Live Conflict Israel-US vs Iran War (2026)

[Spitfire9]

The moment Iran falls, Turkey is next in line that is 100% sure.

Is that so? You don't think that countries will look back at what happened in Iran and conclude that the cost was greater than the benefit?

 

[Sanchez]

So if the Iranian naval assets were stationary, ATACMS could have done the deed.

Per what's released, most of the Iranian navy was indeed stationary.

 

[Saithan]

But the TWZ article shows that US must be firing those attacks from ground in the gulf countries being hit. And not just from air.

 

[Sanchez]

But the TWZ article shows that US must be firing those attacks from ground in the gulf countries being hit. And not just from air.

We saw spent HIMARS cases in Kuwait in the desert and footage of them being used in Bahrain; yes.

 

[Iskander]

Is that so? You don't think that countries will look back at what happened in Iran and conclude that the cost was greater than the benefit?

The costs may seem insignificant compared to the colossal benefits.
Trump writes that Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. He demands that Tehran remove them immediately.
Iran has 2,000-6,000 naval mines.
The Russians can provide them with another 10,000.
The Russians are happy: the strait is closed, oil is worth $100! China and India can't buy oil from the Persian Gulf countries; they'll have to turn to Putin.
Will Europe be left without oil?! Trump doesn't care.
However, Trump himself can close the strait later!
Trump himself will decide to whom and at what price to sell oil from the Persian Gulf countries!
The benefits are colossal!
As the Americans say: the whole world is in your pocket

 

[Gessler]

Nothing official so far, but:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2031623631118413942

The P-15B class destroyer INS Surat was in Bahrain as of 19th February. Don't know where it is now. At least one frigate was also present somewhere in the region.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2024452405442793944

More ships may have been readied/deployed over the last week. We'll know if the escort mission starts.

EDIT: Seems the tweet was deleted. Basically, it said that India was preparing for a naval deployment to perform tanker-escort missions.

 

[Spitfire9]

Trump writes that Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. He demands that Tehran remove them immediately.
Iran has 2,000-6,000 naval mines.
The Russians can provide them with another 10,000.
The Russians are happy: the strait is closed, oil is worth $100! China and India can't buy oil from the Persian Gulf countries; they'll have to turn to Putin.

The Gulf mess is certainly giving Putin a financial reprieve. Restoration of free movement in the Gulf will not be a return to status quo ante. An unknown amount of damage has been done to loading facilities and refining capacity in the arabian peninsular countries.

tradingeconomics forecasts crude at $100+ for the four quarters of 2026. Of course, that is a best guess exercise, given the current instability in the Gulf: https://tradingeconomics.com/forecast/commodity

 

[Spitfire9]

Kharg Island has an area of around 20 sq km. If the US were to put boots anywhere on Iranian soil, this would the place to put them, wouldn't it?

Kharg Island - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[uçuyorum]

All THAAD Batteries assigned to U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) have been withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula and redeployed to the Middle East.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2031434187178119335

Extreme strategic mistake

 

[Yasar_TR]

Extreme strategic mistake

Forget “America First” .
It is “Israel First“ for all US presidents and Senate/Congress members.

That has been the case for quite sometime now. So it is no surprise!