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For years Europe claimed Russia was "blackmailing" it with energy supplies. The situation seems to be much better now

Why US airpower is being stretched to its limit in Iran.📜 And why Iran can outlast the US because of it. The reality in the air, is that the US fighters on search & destroy missions only have less than 60 minutes of loiter time over Western and Southern parts of Iran. Leaving vast swaths of Iran untouched by search & destroy missions. This allows Iran to hide missile launchers and critical systems. The images of strikes deep into Iran are done by standoff munitions hitting stationary targets. Not Search and Destroy missions that is needed to deal with mobile and popup threats like missile launchers. Hence the importance of that distinction. 🔹There only 2 main bases of operation for US fighters: 1️⃣Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan; --Distance to Western Iran: ~700km to 900km. --Fighters on base: F-15E; Combat radius ~1270km. --Loiter time over Western Iran of 30min to 60min. 2️⃣USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft carrier; --Distance to Southern Iran: ~800km to ~1000km. --Fighters on carrier: F-35C and F/A-18 E/F; Combat radius 1220km and 700km respectively. --Loiter time over Southern Iran, extremely limited. The US operates other bases in the region as well, in Qatar, Bahrain and UAE. but those are under incredible stress, affecting sortie. Most of them are at less than 50% capacity. 🔹The Tyranny of distance. This hard restriction means the US can never destroy all the missile and drone launchers, and Iran will continue to posses the capabilities of shutting off the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely. This point alone means Iran WILL outlast the US, because Trump cannot afford to have high oil prices which will cause spiraling inflation. The clock is ticking, election campaigning for the 2026 US midterm elections have already started. Trump is facing a Democrat victory if he doesn't find an off ram to end the war.

Opmerkelijk. Iran ontkent dat het raketten heeft afgeschoten op Brits-Amerikaanse basis Diego Garcia in de Indische Oceaan. Was dit Israëlische false flag? Om valse indruk te wekken dat Iran beschikte over raketten met zo'n enorm bereik? Om zo Europeanen schrik aan te jagen?

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If the Diego Garcia strike report is accurate, then one of the central assumptions about Iran’s missile program has just collapsed. For years, the accepted ceiling was around 2,000 kilometers. A ballistic missile reaching Diego Garcia suggests something in the neighborhood of 4,000 kilometers, which pushes it out of the medium-range category and into the intermediate-range class (IRBM). That is a strategic leap. The real story is not whether the missile was intercepted. It is that Iran may have demonstrated reach far beyond what much of the world believed it possessed. A 4,000-kilometer capability changes the map. Major European capitals begin to enter the conversation. Paris comes into range. London moves much closer to the edge of vulnerability depending on launch point and payload. This would mean the missile threat is no longer confined to the Gulf, Israel, or parts of South Asia. It would mean the radius of deterrence, defense, and fear has expanded dramatically. If confirmed, Diego Garcia was not just a target. It was a message.

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