2026 Israel-US vs. Iran conflict [Military updates/News Only]

siegecrossbow

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_killuminati_

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Hang on, some of the ballistic missiles in this video seem to be liquid fuel? They have a very different exhaust to the smoky solid fuel rockets. Could be Shahab-3.

If so that means IRGC is now getting away with taking out liquid fuel ballistic missile, erecting it, then spend an hour refuelling them and then launching them without being harassed.

If they can now use the older liquid fuel ballistic missiles then the number of available missiles that they can launch to hit Israel would increase.
The CBS (or PBS) short documentary clip I posted earlier had the reporter in Israel describing the remnants of missile leftovers that landed in Israel, showed it was liquid fuel.

 

Faisal Iqbal

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French president Emmanuel Macron says he has told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian it is “unacceptable” to target French interests, after an Iranian-designed drone killed a French soldier in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Guardian Live

Macron
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after his call with Pezeshkian on Sunday:

I called on him to put an immediate end to the unacceptable attacks Iran is carrying out against countries in the region, whether directly or through proxies, including in Lebanon and Iraq.
I reminded him that France is acting within a strictly defensive framework aimed at protecting its interests, its regional partners, and freedom of navigation, and that it is unacceptable for our country to be targeted.
Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, 42, was killed last Thursday in a drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil region – the first French military death of the Middle East war. Six other French soldiers were wounded.

A pro-Iran armed group in Iraq, Ashab Alkahf, warned the following day that it would target French interest in the region, while not directly claiming responsibility for the attack.

Macron said on Sunday:

The unchecked escalation we are witnessing is plunging the entire region into chaos, with major consequences today and for the years to come. The people of Iran, like those across the region, are paying the price.
Macron said that only a new political and security framework that included guarantees Iran never acquired nuclear weapons could ensure “peace and security for all”. He also called for freedom of navigation to be restored in the strait of Hormuz.
 

Gloire_bb

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Macron said that only a new political and security framework that included guarantees Iran never acquired nuclear weapons could ensure “peace and security for all”. He also called for freedom of navigation to be restored in the strait of Hormuz.
This framework was in place.
Something happened with it, as far as i remember, because of you personally, just last september.
Honestly, i wonder if there is a low bar for european self-humiliation and lack of any vision.
 

Temstar

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Can't really comment much about this without it being schadenfreude...
But okay seriously now LCS "streetfighter" concept was meant to be that these ships are supposed to be disposable and if they are lost in battle so be it. Was the concept itself just wrong or was it correct but US shipbuilding cannot afford to lose ships at the current rate so it's more the current industrial base can no longer support the idea of disposable warships?

Also when you do this and moving USS Abraham Lincoln back to 1000km away from Iran it doesn't exactly inspire confidence for allies to send their ships right into the gauntlet.
 

Faisal Iqbal

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French president Emmanuel Macron says he has told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian it is “unacceptable” to target French interests, after an Iranian-designed drone killed a French soldier in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Guardian Live

Macron
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after his call with Pezeshkian on Sunday:


Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, 42, was killed last Thursday in a drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil region – the first French military death of the Middle East war. Six other French soldiers were wounded.

A pro-Iran armed group in Iraq, Ashab Alkahf, warned the following day that it would target French interest in the region, while not directly claiming responsibility for the attack.

Macron said on Sunday:


Macron said that only a new political and security framework that included guarantees Iran never acquired nuclear weapons could ensure “peace and security for all”. He also called for freedom of navigation to be restored in the strait of Hormuz.
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Message from French President Emmanuel Macron to Trump

Posted on Truth Social by Trump, 19 January, 17:01 (12:01 GMT):
From president Macron to President Trump
My friend,
We are totally in line on Syria
We can do great things on Iran
I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland
Let us try to build great things :
1) I can set up a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite the Ukrainians, the Danish, the Syrians and the Russians in the margins
2) Let us have a dinner together in Paris together on Thursday before you go back to the US
Emmanuel
 

jiajia99

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even Australia.. LMAO

Australia will not send naval ships to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a government minister said on Monday.

Smart decision, Australia should know when to hedge away from these idiots, besides it’s only a matter of time before Australia follows the next super power when the current one has nothing to offer.
 
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