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According to CNN, citing people with direct knowledge of the situation, a hacker accessed a Chinese supercomputer and was able to acquire a massive amount of data, including renderings of bombs and missiles, advanced simulations, and troves of other data belonging to defense agencies and aviation corporations. The group that the hacker belongs to reportedly accessed the data with the intention of selling it for cryptocurrency, according to cyber experts who have viewed previews of the data.

@sentdefender What's interesting is the United States was coming up on their 60-day window which would have required congress's approval to continue the war but with the recent ceasefire like past presidents, they can then again continue it and start another 60-day window.

Under the two-week ceasefire plan agreed to tonight by both Iran and the United States, both Iran and Oman are permitted to charge fees on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Associated Press, with officials stating that the money received by Iran will be used to rebuild the country following the recent strike campaign by Israel and the United States.

@WarMonitor3 Let's hope that's not too late

French President Emmanuel Macron to convene a defence council meeting early tomorrow morning. Something is up...

@MarioNawfal I thought there were reports earlier that Great Britain was not allowing our bombers to launch from their country for fear of retribution?

🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S B-52 bombers have departed RAF Fairford, heading to the Middle East They'll be in striking range of Iran by 8pm ET

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is requesting that President Trump extend his Iran deadline by at least two weeks, while also asking that Iran open the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

@MarioNawfal Very well explained. Thank you

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 This is the part nobody really thinks about until it’s way too late: One person can start nuclear war. Not a committee. Not Congress. Not “the system.” Just the one U.S. president. Here’s how it actually works: – The president carries a small card called the “biscuit” with authentication codes – A military aide follows them everywhere with the “nuclear football” (the briefcase) – Inside: pre-planned strike options. Basically a menu That’s it. No vote required. If a decision is made, the timeline is insane: – Call goes out to the Pentagon – Identity gets confirmed – Order is transmitted – Missiles can launch in ~2 minutes Once they’re in the air, you can’t stop them. And here’s the part people miss: The president does NOT need approval. Advisors can object, argue, panic, doesn’t matter. Legally, the order can still go through. This system made sense during the Cold War. The idea was speed. If the U.S. got attacked, you needed to respond before getting wiped out. But that system never really changed. Today, that same speed means decisions can be made in minutes, sometimes based on incomplete or even wrong information. False alarms have happened before. So you end up with this reality: – Minutes to decide – No real checks in the moment – Massive, irreversible consequences That’s why experts keep warning about it. Not because nuclear war is likely every day, but because the system leaves almost no margin for error if something goes wrong. And everything about the current global situation is increasing the chances of something going wrong. Source: Washington Post

Iranian state media has posted a video of people forming a human shield around Kazerun power plant in Iran.

🇮🇷 A human chain formed on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran. This comes after the IRGC called for people to form a chain around Iranian bridges and power plans before Trump's deadline That's what it has come to 😞

@WarMonitor3 This is crazy

This is real...

@amazing_physics And the alien sleeping in the picture? 🤣

That moment when Artemis II got closer to the moon and the earth was 238K miles away.

U.S. military forces have attacked military targets on Iran's Kharg Island in the northern Persian Gulf, targeting bunkers, radar infrastructure, and ammunition storage.

President Donald J. Trump posted to Truth Social just minutes ago, stating, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will."

🚨🇵🇦 HUGE... A tanker just exploded under the most important bridge in global trade A fuel tanker detonated at the Balboa tank park directly beneath the Bridge of the Americas in Panama City. The bridge was shut down while engineers assessed whether the heat compromised the structure. Firefighters suffered severe injuries. The fire spread to multiple storage units. This was almost certainly an accident. But even as an accident, it exposed something terrifying. If that bridge collapses, it physically blocks the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. 40% of U.S. container traffic travels through this canal. The instant it closes, Asian cargo can't reach East Coast ports. Los Angeles and Long Beach get overwhelmed. Rail and trucking networks can't absorb a 30-40% spike in transcontinental freight overnight. Store shelves go empty. The backup routes make it worse. Suez is a warzone approach. Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope add two weeks to every voyage. And because Hormuz has spiked fuel prices past $112 a barrel, every extra mile of rerouting costs exponentially more in bunker fuel that shipping companies pass directly to consumers. Panama plus Hormuz simultaneously offline is the scenario that breaks the global economy. Not gradually. Violently. Every physical good on earth gets repriced overnight. Today it was an accident that was contained. The bridge held. The canal stayed open. The darker question is one nobody wants to ask out loud: in a world where Iran just published target lists of Gulf bridges and infrastructure, what if the next explosion near a critical chokepoint isn't an accident? The global economy runs on three narrow waterways. Two are already compromised. The third just had a fireball ignited next to it. Source: @Michael_Yon

The Iranian government is calling on the Iranian youth including athletes, artists, students to gather at 2 PM tomorrow around the country's power plants. Wow…

The United Kingdom will refuse to allow the United States to use its airbases, particularly RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia which long-range strategic bombers with the U.S. Air Force have previously utilized on a case-by-case basis to carry out strikes on Iran, for missions that target Iranian bridges, power plants, or other civilian infrastructure, citing concerns that such strikes could harm civilians and constitute war crimes, senior officials tell The i Paper.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel claims dropping a massive strike on Iran’s biggest petrochemical complex at South Pars/Asaluyeh, the heart of their natural gas empire and a huge chunk of their economy. Defense Minister Katz confirmed the damage is estimated in tens of billions. This is the 2nd hit on the site as the war ramps up and Trump’s Strait of Hormuz deadline hits tomorrow night. Source: The Epoch Times

U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaking about Tuesday’s ultimatum with Iran during this morning’s event celebrating Easter at the White House: “We are obliterating their country. And I hate to do it, but we're obliterating it. They just don't want to say ‘uncle.’ They don't want to cry as the expression goes ‘uncle,’ but they will. And if they don't, They'll have no bridges. They'll have no power plants. They'll have no anything. I won't go further because there are other things that are worse than those two. And we might have, well, the thing, if I had my choice, what would I like to do? Take the oil because it's there for the taking. There's not a thing they can do about it. Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us come home. If it were up to me, I'd take the oil. I'd keep the oil. I would make plenty of money.“

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇷🇺 Something significant just happened in the diplomatic push to end this war. In the last 24 hours, China's foreign minister spoke to Russia's foreign minister. Russia's foreign minister spoke to Iran's foreign minister. All three are now actively engaged around a proposed framework called the Islamabad Accord, with Pakistan as the main go-between for the U.S. and Iran. This is no longer a regional mediation effort. This is the U.S., China and Russia all pulling in the same direction at the same time. Iran has publicly rejected talks repeatedly. But rejecting Pakistan is one thing. Saying no to both Beijing and Moscow simultaneously is a much harder position to hold. China and Russia are Iran's two most important relationships on the planet. Their trade lifelines. Their diplomatic cover at the UN Security Council. Tehran can ignore Washington. But there are countries it can’t afford to ignore. The framework may fail. The mistrust runs deep and the IRGC is not convinced. But for the first time since this war began, the diplomatic architecture looks serious. Watch Islamabad very closely. Source: @Kamran_Yousaf

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