We've seen Russia's Navy get absolutely embarrassed by Ukraine, with little answer and Ukraine doesn't have a Navy to speak of. Russia's SSNs are undoubtedly the best part of its Navy, but they are completely outclassed by USA's Virginia Class hunter-killers. Not to mention, if we're assuming...
Let's say, hypothetically, that all of USA's Air Force Base access in Iraq, Kuwait, etc, were put out of commission and that the Saudis wanted to stay out of the war and didn't want USA launching strikes from their territory. I'll even got as far as suggesting that Turkey said the same thing...
1. Nobody is suggesting anything like the Iraq war. There will be no attempted land invasion of Iran.
2. There will be no American warships burning. The Iranians have little ability to sink an American Carrier Battle Group and the Russians are scared shitless to engage the Americans. The...
Nobody suggested a land invasion of Iran. There is immense damage that can be done from the air, without committing to a land invasion. Nobody is calling for the destruction of Iran in any way.
Seems reasonable if they feel like their air defenses are at serious risk of being overwhelmed. USA, Britain, France and Israel have excellent intelligence in both Iran and Lebanon... Especially as it relates to key military sites. They could inflict significant damage to the Iranians and their...
Let's be honest, the United States doesn't have a real problem even if they do strike Iranian territory. USA and Israel would mop up the Iranian Air Force in a matter of hours and many of their bases and much of their infrastructure (including their oil production) would be hammered from...
Dead Americans likely means more offensive involvement from the U.S... The situation could get quite juicy. TLAMS, JASSMs, JDAMs, HARMs and Hellfires galore.
Bring on the death from above!
So now that Hamas has been battered and beaten to the point of operating almost exclusively from the tunnels under Gaza, I think Israel has to make a choice.
1. Develop a strategy that forces them out of the tunnels, which, objectively, is not an easy undertaking.
2. End the war in Gaza and...
Not likely, unless something substantial changes in terms of Western aid and the quality of equipment the West is committed to sending. I suspect the war will largely remain a stalemate for the foreseeable future, with 1-2% of the territory traded back and forth and whichever side is on the...
Yep! Russia has burned through thousands of pieces of armor it can't replace, tens of thousands of Russian lives, has raised bond rates to a level that will damage its economy for years and has been forced to stop exporting refined pretoleum products... To take less than 1% of Ukrainian...
The newly built Russian oil storage facility in Kamensky has been struck by Ukrainian drones. A state of emergency was declared in the region as fire crews grapple with the fires and toxic fumes billow out into the surrounding area.
We need much, much more of this. These long range drones that...
USA 🇺🇸 naval assets in the region that could help Israel 🇮🇱 immediately...
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Arleigh Burke Destroyers
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USA 🇺🇸 is sending additional warships to the Middle East and will deploy an additional squadron of fighter jets to the region. Both sets of assets are being deployed to help counter air launched threats against Israel 🇮🇱...
It's almost like Iran 🇮🇷 telegraphed their response, gave Israel...
Ukraine 🇺🇦 has hit the Russian Morozovsk Air Force Base in Rostov. Numerous secondary explosions on the airfield have been reported and locals have been posting about direct impacts. Of course, Russia will claim that everything was intercepted and nothing hit the air base, and as usual, they'll...
Israel is a "big boy" and can deal with the consequences of their own actions. I don't feel a shred of sympathy for them if they end up in a multi-front war. Their actions are bold, strong and inflammatory.
If this does escalate, it will be very interesting to see how Iranian 🇮🇷 / Hezbollah air defense does in handling Israeli 🇮🇱 and American 🇺🇸 F-35s. Can they handle the potential combination of sea launched TLAMs and air launched JASSMs and a variety of JDAMs?
I doubt the Americans actually get...
Their radar is plenty effective and the F-16s are not low vis / stealth aircraft.
What's yet to be seen is whether or not the Americans will be willing to send Ukraine the quantities of JASSMs that they need to strike Russian air defense systems from outside of the S-400 radar envelope. Ukraine...
It's important for people to have reasonable expectations of Ukraine's F-16s, given the quantity of them they posses and the limitations they are facing because of a shortage of pilots.
The first F-16s are largely going to be used as airborne air defense platforms. The most common loadout for...
