Kevin Shute
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Kevin Shute
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Borderline heretic striving to be the man my dogs thinks I am. Always Gravy never Jus. RT's≠endorsements.
The US Navy sent its two most powerful warships to fight Iran. Both are now gone from the front. The USS Gerald R. Ford, the most expensive warship ever built at $13.2 billion, left the Red Sea after a fire broke out in its laundry room. That’s the official story. The real story is what a Pentagon testing report quietly revealed at the same time. The Ford’s jet launch system is unreliable. Its radar is unreliable. Its weapons elevators, the lifts that move bombs and missiles to the flight deck, are unreliable. Pentagon testers said there is simply not enough data to assess whether the ship can keep operating if it takes enemy fire. Fixes for these combat systems have been identified. Most remain unfunded. The ship also doesn’t have enough bunks. It needs at least 159 more. This is the Navy’s flagship. Delivered years late. $13.2 billion. Deployed into a war zone with systems the Pentagon itself cannot certify as combat-ready. Then there’s the USS Abraham Lincoln. Iran claimed repeatedly that its missiles forced the Lincoln to retreat. The US called it propaganda. What’s not disputed: the Lincoln moved from 350 kilometers off the Iranian coast to over 1,100 kilometers away. Both carriers are now parked far beyond the range of Iranian anti-ship missiles. The Pentagon calls it “tactical repositioning.” The Ford has been at sea for nearly 11 months, one of the longest carrier deployments in modern US history. Maintenance on nuclear carriers takes months under normal conditions. After a fire, an 11-month deployment, and a backlog of deferred repairs, analysts are now talking about 12 to 14 months out of action. America went into this war with two carriers. It now has zero operating near the fight. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
@ClarkeMicah @BrexitMapman we should be cautious with reaching conclusions at these early stages as regards just who fired the weapons
BREAKING: Iran denies targeting the UK’s military base on Diego Garcia, with a senior official telling Al Jazeera it was not behind the missile attack. The base is being used by the US for “defensive operations” in its war with Iran. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/iocr9
BREAKING: ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER KATZ SAYS THEY WILL FLATTEN LEBANON LIKE THEY DID GAZA “We will turn the contact villages in southern Lebanon into areas like Beit Hanoun and Rafah, Gaza.”
BREAKING: Israel orders to accelerate demolition of Lebanese homes in 'frontline villages' 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/ohi6b8?update=…
The Israeli military has been deploying in Lebanon the techniques of healthcare destruction it developed in Gaza. In less than three weeks, 128 medical facilities and ambulances bombarded, 40 healthcare workers killed and 107 wounded. Medicide.
The Iranian regime devastated Arad and Dimona by deliberately striking civilians with missiles. Over 100 people were injured, including children. A blatant war crime. Pure terrorism.