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The package Pete Hegseth promised has arrived. From 4:15 to 4:28 am, reports logged explosions across the capital belt and beyond: Tarasht and Navab in west Tehran, Qolhak in north Tehran, east Tehran, the Damavand Gilavand corridor northeast of the capital, Karaj and Mehrshahr west of Tehran, Pardis east of it, and Arak to the southwest. Witnesses reported shattered windows, broken glass, house shaking blasts, jets overhead, heavy air defense activity, more than 15 strikes in Pardis alone, nearly 30 red flashes reported in east Tehran, and continuous impacts before dawn. Iran, 29 Esfand 1404, March 20, 2026.

NOW - Tehran is shaking, from north to south, east to west. #Tehran Province, #Iran

35+ Blasts in Tehran since 0031Z, in less than 7 minutes. #Tehran Province, #Iran

The IDF has begun a wave of attacks against "Iranian regime infrastructure" in the heart of Tehran.

I believe the Parchin site just received some bunker busting heavy ordnance East of Tehran, #Tehran Province, #Iran

Understood, Trump is what we have to work with at the moment, I can look past him at the full picture, but understand we know how bad he is strong arming Europe over petty stuff. I have fully supported Ukraine as well, this isn’t just about Iran, or Lebanon/syria. Don’t get me started on trying to get through EU red tape to get drone parts to Ukraine.

@Nacilepxd @Flevios88 @TallbarFIN And probs to you man, you seem like a good lad, but if you are gonna look only for your side of the fence, I think it's understandable to expect the same.

What the actual f*ck is Israel doing? US and Israel are causing more harm to the world than Iran ever could have.

Today, in the latest desperate killing spree, the bloodthirsty regime took the lives of five more sons of Iran. Saleh Mohammadi, Saeed Davoudi, Mehdi Ghasemi, Danial Keramati, and Mohsen Azimnia join the long line of Iranian heroes who paid the ultimate price for freedom. Their names will be spoken alongside all those who refused to kneel before tyranny. The remnants of the Islamic Republic can never extinguish the fire in the hearts of our people. These young men now belong to the free Iran that is now within reach. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten. Their dream will not die. Iran will be free.

رصاصات على بيت الشيخ الشيعي المعارض ل حزب الله عباس حطيط في النبطية الان

Israel didn’t involve Europe on the pager operation which was just one small shot in the dark, Iran involves domestic fpv production, supply chain, and the biggest key is the financial means of coercion a million small plans and things that random charity workers like me. Just let the Iranian people have another chance, don’t punish them for Trump. That’s all I ask. And yes Trump and Israel fucked you with the energy strikes and that’s what got your governments attention to the strait.

@Nacilepxd @Flevios88 @TallbarFIN You said it, "it never involved Europe". That's the thing, you didn't involve us and now it will impact us, therefore don't expect anything. If something at least we should condemn you. If you're gonna play it realist, let's dance. Tell about one successful color revolution?

@Justl00kingyeah @Flevios88 @TallbarFIN I can’t.

The goal never involved Europe at all. You have been backing this regime, couldn’t even declare IRGC as terrorists until a month ago, why would we share any? And if you know anything about color revolutions you know they are hijacked all the time, and the people caught the spark too early, and we lost many people, doesn’t mean the next uprise will fail, especially after this bombing campaign and lack of Iraqi militias.

@Nacilepxd @Flevios88 @TallbarFIN That's the thing, you screwed up. You went there three weeks later. You've rallied them, and we're slaughtered. You've simply missed the moment. Now you created a cluster f'ck. All that spy talk for nothing. Again, what does Europe gain now?

Israel and America have a ton of covert operations on the ground, there are plenty of sources and ways to discourage the same people they relied on to kill protestors, we know the name, location, phone number, address, education, where they work, when they work, what gas station they stop at on the way to work, their bank accounts, wallets. And next time they aren’t going to have their iraqi militia to mow down protestors, and will have air cover. There cannot be that much reveled until we see what happens when the call is out to take the streets sometime within the next week-month. Prematurely calling to the streets is not smart, we can continue this bombing campgain for quite a while more.

@Nacilepxd @Flevios88 @TallbarFIN I'm not arguing at all if they should fall or not, they should. I'm stating the highly probable outcome based on historic patterns played out in ME. If they want to f'ck us over, as they did before, let's not turn the other cheek. My interest is in the EU, and I'm not seeing +

- Looks tough as fuck - Loaded up with the best weapons - Goes after the softest target possible - Gets out of his car and instantly gets merked by a rent-a-cop Yep, sounds like Hezbollah

The $200 billion "Iran War" supplemental budget request needs to be examined in the correct context. The US is spending historically low levels on defense, scarcely above the 2.8% floor it reached during the 1990s peace dividend, yet the world is vastly more dangerous today. During the 2000s defense spending ramped up, but this was all spent on counter insurgency operations, not on the conventional capabilities that are needed to deter adversaries like China & Russia. In the 2010s, defense spending was slashed. This was more than just a ramp down of the spending on COIN, conventional capabilities were cut even further. The 2014 Russian Invasion of Ukraine should have been a wake up call for all of NATO, but we all know that the 2% pledge made that year went nowhere. The first Trump Admin saw a very minor increase in defense spending, and the investments were really just made in the first few years. The Biden Admin oversaw massive cuts to defense spending in real terms, reducing spending to levels below that of the Obama Admin. It would have been even lower without the 5 Supplemental Appropriations Acts that were passed to support Ukraine, and later Israel/CENTCOM & INDOPACOM requirements. The Trump Admin entered office with a desire to rectify the complete hollowing out of American defense spending. 3% of GDP just isn't enough to protect America's global interests. Last year NATO members all agreed on a new 5% target. This is still far below the Cold War average, and below the Reagan defense build up in the 1980s. The $1.5 trillion defense budget that Trump has called for, would put the United States at around 5%. This is the floor of what is necessary. China was being acknowledged as America's primary emerging rival as early as 2012, and was identified as the pacing threat in 2021. This should have prompted a massive increase in spending, and the Russian full scale Invasion of Ukraine reinforced the massive chasm between existing capabilities and requirements. This was all true before Operation Epic Fury. In an alternate timeline without it, hundreds of billions of additional defense dollars would still be desperately needed. The political debate should therefore not be on whether increased defense spending is necessary, but on how Congress should approach the appropriations process, both in terms of procedure and programmatics (what the money is spent on). Much of the focus is correctly on munitions, but its important to emphasize that the US didn't have enough munitions before Epic Fury, didn't have enough before Oct 7, and didn't have enough before the full scale Invasion of Ukraine. The US has been unprepared for the pacing threat (China) since President Obama first announced the "pivot" to East Asia. Congressional Democrats will likely be strongly opposed to any supplemental spending "on the Iran War", and many Republicans will want to offset higher defense spending with cuts elsewhere. Overcoming these political obstacles will require a lot of effort from both the Administration & Congress. My suggestion is that the supplemental budget request be crafted for the following purposes, with the goal of building bipartisan support: 1. New grant security assistance to Ukraine, including USAI funding, FMF, and a substantial s.506 Presidential Drawdown Authority cap for FY26 & FY27. 2. Replacement funding for the $10s of billions in unfunded requirements leftover from the Biden Admin's Drawdowns, plus more to cover new Drawdowns. 3. Additional security cooperation funding for key NATO allies that are meeting or imminently on track for the 5% target (Baltics, Poland, etc). 4. Additional security assistance for Taiwan & the Philippines via TSCI & FMF. 5. Funding to cover unfunded replacement costs and O&M expenses incurred in CENTCOM during the Biden Admin. 6. Investments in the defense industrial base (production capacity, workforce, supply chains, etc). All replacement costs, O&M, MILPERS, and MILCON expenses incurred as a result of Operation Epic Fury will be addressed by the Base Defense Budget Request and/or another reconciliation package. Structuring the funding request this way maximizes the prospects of having bipartisan support for at least part of the increase. It focuses on things that majorities in both parties have voted for in the past. Passing such a supplemental is a reasonable compromise first step towards the ultimate objective, which is a NATO alliance where all members are meeting the agreed upon 5% target.

Hezbollah is attempting to assassinate this Shia Sheikh in South Lebanon, for openly opposing them.

Happening open.substack.com/pub/zinebribou…

@BruceMcNau41981 @zhao_dashuai 6,500 sorties. How many did Russia lose in Ukraine again?

@zhao_dashuai The first time the F-35 is flown against an adversary with advanced AD...and one is hit. F-35s I guess work for Israeli demons bombing children...but not so good in combat.

From the last frames of the F-35 being hit by Iranian air defense. It looks like some shrapnel got into the air intake and damaged the engine, but the airframe looked largely intact. The important thing here is not whether a F-35 was shot down, it was the fact that Iran's air defense was able to detect, track, lock onto and shoot and damage a F-35. This alone is a form of deterrence, forcing the US to continue using expensive standoff munitions with their non-stealth aircraft and avoid using F-35 with impunity.

@Birdsong2424 @BelligerentBen @bigseb31213 “Executed horribly” I think you underestimate Iran’s capabilities especially at the start.

@BelligerentBen @bigseb31213 Getting rid of Iran is good, this war has been executed horribly. Both are true.

the Chinese are going to get absolutely incredible amounts of sensor data from Iran stupidest, worst planned, most incompetent war in american history

@teortaxesTex We know what it can handle.

Someone is bullshitting here and it's probably not the US This looks like a direct hit (or as close to a direct hit as possible) with an AA missile. I am sure it'd have shredded F-35. Forget landing at a base hundreds of kms away, the pilot would be lucky to catapult.

@LbfIntel Sure hope not, just weird many gulf countries are sharing this sentiment. Possibly a strategy for internal stability, if the enemy is threatening dirty bombs they have to side with America for defense or something? Idk

@Nacilepxd Agree with point 1. However I don't think Iran has all the parts to make a bomb

Giving me Putin vibes "ohhh we could end this in 2 seconds if we want to" Unless he means nukes I don't see how