
Bob
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State notified Congress today that it's greenlit the following sales: • UAE − F-16 Munitions and Upgrades • UAE − Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System – LIDS • UAE − Long Range Radar for THAAD • UAE − Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles • Jordan − Aircraft Repair, Return, and Spares • Kuwait − Air and Missile Defense Radars



If some assumptions are true and it got hit with this TEMU ass SHORAD it’s honestly funniest shit ever.

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 Let's have a chat about... Defence Applications of Pallet Trailers


Europe needs to prepare now for an extended energy shock ft.trib.al/6dN1lLN






.@CIADirector: If left unimpeded, Iran would have the ability to range missiles to the continental U.S. It's one of the reasons why degrading Iran's missile production capabilities that is taking place right now in Operation Epic Fury is so important to our national security.


@Kingbingo_ I love the way people always neglect to mention that, Iran did this all the time. There was no trust lost, or gained by Trumps actions on this and the US knew better than anyone what Iran was doing behind the scenes. This constant, point the finger at Israel, is retarded.



Something something destroyed Navy. Looks like we missed a bit. By the way, according to the Navy there are three Littoral Combat Ships still operating in the Persian Gulf. We haven't seen or heard of them since the war started. And dealing with this is, uh, exactly their job.



The U.S. Marine Corps unit expected to arrive in the Middle East next week could help seize one or more of the strategic islands in the Strait of Hormuz to counter Iranian attacks on shipping on.wsj.com/4cX4rba



This is probably the most important article of the month: an op-ed by Oman's Foreign Minister, who mediated the talks between the U.S. and Iran, in which he writes that the U.S. "has lost control of its foreign policy" to Israel. He repeats that a deal was possible as an outcome of the talks (something confirmed by the UK's National Security Advisor, who also attended: x.com/i/status/20341…) and that the military strike by the U.S. and Israel was "a shock." Interestingly, given he is one of Iran's neighbors and given that Oman has been struck multiple times by Iran since the war began (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran…), he writes that "Iran’s retaliation against what it claims are American targets on the territory of its neighbours was an inevitable result" of the U.S.-Israeli attack. He describes it as "probably the only rational option available to the Iranian leadership." He says the war "endangers" the region's entire "economic model in which global sport, tourism, aviation and technology were to play an important role." He adds that "if this had not been anticipated by the architects of this war, that was surely a grave miscalculation." But, he adds, the "greatest miscalculation" of all for the U.S. "was allowing itself to be drawn into this war in the first place." In his view this was the doing of "Israel’s leadership" who "persuaded America that Iran had been so weakened by sanctions, internal divisions and the American-Israeli bombings of its nuclear sites last June, that an unconditional surrender would swiftly follow the initial assault and the assassination of the supreme leader." Obviously, this proved completely wrong, and the U.S. is now in a quagmire. He says that, given this, "America’s friends have a responsibility to tell the truth," which is that "there are two parties to this war who have nothing to gain from it," namely "Iran and America." He says that all of the U.S. interests in the region (end to nuclear proliferation, secure energy supply chains, investment opportunities) are "best achieved with Iran at peace." As he writes, "this is an uncomfortable truth to tell, because it involves indicating the extent to which America has lost control of its own foreign policy. But it must be told." He then proposes a couple of paths to get back to the negotiating table, although he recognizes how difficult it would be for Iran "to return to dialogue with an administration that twice switched abruptly from talks to bombing and assassination." That's perhaps the most profound damage Trump did during this entire episode: the complete discrediting of diplomacy. If Iran was taught anything, it is: don't negotiate with the U.S., it's a trap that will literally kill you. The great irony of the man who sold himself as a dealmaker is that he taught the world one thing: don't make deals with my country. Link to the article: economist.com/by-invitation/…

Statement from President Trump on South Pars Gas Field:



Russian oil tankers close in on Cuba after island's worst blackout in decades #bnl #Cuba #Russia #EnergyCrisis #OilEmbargo #Blackout #UnitedStates #Tankers #Geopolitics #LatinAmerica #DonaldTrump intellinews.com/russian-oil-ta…



@WeTheBrandon They’re gonna kill 5000 troops to manufacture support for this quagmire




There are way less US tankers active this evening than during the previous days of war, unknown reason..



