The only confirmed stores I’ve seen of a shoot down today were of an F-15E - Iran tried to pass it off as an F-35, but the control surfaces in the wreckage they published pictures of were very obviously from an F-15. Was there another one?
Well, that, and, you know… exerting serious and concerted effort to shift away from fossil fuels in applications that have viable non-petroleum alternatives
Honestly, as a unitedstatesian, this is a great approach.
Looking at the map, a complete aerial blockage of the UK-Iran theater route could be accomplished if Poland gets on board, along with either Germany (not likely imo), or both Czechia and Italy. That would force any aerial logistics to route around the strait of Gibraltar and through the Mediterranean - effectively removing the UK and Germany as effective logistical hubs for the Iran war.
Say what you will about carotid artery Charlie - but at the end, he leaned left
Well, that, and orangeboi probably wanted to knock over something big. And I’m very serious when I suggest that as a possible motive. Dude’s got the mentality of a kindergarten bully.
Wheeeeeeeee it’s another step away from the USD as the global reserve currency! But I guess we don’t care about soft power anymore, despite the fact that being the global reserve currency is literally the only thing that lets the government write checks that can’t cash 🫠
I’m so tired
Speaking of hard to read…
It also raises concern over the competence of the US military command and deployment staff in the area, because that was an entirely predictable, avoidable, unforced error resulting in the loss of a serious strategic asset.
Yep. It’s bad people doing bad things for bad reasons to other bad people, and the plebs get caught in the meat grinder.
Same as it ever was, I guess.
In the context of this shitty situation, this is pretty much the absolute least controversial point of the whole thing. Iran supplied shaheds, as well as the design (which Russia proceeded to refine and mass produce and use against Ukraine). Iran has effectively been actively hostile towards Ukraine for years before Operation Epstein Feelings kicked off. What the actual fuck did they think was gonna happen?
To be clear: the Iran War is absolutely, categorically, pants-on-head stupid, and is an awful idea for a multitude of reasons from a multitude of domains. But this specific aspect of it is entirely uncontroversial.
Kessler syndrome goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
You need to understand that there is a real faction within the already heinous Nationalist Christians that are even more truly batshit insane than their already crazy baseline, who are genuinely doing their level best to bring about the biblical end times - which, of course just means a nuclear holocaust for everyone. This is not hyperbole. There are people who are actually pushing for that outcome who are part of our regime right now.
This article is specifically about pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical precursors. It is about air transport, and the fact that war makes air transport dangerous.
The article is not primarily about sea passage.
RTFA.
The problem is not sea passage. The problem is “the Persian gulf is now combat airspace, and several major air transit and cargo hubs are in the area”.
RTFA
It is highly dependent on where you live. And it’s not density-specific, either. Some cities are sketchier than others. Some rural areas are sketchier than others.
It is super fucking weird being unitedstatesian, being fully aware of how repressive the Iranian regime is, being fully aware of how fucking unhinged our own regime is, and straight up rooting for the Iranian hackers here
So would Israel
Got an article link for that?