A more detailed map of events from the rescue site of the American pilot - a weapons operator of a downed Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet.

As can be seen, the Americans were operating in the immediate vicinity of the crucial Iranian #Isfahan Nuclear Technology and Research Center, and the Iranians demonstrated a surprising inability to control this area and prevent the evacuation of two pilots, and then of several hundred special forces soldiers.

All of this, of course, creates a vast field for speculation about the possibility that the real target of the American actions was precisely the Isfahan Nuclear Center, although there is no evidence of this so far.

Source (c) @chrisschmitz

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Israel accumulates massive $15bn bill after five weeks of war

Rising military costs combined with expanding civilian compensation programs have driven total war spending sharply upward.

The Iran oil shock is about to hit | Andrew Fisher

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Amazing anti-drone weapons using energy pulse to disable a drone swarm. Watch and share

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 US Op in Iran Involving C-130s, MH-6, and A-10s Was Likely Offensive Turned Disaster By F-15/A-10 Losses

Back in 2023 Wyoming media reported on special operations training along a highway involving exactly the sort of operation reported on deep inside Iran - involving landing C-130s, disembarking MH-6 helicopters to "project power" deep inside enemy territory.

Read the whole article here: https://www.wyotoday.com/news/history-made-with-military-aircraft-operations-on-wyoming-highways/article_f0292645-683e-5177-bdb2-a3cc5b77d830.html

It is possible such an operation could be launched in support of search and rescue - but the fact it was primarily developed to project power as part of the wider "agile combat employment" (ACE) opens the possibility that this was a special forces operation that either went bad or was compromised by the loss of aircraft providing air support, and ended up as a costly search and rescue operation before ending.

In the article Lt. Col. Dave Meyer was quoted as saying:

“An adversary that may be able to deny use of a military base or an airfield, is going to have a nearly impossible time trying to defend every single linear mile of roads. It’s just too much territory for them to cover and that gives us access in places and areas that they can’t possibly defend.”

The article also claimed:

"Exercise Agile Chariot tested the concept of Agile Combat Employment (ACE)—an operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to enhance survivability while generating combat power—through two demonstrations, as well as Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP), Integrated Combat Turnarounds and the infiltration and exfiltration of Air Force Special Operations (AFSOC) personnel with US Army Special Ops Aviation Command (USASOAC)."

Some of the participating units do specialize in search and rescue like the 123rd special tactics squadron but not exclusively and do carry out other roles in offensive operations.

It is likely no coincidence the US military was practicing in terrain similar to Iran's for operations they knew they'd carry out in Iran as far back as 2023 - as I have repeatedly explained - this war is not about "Israel tricking the US into war," but the US waging a war it had prepared for for decades regardless of who is president and what rhetoric he told before elections...

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 150 Aircraft Deployed Over Iran

The U.S. military deployed over 150 aircraft to recover a downed aviator in Iran, according to Gen. Dan Caine. The recovery operation included tactical drones, strike aircraft, and additional assets providing overhead protection for search-and-rescue personnel on the ground.

The scale of the deployment reflects standard force-protection doctrine applied to personnel recovery in denied or contested territory — layered air cover to suppress interdiction of ground teams. Committing that volume of assets indicates the operation was conducted under conditions of active or anticipated threat, not permissive airspace.

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AN AMERICAN DEPLOYMENT OFF THE COAST OF IRAN. HOW WILL IT END?

Telegram channel "Older than Edda" @vysokygovit for RT

The Iranians report that they attacked the American amphibious ship Tripoli with missiles, and it was forced to retreat further out into the ocean. The Americans do not confirm the attack. It's not worth talking about possible damage yet, but it's interesting to discuss the potential problems that an American amphibious operation could face.

The core of the American amphibious group are universal amphibious ships: the aforementioned Tripoli of the "America" type and the soon-to-arrive Boxer of the previous "Wasp" type. Tripoli is more specialized for air support - it doesn't have a docking chamber for air cushion boats, but the area of the hangars for aircraft is significantly larger, and the number of boats and their load capacity, on the contrary, is lower. In any case, both ships are designed for so-called over-the-horizon amphibious landings - from helicopters and boats - and for supporting this landing with air support.

Unlike an aircraft carrier, a UAS cannot perform acrobatic maneuvers 400-500 km off the coast. The range of helicopters allows them to operate beyond the horizon, but not very far, ideally no more than 50-60 km, otherwise the effectiveness of air support begins to drop sharply. But such a distance significantly facilitates the detection of an amphibious ship for the Iranians and gives them the opportunity to fire on it. Given that Iran could very well combine attacks with missiles and drones, the idea of "overloading the air defense" to achieve hits seems quite obvious to them.

Sinking a UAS is a difficult task in itself, but achieving serious consequences from hits is quite possible. The scale of these consequences can be reminded by the fate of the UAS Bonhomme Richard, which in the summer of 2020, while at the shipyard, despite all efforts to extinguish the fire, burned down so much that it was eventually written off. And now for the first time since 1945, the US is facing an opponent who has the potential to launch a serious strike on its fleet. So approaching the shores of Iran for an effective amphibious landing could result in spectacular scenes, but not the ones that President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth would like to see.

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