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Iran’s sharp rebuttal: Tehran denounced the US-GCC joint statement, rejecting curbs on its missile and drone programs and opposing foreign-led control over Hormuz navigation. Gulf’s united stance: GCC ministers backed the US-Iran MOU but insisted on addressing Iran’s proxies and weapons programs, and opposed any tolls on Hormuz transit. Security stakes high: The rift emerges …
by Michael Most people living in the western world have no idea how close we are to a nuclear showdown with Russia. During the late stages of the Biden administration, there was talk that the U.S. could give Ukraine long-range missiles that could be used to hit cities deep inside Russian territory. Thankfully, the Biden …
Donald Trumpโs administration turned to Elon Muskโs Grok chatbot to launch thousands of missiles in Iran, according to a top defense official. In a sworn statement defending the trillionaire from a lawsuit alleging xAI data centers are illegally polluting Black communities, the Pentagonโs artificial intelligence chief said the chatbotโs continued operation is โa matter of …
Trump: Iran has to have some missiles because other people have missiles. What am I going to do? Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles but Iran can't have them? They hurt a little location, but they don't blow up the planet. pic.twitter.com/EGWsLXIgQJ — Ariel Oseran ุฃุฑูุฆู ุฃูุณูุฑุงู (@ariel_oseran) June 17, 2026
Taiwan Fires American Rockets In China’s Direction; Xi Orders PLA Retaliation From Land, Air, Sea? Taiwan has carried out its first-ever live-fire HIMARS exercise along its western coastline facing mainland China, marking a significant evolution in the island’s defense strategy amid rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) …
by Michael The Great Middle East War never really stopped, but now it is fully back on. Multiple waves of Iranian missiles have been fired at Israel, and we are being warned that Israel plans to strike back. Meanwhile, the four-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine is escalating again and China just launched a โspecial …
๐จ BREAKING: Fox News confirms the Pentagon is committing international piracy. The US Navy fired Hellfire missiles into the engine room of a commercial ship simply for navigating the Gulf. Trump administration boasts about disabling 6 civilian vessels. Pure state war crimes! pic.twitter.com/kt5scrbl2g — Furkan Gรถzรผkara (@FurkanGozukara) June 3, 2026 U.S. forces disabled a Botswana-flagged …
The “quick win” strategy in Tehran has officially evaporated. After the massive US-Israeli opening strikes on February 28, the Iranian regime has not only absorbed the initial kinetic shock but has successfully transitioned into a war of attrition. The conflict, which was sold as a path to rapid capitulation, has instead morphed into a regional …
๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท U.S. Ohio-class submarine entered Gibraltar last night. It surfaced, in public. Royal Marines on the Rock. Most people think this is Tomahawk pressure on Iran. It isn't. USS Alaska is a ballistic missile submarine. Nuclear Trident missiles, not cruise missiles. SSBNs areโฆ https://t.co/o64bFlAxYV pic.twitter.com/NQBt1TqKHm — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 11, 2026 **Notable public sightings …
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 droneโs production rate. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ https://t.co/mD1NH28n3C — Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) May 3, 2026
"If you keep firing missiles I'll be forced to extend the ceasefire by another 14 days" — Mike1010011 (@mike1010011) May 4, 2026 TRUMP: – IRAN TAKING SHOTS AT SOUTH KOREAN CARGO SHIP DURING PROJECT FREEDOM – TIME FOR SOUTH KOREA TO COME AND JOIN IRAN MISSION – WEโVE SHOT DOWN SEVEN SMALL BOATS, IT'S ALL …
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
by Michael It appears that China has decided to provide Iran with highly advanced anti-ship missiles that are known as โaircraft-carrier killersโ, and that is really bad news for the U.S. Navy. Our vessels do not have any effective defenses against the Chinese-made CM-302. The information that I have to share with you in this …
Also known as fertilizer, lol. Seriously, citing Fox News propagandists isn't credible at all. — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) April 21, 2026 Factcheck: The MV Touska’s specific cargo isn’t publicly confirmed yetโUS Marines are still searching the containers after the seizure. That said, ships in its fleet (linked to Iran’s sanctioned IRISL) have repeatedly carried sodium perchlorate …
JUST IN๐ฎ๐ทโ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฅ There are currently rumours circulating that the hundreds of extremist, oligarchs and politicians are fleeing Israel en masse at midnight. pic.twitter.com/vM0vWwdk4c — RKM (@rkmtimes) April 8, 2026 BREAKING:๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท๐จ Suddenly, the US military has started evacuating its bases without informing anyone, with orders for 6,000 troops to leave overnight by helicopter for a major …
๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท BREAKING: Iranian missiles strike Batelco headquarters in Hamala, Bahrain, the country's largest telecommunications company and host to Amazon Web Services infrastructure. Yesterday Iran announced it would begin targeting US companies. This appears to be the first strikeโฆ pic.twitter.com/d99pwJCQk1 — DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) April 1, 2026 Iranian missiles struck a Batelco facility in Bahrain that …
2015, the Iran nuclear deal unlocked access to roughly $100B to $150B in Iranian funds, and people keep lazily calling it โObama gave them cashโ which is not even how it worked. Barack Obama did not wire Iran a blank check, most of that money was Iranโs own frozen assets getting released. But here is …
Troops have arrived in the Middle East as the US starts its ground war against Iran in a massive escalation that has Iran’s retaliation surging. Yemen’s entrance in the war is sparking panic in the US-Israeli establishment and Danny Haiphong covers the latest developments as month 2 of the war begins. US soldiers 'seriously' wounded …
The US has only destroyed about a third of Iranโs missile and drone arsenal after a month of its war against Iran which aimed to degrade the countryโs ballistic missile capabilities, according to a report by Reuters. About a third of Tehranโs missiles have been destroyed, and another third was likely to be damaged or …
“Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy โ during a previously unannounced flurry of visits to Gulf nations โ said his country and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to cooperate on defence, after Iran targeted countries in the area in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes. Ukraine also signed an air defence agreement with Saudi Arabia …
We keep firing off multi-million dollar missiles to knock down $20k drones. Iran’s drones can be made in weeks, the missiles take months or more. It can take up to 2 years to build a Tomahawk, costing $3.6 million a piece, according to the report. Moreover, last year’s budget had included only 57 of them. …
#Iran targets #USSAbrahamLincoln with anti-ship cruise missiles, warning the #US and "Israel" not to test its defenses in the Strait of Hormuz. https://t.co/byJoyqGo0l — Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) March 25, 2026 Iran has vowed to strike one of the world’s largest warships, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, after launching a huge missile salvo which …
Iranian Missiles Sow Panic, Destruction In Israeli Towns Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard “terrifying” blasts like nothing he had experienced before. An Iranian missile hit Franky’s town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona — home to a nuclear facility — wounding …
Please don't panic! Minister insists UK CAN stop Iranian missiles despite alarm over lack of defences… and no need for fuel rationing 'as it stands' https://t.co/ju0DVCSzXU — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) March 22, 2026 A Cabinet minister tried to cool alarm about Iran’s ability to hit the UK with long-range missiles today. Steve Reed insisted the …
SEN. ANGUS KING: We're shooting down $35,000 drones with $2.7 million missiles. The math simply doesn't add up. HOST: Why were we so unprepared? SEN. ANGUS KING: Great question. We should've learned from Ukraine โ the war there has been drone-dominated for 3 years. pic.twitter.com/gRK2g9hPE6 — Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) March 21, 2026
๐จIranian ๐ฎ๐ท missiles currently raining down on Israel tonight. Defenses fail. The nation faces annihilation. pic.twitter.com/XOi4pob4Am — Nandi ๐ค๐๐ค (@pallnandi) March 21, 2026 IRON DOME FAILS This is the most frightening barrage of missiles raining down on Israel. Israel is facing a relentless barrage of missiles Iran has planned since the start of the war. …
๐ฅ BREAKING: ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท Iran has launched two ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK military facility at Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to several US officials. None of the missiles struck the base.#Breaking #IranWarโ pic.twitter.com/qp1mUezMHE — Six Pocket (@six_pocket) March 21, 2026 The UK has hit back at Iran’s reckless attacks …
๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Pete Hegseth accuses Iran of investing in missiles and weapons instead of people, during a speech in which he's asking for $200 billion for weapons, instead of people. pic.twitter.com/gQkIDT0W0m — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 20, 2026 "Fed rate hike is now back in play if oil shock continues," per Bank of America. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) …
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท Footage reportedly shows the aftermath across central Israel following Iran's latest missile barrage. Iranian warheads still reaching the heart of the country. pic.twitter.com/kIetZ9jAqs — Adi Baz (@AdiBazi16) March 15, 2026 IRGC: Our missiles hit the industrial sectors in Tel Aviv — iNewsroom (@iNewsroom) March 15, 2026 Revolutionary Guard: Our missiles hit industrial sectors in …
Iran has destroyed 5 US refueling aircraft in Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Airbase as Trump announces US forces “obliterating” Iranian military installations at Kharg Island in preparation for a GROUND INVASION. Meanwhile, numerous tankers have come under Iranian fire in the Persian Gulf, leading to massive panic in the oil markets and among US military …