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Ukraine burns cash on expensive missiles against cheap Iranian clones flooding the sky. The Europe losing a war of attrition on purpose. 10k a year of drone interceptors when Russia is building 200 Shaheed clones a day is ~13% that drone’s production rate. 🤦♂️ https://t.co/mD1NH28n3C — Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) May 3, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has again said that their air defenses are dealing with another wave of Iranian missiles and are urging people to stay sheltered. pic.twitter.com/Vn70eIRy1P — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 4, 2026
Not good. Air defenses suddenly lighting up in Tehran right before Trump talks is never a coincidence. IRAN'S NOUR NEWS SAYS AIR DEFENCES ACTIVATED IN PARTS OF TEHRAN, REASONS UNCLEAR — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 23, 2026 Trump scheduled to speak to media at 3PM. — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) April 23, 2026 JUST IN: 🇮🇱+🇺🇸TO RESUME …
🚨 White House drops the hammer: President Trump is NOT bluffing on the Strait of Hormuz deadline. pic.twitter.com/yz34mlbuO8 — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 25, 2026 🚨 BREAKING: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran is rapidly building up defenses on Kharg Island. They're laying mines, traps, and moving in more air defenses and troops, in case the U.S. tries a …
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 13 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday destroyed military targets on Iran’s main oil hub of Kharg Island, President Donald Trump said, threatening to strike its oil infrastructure if Iran continues attacks that have halted most ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. The island serves as the export terminal for 90% …
Hundreds of miniature decoy drones were launched to flood Iranian radar screens with fake squadrons of F-15s and F-16s. While operators panicked chasing ghosts, F-35s and F-22s slipped through completely undetected. The same electronic warfare was used in Venezuela. A carrier off the coast fired such a dense electronic barrage that it burned S-300 radar …
HEGSETH: “200 AMERICANS WENT DOWNTOWN IN CARACAS” Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly trolled Russia’s multi-billion dollar air defense systems protecting Venezuela, revealing nearly 200 American special forces operators penetrated downtown Caracas while calling it “re-establishing deterrence.” Hegseth delivered the remarks during a speech at a Virginia shipbuilding facility, praising the military’s “support of law enforcement” in …
Moscow Just Gave Venezuela Air Defenses, Not Ruling Out Strike Missiles. A high-ranking Russian lawmaker claims his government recently sent Venezuela air defense systems and could provide ballistic and cruise missiles in the future. The comments, to an official Russian media outlet, are a response to the ongoing buildup of U.S. forces in the region …
Hurricane Melissa has turned the Caribbean into a scene of dread. The storm’s eye has fixed itself over the warmest waters south of Jamaica, spinning with the precision of a weapon. Meteorologists say this is no ordinary hurricane. It is the kind of storm that rewrites records and redraws coastlines. “Melissa is still expected to …
⚡️Air Defense update: 451 out of 526 aerial targets destroyed.•⚠️ 430/502 Shahed-type UAVs & drone decoys•❗️14/16 Kalibr cruise missiles•❗️7/8 Kh-101 cruise missiles ➡️ Still, 3 missiles & 69 drones struck 14 locations. What Russia launched:• 502 Shaheds & decoys• 16… pic.twitter.com/auukNmmVYM — Shaun Pinner (@ShaunPinnerUA) September 3, 2025 As of 9:00 a.m., the Russian attack …
Quantum computing has crossed the threshold from concept to threat. The foundation that made encryption viable for decades is now mathematically exposed. It’s not about stronger chips. It’s about unbreakable codes becoming breakable. For the first time, logical quantum operations designed to bypass classical protections are no longer hypothetical. They’re executable. The firewall separating conventional …
🇷🇺⚡Kiev is on fire. pic.twitter.com/cOSfREuhz8 — Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) July 4, 2025 ❗️Trump ends 'ALL' arms to Zelensky 'All American weapons shipments, including shells & spare parts, halted' — Kiev officials to The Economist US Patriot missile system footage from NATO pic.twitter.com/cHGu7ilYYk — Paul White Gold Eagle (@PaulGoldEagle) July 3, 2025 Kiev the following …
Glowing lights were seen sailing through the sky over Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning, before appearing to explode.
Ukraine advances in Russia as Moscow mayor accuses Kyiv of ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks – CNN https://t.co/uvFetY7EMp — JOSEPH SAKOWSKI (@JOSEPHSAKOWSKI) August 21, 2024 Russian air defenses shot down 10 drones over Moscow and its outskirts, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a Telegram post early Wednesday morning. “The echeloned defense of Moscow against enemy UAVs …
By Brandon Smith In my article ‘Russia Is About To Overrun Ukraine’s Defenses – Why Are There No Peace Negotiations’ published in May, I outlined my reasons for predicting a near term collapse of Ukrainian front line defenses and a sweeping territory grab by Russian forces. Since the early months of the war my primary argument has …
By Martin Armstrong As expected, this was a test with slow-moving drones that gave hours to respond, but now Iran knows the US shot the drones down – not Israel. U.S. defense announced that they shot down the drones. The official statement: the U.S. continues to “shoot down Iranian-launched drones targeting Israel.” They added, “Our forces …
#BREAKING: We might see six #USAF’s heavy bombers armed with cruise missiles participate in the retaliatory airstrikes at #IRGC of #Iran’s Islamic Regime & their proxies in just 15 hours from now. They can be B-52Hs of Barksdale/Minot AFBs or B-1Bs of Dyess AFB or a mixture of both. #BREAKING: We might see six #USAF's …
UKRAINIAN NORTHERN FLANK IS ON THE VERGE OF TOTAL COLLAPSE https://t.co/aw4j0nggdC — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 12, 2023 UKRAINE’S DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENTS AT KUPIANSK A “NIGHTMARE” SCENARIO; UKRAINIAN DEFENSES ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 11, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow says it has destroyed 20 drones over Crimea https://t.co/CIXNJ8gMLS — …
🇺🇦 Ukrainians are outraged by the fact that the daughter of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine bought a house near Cannes for 7 million euros. As for the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Danilov, he spent for now only $100,000 for the music video… pic.twitter.com/BpCASv3BH0 — Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) July …
