amusement of POTUS.
The Misconception That Air Supremacy Has Been Achieved Over Iran
While there are areas where air superiority exists over Iran, total air supremacy has not been achieved, which should be no surprise.
www.twz.com/news-feature...
The JSOC experience: arrive, murder a member of the armed forces of a nation who we want to be a partner, leave.
The use the language of "clash" but the additional reporting is that a column sent out to investigate what was happening got air striked with no warning.
www.rudaw.net/english/midd...
My guess is they are saving anti ship missiles. Ships hit this far seems mostly to have been hit by drones.
Finding and targeting the USN may be tricky. USN likely stay far out and while Iran has friends that can find them it is an act of some political significance to hand over the coordinates..
in fairness that's not exactly DoD's job on paper, but that's also why you have an interagency involving State and others that scopes the bounds for a conflict which are transmitted from the APNSA to SD; this is what happens when instead of that you have 3 marcos rubio in a trenchcoat
A cause he was prepared to dye for.
