Trump and his administration are beginning to lean toward seizing Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, home to Iran's largest oil terminal, responsible for 90% of its oil exports.
Seizing Kharg Island or destroying its oil terminal would "cut off" Iran's ability to pay its troops, according to The Washington Post. It would also lead to famine or civilian deaths in Iran.
The Iraqi Air Force bombed Kharg Island during the Iran-Iraq War, destroying its oil facilities. This did not cause any mutinies among Iranian troops or the country's bankruptcy, but the US is unaware of this.
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Kharg Island, small coral island in Iran in the northern Persian Gulf, 34 miles (55 km) northwest of the port of Bushehr. The island serves as the terminal for nearly all of Iran’s oil exports and has a loading capacity of about 7 million barrels per day.
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#Iran #US #Oil #KhargIsland
Seizing Kharg Island or destroying its oil terminal would "cut off" Iran's ability to pay its troops, according to The Washington Post. It would also lead to famine or civilian deaths in Iran.
The Iraqi Air Force bombed Kharg Island during the Iran-Iraq War, destroying its oil facilities. This did not cause any mutinies among Iranian troops or the country's bankruptcy, but the US is unaware of this.
banksta
Kharg Island, small coral island in Iran in the northern Persian Gulf, 34 miles (55 km) northwest of the port of Bushehr. The island serves as the terminal for nearly all of Iran’s oil exports and has a loading capacity of about 7 million barrels per day.
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#Iran #US #Oil #KhargIsland
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No Aerial Superiority: U.S. B-52 Bombers Are Attacking Iran With Long-Range Cruise Missiles
American B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers have been attacking targets in Iran using long-range land-attack cruise missiles, in a sign that the United States Air Force has not yet achieved aerial superiority over Iran.
The subsonic jet-powered bombers joined the war few days after the American-Israeli opening strikes, which were on February 28, and in two video footage released by the United States Central Command on March 5 and 7, they appeared to be armed with AGM-158 JASSM missiles, most likely the extended range version AGM-158B JASSM-ER.
B-52 bombers are typically employed to drop guided or unguided bombs directly over hardened targets. Their use as cruise missile launchers even days after the start of the war indicate that the U.S. The Air Force has not yet achieved aerial superiority over Iran.
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American B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers have been attacking targets in Iran using long-range land-attack cruise missiles, in a sign that the United States Air Force has not yet achieved aerial superiority over Iran.
The subsonic jet-powered bombers joined the war few days after the American-Israeli opening strikes, which were on February 28, and in two video footage released by the United States Central Command on March 5 and 7, they appeared to be armed with AGM-158 JASSM missiles, most likely the extended range version AGM-158B JASSM-ER.
B-52 bombers are typically employed to drop guided or unguided bombs directly over hardened targets. Their use as cruise missile launchers even days after the start of the war indicate that the U.S. The Air Force has not yet achieved aerial superiority over Iran.
Read more HERE
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As expected, after the Persian Gulf countries depleted their stockpiles of anti-missiles, Iran began using new weapons. In the 22nd wave of strikes, Iran adopted the so-called "barrage" tactic, using new ballistic missiles, the Khorramshahr-4, Kheibar, and Fattah. According to several sources, neither side managed to intercept them. Even Israel's multi-layered missile defense system, including the Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Hetz systems, was unable to completely stop the attack.
🇮🇷War On Iran: – No Missile Defense – AI Targeting – Local Retaliation – Moon of Alabama
The question is why the U.S. military is no longer checking its targeting data. The answer maybe AI (archived):
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#Iran #Palantir #AIA #Anthropic
#Claude #Maven
The question is why the U.S. military is no longer checking its targeting data. The answer maybe AI (archived):
The military’s Maven Smart System, which is built by data mining company Palantir, is generating insights from an astonishing amount of classified data from satellites, surveillance and other intelligence, helping provide real-time targeting and target prioritization to military operations in Iran, according to three people familiar with the system.
Embedded into the system is Anthropic’s AI tool Claude, a technology that was banned by the Pentagon last week after heated negotiations over the terms of its use in war.
Over the last year military planners have seen Claude, paired with Maven, mature into a tool that is in daily use across most parts of the military, according to two of the people.
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As planning for a potential strike in Iran was underway, Maven, powered by Claude, suggested hundreds of targets, issued precise location coordinates, and prioritized those targets according to importance, said two of the people. The pairing of Maven and Claude has created a tool that is speeding the pace of the campaign, reducing Iran’s ability to counterstrike and turning weeks-long battle planning into real-time operations, said one of the people
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#Iran #Palantir #AIA #Anthropic
#Claude #Maven
The Washington Post
Anthropic’s AI tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud
Anthropic’s AI tool Claude is playing a key role in the U.S. military’s campaign in Iran, amid a bitter fight with the Pentagon over the terms of its use in war.
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An AI Left Hidden Messages for Future Versions of Itself | Species
🇮🇷The drug helping Israeli pilots stay sharp on long missions over #Iran
In the operations of the ongoing war with Iran, #IOF pilots are facing unprecedented physical and mental demands. Long-distance missions stretching across vast airspaces require them to remain alert for extended periods under extreme pressure.
To sustain their focus and decision-making abilities throughout these missions, the air force has introduced medical protocols designed to counter fatigue. Among these measures is the use of #Modafinil, a wakefulness-promoting medication that helps pilots maintain sharpness and readiness from takeoff to landing.
To mitigate these risks, Western militaries historically relied on #amphetamine based stimulants, commonly known as “go pills.” These were used as early as World War II by British and American pilots. However, traditional amphetamines often produced harsh side effects, including severe nervousness and a sharp physiological crash once the drug wore off.
#ZionistsOnDrugs #Doping
In the operations of the ongoing war with Iran, #IOF pilots are facing unprecedented physical and mental demands. Long-distance missions stretching across vast airspaces require them to remain alert for extended periods under extreme pressure.
To sustain their focus and decision-making abilities throughout these missions, the air force has introduced medical protocols designed to counter fatigue. Among these measures is the use of #Modafinil, a wakefulness-promoting medication that helps pilots maintain sharpness and readiness from takeoff to landing.
To mitigate these risks, Western militaries historically relied on #amphetamine based stimulants, commonly known as “go pills.” These were used as early as World War II by British and American pilots. However, traditional amphetamines often produced harsh side effects, including severe nervousness and a sharp physiological crash once the drug wore off.
#ZionistsOnDrugs #Doping
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By striking desalination plants, oil fields, and other civilian infrastructure today, the occupation and the United States have set the stage for Iran to respond in kind against energy facilities across the Middle East (West Asia).
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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Extremely heavy strikes in #Tehran people have immediately come to the streets to shout slogans and fill the squares.
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confirmed here : https://t.me/NoGoolag/46625
@Middle_East_Spectator
#Iran #ShockAndAwe
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picke up here : https://t.me/NoGoolag/46633
confirmed here : https://t.me/NoGoolag/46625
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#Iran #ShockAndAwe
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Missile attack on emergency ambulance in Tehran province
🔹 The personnel of the emergency base in the west of Tehran province, who were sent to perform a rescue mission, were targeted by a missile attack while performing the mission.
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🔹 The personnel of the emergency base in the west of Tehran province, who were sent to perform a rescue mission, were targeted by a missile attack while performing the mission.
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BREAKING | Israel has launched two airstrikes on the southern suburb of Beirut.
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Add Iran to that list now. Six straight years of manufactured hostility brought us right here.
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Concerning the unfolding #ShockAndAwe campaign in #Iran @rwapodcast draws similar conclusions posted previously today : https://t.me/NoGoolag/46574
"I think cheerleaders on both sides are being too flippant. Iran is suffering severe attrition to its conventional military forces. It's conventional navy has been wiped out (though it wouldn't have made a difference either way). Its air force is grounded or destroyed and its air defence is being degraded.
There's a good chance the US and Israel could achieve air supremacy in the coming weeks, which would make shortages in stand-off munitions meaningless, as the US could instead dip into its immense stockpiles of cheap-ish gravity bombs and such, and bomb most of Iran at will, in free hunting mode.
The US-Israel coalition could also ramp up attacks against Iranian energy and water infrastructure, potentially leading to large-scale humanitarian catastrophe. Iran is facing a long-term austere war economy situation, and it's hard to tell how long it would be able to weather that.
However.
The Iranians have succeeded at severely degrading US radar installations and missile defence in the region and interceptor stockpiles are running low. They still have deep stockpiles of missiles and drones and they are keeping the Straight of Hormuz closed, sending shockwaves through the entire global economy. The US' vassal states in the Gulf are suffering and may fall into a death spiral soon-ish (unless they push for deescalation via distancing themselves from the US).
US military bases in the area have been devastated. Air supremacy over the entire country has not been established - localized air superiority, sure, but a majority of strikes are still stand-off munitions and the eastern half of Iran remains entirely untouched so far.
The Iranians can respond to escalation by targeting infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf states, having the capability to *also* cause widespread humanitarian catastrophe. Desalination plants, electricity generation, a lot of juicy targets that remain untouched so far.
The Straight of Hormuz is closed. Trump has claimed the US Navy would reopen it, but the IRGC speedboat fleet is mostly untouched so far (the "actual" Iranian Navy you'd expect to play a role in the war) and the Iranians can potentially strike US ships going through the Strait with a variety of weapons.
According to some napkin math, even if Iran's conventional forces are truly defeated from the air, decentralized IRGC forces with localized drone stockpiles and production will retain the ability to lob several Shaheds a day at the Strait of Hormuz pretty much indefinitely.
It's a race against time on both sides with many levels of escalation still open."
#Iran #Energy #Infastructure
"I think cheerleaders on both sides are being too flippant. Iran is suffering severe attrition to its conventional military forces. It's conventional navy has been wiped out (though it wouldn't have made a difference either way). Its air force is grounded or destroyed and its air defence is being degraded.
There's a good chance the US and Israel could achieve air supremacy in the coming weeks, which would make shortages in stand-off munitions meaningless, as the US could instead dip into its immense stockpiles of cheap-ish gravity bombs and such, and bomb most of Iran at will, in free hunting mode.
The US-Israel coalition could also ramp up attacks against Iranian energy and water infrastructure, potentially leading to large-scale humanitarian catastrophe. Iran is facing a long-term austere war economy situation, and it's hard to tell how long it would be able to weather that.
However.
The Iranians have succeeded at severely degrading US radar installations and missile defence in the region and interceptor stockpiles are running low. They still have deep stockpiles of missiles and drones and they are keeping the Straight of Hormuz closed, sending shockwaves through the entire global economy. The US' vassal states in the Gulf are suffering and may fall into a death spiral soon-ish (unless they push for deescalation via distancing themselves from the US).
US military bases in the area have been devastated. Air supremacy over the entire country has not been established - localized air superiority, sure, but a majority of strikes are still stand-off munitions and the eastern half of Iran remains entirely untouched so far.
The Iranians can respond to escalation by targeting infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf states, having the capability to *also* cause widespread humanitarian catastrophe. Desalination plants, electricity generation, a lot of juicy targets that remain untouched so far.
The Straight of Hormuz is closed. Trump has claimed the US Navy would reopen it, but the IRGC speedboat fleet is mostly untouched so far (the "actual" Iranian Navy you'd expect to play a role in the war) and the Iranians can potentially strike US ships going through the Strait with a variety of weapons.
According to some napkin math, even if Iran's conventional forces are truly defeated from the air, decentralized IRGC forces with localized drone stockpiles and production will retain the ability to lob several Shaheds a day at the Strait of Hormuz pretty much indefinitely.
It's a race against time on both sides with many levels of escalation still open."
#Iran #Energy #Infastructure
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VIDEO | Footage shows massive fires after US-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s oil infrastructure, marking a major escalation.