bubblehead patriot
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bubblehead patriot
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Go Bucks! Lifelong fan and alum of The Ohio State University. Cold War submariner, running silent, running deep. Dad! Jesus is Lord.

Update from CENTCOM Commander on Operation Epic Fury:


Those of you who follow me know that I am never afraid to tackle controversial subjects. That's been true for years. I note, however, that I only became the subject of a doxxing campaign that included death threats when I started advocating for reform in America's War Colleges. That's a fact. And it's a fact that shows just how corrupt the status quo has become. I'm not backing down. America's warriors deserve better. youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJr…






Israeli Channel 12 reports that U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bombers participated in the strikes on Iran. The Pentagon has not confirmed this. But the most important question is not whether they flew. It is where they flew from, what they carried, and what that tells you about the future of American power projection. Eight months ago, the United States executed Operation Midnight Hammer. Seven B-2s departed Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and flew east for eighteen hours, refueling three times, in near total communications silence. No Iranian defensive system detected them. The bombers delivered fourteen GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators onto the Fordow and Natanz uranium enrichment facilities. Each bomb weighs 30,000 pounds and penetrates 200 feet of reinforced earth before detonating. Fordow sits 80 to 90 meters inside a mountain. The GBU-57 is the only conventional weapon designed to reach it. The B-2 is the only aircraft that can carry it. General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, called it the largest B-2 operational strike in American history: no other military in the world could have done this. That was June 2025. Here is what changed. Before Operation Epic Fury, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer blocked American requests to use two critical bases. RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, America’s only bomber forward operating location in Europe. And Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, where six B-2s had deployed as recently as spring 2025. Under bilateral agreements dating to 1966, offensive operations from British territory require explicit UK consent. Denied, citing international law. The War Zone noted that B-2 deployments to Diego Garcia were precisely the type expected during this crisis, but had not occurred. So if Channel 12 is correct and B-2s flew during Epic Fury, they almost certainly flew the same profile as Midnight Hammer. Non-stop from Missouri. Eighteen hours each way. Thirty-six hour round trip with no forward base for rearming or maintenance. Because the British prime minister locked the door to the two staging points that would have made a sustained bomber campaign operationally viable. This matters beyond the immediate strikes. Midnight Hammer was a one-night surgical operation. Epic Fury is a sustained campaign across nine provinces. Running B-2 sorties on 36-hour cycles from Whiteman without forward basing is not sustainable. The United States has nineteen B-2s in its entire inventory. Seven flew in Midnight Hammer. More than a third of the fleet for a single night. The deeper question is what they carried. In 2025, B-2s delivered GBU-57 bunker busters against underground nuclear facilities. The DIA’s leaked assessment suggested those facilities were severely damaged but not destroyed. By early 2026, intelligence indicated Iran was rebuilding. If B-2s flew during Epic Fury carrying GBU-57s, the United States is attempting to finish what Midnight Hammer started beneath the mountains. If they carried conventional ordnance for surface targets, the nuclear infrastructure remains intact underground while the regime crumbles above it. One night of bunker busting from the American heartland is a masterpiece. Weeks of it is a logistics problem that Starmer just made significantly harder. And the fact that America’s closest ally denied base access for the largest military operation in a generation tells you something about the Western alliance that no diplomatic language can obscure. The B-2 Spirit is the most consequential weapons platform in this conflict. Channel 12 says it flew. The Pentagon is silent. And the mountains of Iran are keeping their secrets. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…


Congrats to @IRIran_Military, whose navy is now newly formed reefs.




🚨 INSANE: Dem. KY Governor Andy Beshear says he DOES NOT CARE that Kentuckians don’t support mutiIating children’s genitaIs — he’s going to push for it anyway This guys likes to say he’s a “moderate” There is NOTHING moderate about mutiIating children.








