2026 Israel - Iranian conflict [TEMP LOCKED]

[tankphobia]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2030690239988011231

More air to air interception footage of shaheds, this time by Saudi Arabian MoD. Perhaps this is air launched APKWS?

 

[MMelon]

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Just like blood diamonds, there is also blood gold as well, apparently its on the discount in Dubai due to 'Military operation' by their daddy Trump.

They aren't confident they can get the gold moved out safely, do not expect UAE to become safe again anytime soon, and are looking to exchange that liability for digital cash for what is a 0.6% discount. Really a bad deal and I don't expect anyone to jump on it. Not sure what kind of discount would be necessary but certainly not 0.6%. I expect they'll start getting some interest at 30% discount.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Iraqi Fighters Storm US Base After Iran’s Back-to-Back Rocket Barrage​

 

[latenlazy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2030736462161891462

I'm just wondering if there are any TACO options left for Trump or what the end game is at this point.

Surrender US force projection on the Arabian peninsula and Iraq. That is the remaining TACO option.

 

[MMelon]

Surrender US force projection on the Arabian peninsula and Iraq. That is the remaining TACO option.

That's not really something that can be "surrendered" as those US bases and radars are already destroyed. I expect Iran will not accept anything less than lifting of sanctions.

Iranian FARS:
Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The guy that the IRGC wanted.

Official Photo:
View attachment 171126

IMO he will have public support to pursue nothing less than total blood vengeance against the architects of this war.

 

[defenceman]

No, the "go time" is when PRC start spending over 2 Trillion in PPP terms out of 43,5 Trillion GDP PPP (2026).

The fact that one is "afraid of" or "worried" about stupid THAAD is the testament that PRC is spending too low.

The "go time" is when you're sure to massacre every enemy with overwhelming brutality, but before that starts, the enemy should already be shitting in their pants every night they go to bed to sleep when they think of PRC conventional and nuclear arsenal.

The "go time" is when PRC stops being "happy" with 100 J-20 per year and starts buildning 250 J-20 and 100 J-36 per year, then add J-35 and J-50.

I just saw earlier today that 2 Type 055 were commissioned. Direct news from Global Times. Perfect. But it could have been 6 or 8 being commissioned while also having another 6 to 8 being built at the same time.

Pump out extreme Long-Range XLUUV. Basically about 10 XLUUV around every Type 052D and Type 055 accompanied with SSK and SSN as well - at least 2 or 3.

Basically, triple everything that PRC is producing right now.

Build 1.000.000 "Shahed / Geran" type drones. Ready to launch. Yes, 1 MILLION, you read correct. Not 10.000, not 100.000, but 1 MILLION.

Missiles should also be flying around like sausages against enemy bases. Firing about 750 - 1.000 brutal, fatty missiles EACH DAY on enemy bases should be standard.
That means within 10 days, the enemy in WestPac should receive up to 10.000 very large fatties.
After 20 days, up to 20.000 missiles.

This is standard, and should be normal, whilst 500 - 750 J-20 just fly around and pound the fvck out of everything, with another 750 - 1.000 J-20 on the ground, ready to go.

So you have like 1.500 J-20 in the air, oh look, a squadron of F-35, poof, F-35 dead.

That's how PRC must roll when a country has 43,5 Trillion GDP PPP, and cruising towards 50 Trillion GDP PPP by 2030.

Hi,
don’t take me wrong friend in your case I think Mods are sleeping , otherwise in my case less then few words about china and my post been deleted good luck with you for future postings on China in this thread
thank you

 

[AlexYe]

Iranian FARS:
Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The guy that the IRGC wanted.

Official Photo:

 

[Gloire_bb]

You certainly went from "terror bombing is great, Russia just can't do it" to "USIS applies them to identifiable value targets" real fast lol
Fact on the ground is Russia can terror bomb Ukraine order of magnitudes easier than USIS can terror bomb Iran via multiple refuels without any base in the region.

Yes, Russia can terror bomb Ukraine. It doesn't, it's neither moral nor it is efficient/useful.
No Russia can't do terror bombing as US/IS. No bandwidth.
And, unlike Russia, for US/IS bombing Iran into submission（which is terror bombing) is becoming viable strategy moving forward, as they appear to have lost their initial shock grasp on military victory.
The problem of course is that US don't really see military victory this way, and would rather use other methods (82th is on standby). But Israel - does.

Its pretty tragic being an American soldier or pilot, in any other country if you die or get captured you're honoured and your sacrificee recognized, US would pretend its dead never happened and your family would never find out what happened to you to maintain the facade of "only 6 dead" or "no jets has been shot down".

it would be; this is not the way it works with US/Israeli SAR and/or revenge policies.

Winning through terror bombings has never happened through history, not in WW2, not during Vietnam and not even in Gaza. The fact that USIS and people like you think lack of immediate consequence implies it works is a product of the chosen people never having survive long enough to learn why civilized nations all converged on similar set of laws of war. Understanding of long term and 2nd order consequences require civilizational experience that short lived cults lack. You're not the first people in history who "discovered" the benifit of barbarism, you just haven't asked why they've all lost.

Winning through terror bombings is established pattern in wars. Strictly speaking, it's one of the first patterns of how air power first managed to become decisive back in 1920s(UK did that). And it mosrt certainly worked before - from Netherlands or Japan to Yugoslavia.
p.s. last time someone got angry at me i was labeled indian.

This is especially relevant in the Iran scenerio, because terror bombing ensures Iran will fight to the last man, and countries like Germany, whom you pointed out proudly proclaimed international law doesn't matter, who are already suffering from industrial collapse, would experience true existential economical and societal consequences.

I am not sure if Iran will fight to the last man. Usually people most willing to fight to the last man sit in other countries before keyboards.
Iran fights now until there's a sensible chance of victory, and because indeed foreign invaders are objectively perceived worse than already unpopular own government. But Iranian own government, for all things, doesn't promise sessesions and civil war.
But this isn't endless state of affairs.

 

[defenceman]

Iranian FARS:
Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The guy that the IRGC wanted.

Official Photo:
View attachment 171126

Hi,
if I’m not mistaken on this thread I have read somewhere USA want him to be taken over from his
father and surrender everything in initial negotiations under Oman.
thank you

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Yes, Russia can terror bomb Ukraine. It doesn't, it's neither moral nor it is efficient/useful.
No Russia can't do terror bombing as US/IS. No bandwidth.
And, unlike Russia, for US/IS bombing Iran into submission（which is terror bombing) is becoming viable strategy moving forward, as they appear to have lost their initial shock grasp on military victory.
The problem of course is that US don't really see military victory this way, and would rather use other methods (82th is on standby). But Israel - does.

it would be; this is not the way it works with US/Israeli SAR and/or revenge policies.

Winning through terror bombings is established pattern in wars. Strictly speaking, it's one of the first patterns of how air power first managed to become decisive back in 1920s(UK did that). And it mosrt certainly worked before - from Netherlands or Japan to Yugoslavia.
p.s. last time someone got angry at me i was labeled indian.

I am not sure if Iran will fight to the last man. Usually people most willing to fight to the last man sit in other countries before keyboards.
Iran fights now until there's a sensible chance of victory, and because indeed foreign invaders are objectively perceived worse than already unpopular own government. But Iranian own government, for all things, doesn't promise sessesions and civil war.
But this isn't endless state of affairs.

Japan didn't surrender to terror bombings though? It took nukes and Soviets jumping in and taking Manchuria.

As a counterexample, they dropped more weapons than WW2 in Vietnam and still failed.