Recent content by Spitfire9

Yes. Unless all concerned agree there is a ceasefire, there isn't a ceasefire.

So, after 5 weeks of widespread destruction and many deaths due to the US+Israel attacks on Iran, few, if any, of the US objectives have been met. I understand that Iran wishes henceforth to charge a fee to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Does passage of large vessels require passage...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-claims-he-took-out-osama-bin-laden-again-despite-established-account-of-us-special-forces-operation/ar-AA20kmvN?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69d4fac4c91f4656b54b17eb197a5f6b&ei=17 I would say there is increasing evidence that President Trump is suffering...

Destroying a country's infrastructure does not destroy its culture or identity. Iran's civilisation will be the same tomorrow as it is today, albeit materially poorer for the damage to its civilian infrastructure if Trump proceeds to commit the war crimes he threatens to commit. PS IMO Trump...

Trump's misguided rampage continues. Crude currently 116 USD per barrel.

I don't think the Europeans support Trump in his Iran attack. It may be very destructive but it is not leading towards any useful end result. The competence required to direct a country's civil and military foreign affairs is absent in Trump. I would say partly for psychological reasons -...

That photo makes me wonder How much is RCS with no weapons How much is RCS with 4 Meteor semi-recessed How much is RCS with 4 Meteor on wing pylons

This suggests that a C-130 was destroyed with engines running and forward velocity The photo does not seem to tie in with the US account that US forces destroyed the aircraft deliberately.

Looks like things may be changing in the ground war. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/3/ukraine-slows-enemy-advances-liberates-land-drains-russias-war-chest I believe Russia was storing 100 million or more barrels of unsold crude on tankers when the Iran war started, which should be...

Report that the downed WSO has been recovered https://thekenyatimes.com/geo-politics/pilot-missing-in-iran/

I read that most modern 2 seat fighters have an automated ejection sequence of rear seat ejection/sub 0.5 sec delay/ front seat ejection. Surely the two F-15 crewmen landed close to each other so no big aerial area search would be required to find the WSO?

How is the afterburning version of TF6000 progressing? As I understand things, a lot of the knowledge gained from TF10000 development was supposed to feed into TF35000 development.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/iran-names-5-friendly-nations-free-to-use-strait-of-hormuz-russia-and-china-included/ar-AA206HxG?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69d100706ac34ef7827259698ca3d11d&ei=14 According to that Iran sees all the countries in the world except just five as their enemy.

This debate about Israel being open about news reporting... Gaza shows that is not true. All foreign correspondents were excluded, preventing independent reporting. If Israel was committing war crimes/crimes against humanity that might make sense but not otherwise. If you are observing laws...

Israel appears to be aiming to do just that with the West Bank.