Looks like the war with Iran is cooking off

[putnam6]

In other news... somebody is making the right moves, are they tapping into the reserves? What caused it to plummet

[OmegaLogos]

In other news... somebody is making the right moves, are they tapping into the reserves? What caused it to plummet

Explanation: Speculation by stock market bots is a bitch eh! 

Personal Disclosure: LMAO! 

The pump and dump has become so fast that if you blink you wont see it. 

What is that screaming I am hearing ... 'something something my 401k value!' and 'Oh shit, I shoulda filled up all my jerry cans before the war eh!' 

Tough titties and didums ok!

[putnam6]

I do not know, all I do know is our gas prices were low as hell, and still seem fairly reasonable, $3.12

[sailorsam]

I think they're hoping that boots on the ground won't be needed.  I fear the boots will indeed need to be deployed.

remaining ayatollahs playing waiting game counting on West's reluctance to suffer casualties.

the allies need to clear out the shores of the Straits of Hormuz so the tankers can get through.

I predict this will be a major target real soon.

[The Crying Bunny]

The cultural mindset is bluff and bluster.

From my personal experiences in Africa and dealing with Middle-Eastern's.

They see appeasement as a weakness, negotiation, compromise as a weakness.

Trump, for the first time, is dealing with them on their level.

They have always assumed the west as weak.  And we were.  They assumed Trump would be as weak as the previous presidents.

They were wrong.

Now THEY have to adapt.  Or die.

[putnam6]

I think they're hoping that boots on the ground won't be needed.  I fear the boots will indeed need to be deployed.

remaining ayatollahs playing waiting game counting on West's reluctance to suffer casualties.

the allies need to clear out the shores of the Straits of Hormuz so the tankers can get through.

I predict this will be a major target real soon.

Yes, there is an island in the Strait that the US might go and grab, which has all the amenities to be a base for protecting the ships trying to sail through.

There have been reports that some ships have just turn of thier transponders when they are within range, and made it through fine likely for a combination of reasons

[EndtheMadnessNow]

US Navy struck three Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf: two anchored off Bandar Lengeh, including the Haj Qasem, and one at Bandar Kong. Three IRGC patrol boats were sheltering among cargo vessels at Bandar Lengeh and were also struck multiple times, with secondary detonations reported.


Footage shows an Iranian ship destroyed at Bandar e Lengeh port in Hormozgan Province in the Persian Gulf, possibly the Qasem Soleimani, a Shahid Soleimani-class missile corvette warship.
https://x.com/Osint613/status/2030970550856655046



Trump Tells Ships to ‘Show Some Guts’ in Hormuz as Seafarer Death Toll Rises

Well, that may be true but, you don’t need a navy to launch a swarm of Shahed drones from shore to destroy the bridge of a defenseless oil tanker.

This may help: The Israeli Air Force bombed the drone headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the military says, as part of a wave of strikes on dozens of regime targets across Iran. As part of the strikes, the IDF says it hit a "central headquarters" of the IRGC, which was "responsible for launching unmanned aerial vehicles."


Rubio realizing that he has to sail an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.




Here's a great point about the difference between "seapower" (1 word) and "sea power" (2 words) or maybe "$ea power."

Seapower is military power.

"$ea power" is the ability to have commercial trade.

The main purpose of the Navy is to protect shipping lanes and allow commerce to flow on the high seas. This was the reason the US created a Navy in the early 1800s: to fend off piracy and allow trade.

The Navy seems to have forgotten about "sea power" and only thinks in terms of "seapower." Maybe if they had attended conferences like this over the last few years, they would have better understood "$ea power" and not been surprised by the insurance companies pulling back effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz.


Every US Navy officer reads and or is steered to Mahan's Sea Power book. But they don't actually read it. They read the first chapter and are influenced on the idea of decisive battle. Bringing fleet-on-fleet battle against each other.
"Planning Armageddon" if you want to understand maritime naval warfare. How the British planned for economic warfare before WWI. It's all about trade & commerce.
"The Neptune factor" - the concept of $ea Power.


Here's a historical data perspective on how Gulf War III compares in terms of disruption size and available spare capacity.


Gulf War III Is by Far the Largest Oil Disruption in History and Has Zeroed Out Spare Capacity


Everyone’s obsessed with oil but the food production and fertilizer commodities that go through the Strait of Hormuz are very significant.




An Iranian attack drone hit the Erbil observatory on top of Mount Korek in Kurdistan Region, Iraq tonight. Second time Iran has destroyed this observatory. First was in 1985 during Iran-Iraq war. Many observatories are Dual-Use Technology, one for astronomers and one for military.




Diego Garcia and the zombie Chagos Deal that seems to never die...


New article out that lays out the risks to US interests if the UK government goes forward with a highly flawed deal. That deal would cede sovereignty of the Chagos to Mauritius - a country heavily influenced by and invested in with China, a US adversary.

See the article here for the specifics, but still unanswered is why UK and some well placed US policy makers continue to support a nonsensical deal.


We had a good thing, Britain.

A really good thing.

You taught us this game. Mahan studied you. We just wrote bigger checks. The deal was simple. We spend the trillions. Fight the hard wars. We even let you sit out Vietnam. And you? You hold the chokepoints you already own. You run Lloyd’s. Ships in the narrows, insurance on the hulls.

That’s all you had to do and we would back your interests with the strongest military and financial markets in the world. That was the deal.

Now look at you.

You gave up Aden. Fine. You kept Diego Garcia so we could reach it with bombers. Now you’re giving that away too. To a Chinese client state.

You built Israel to guard Suez. Now your Foreign Secretary threatens to arrest their PM.

You built a base nearby to back it up. Iran hit your base in Cyprus. You didn’t have one warship in the Mediterranean. Spain got there first. Spain.

You gave up Hong Kong but backed Taiwan. Now you’re letting China build the largest embassy in Europe on top of London’s fiber-optic cables. We gave you Five Eyes. You gave Beijing a SIGINT platform in the heart of the City.

Gibraltar. Three hundred years. Actual sieges. Now the Spanish run your border checks.

You lost South Africa but kept the Falklands so we can overfly the Magellan Strait. Argentina could probably take that with rowboats today.

Your king kept ownership of the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand navies to fill the gaps. Those navies are now a laughing stock.

Your warships and bombers patrolled the GIUK gap. Now you don’t have enough but you also don’t want us buying Greenland. Fine. You do it. With what?

We gave London the International Maritime Organization to regulate shipping, you backed the EU agenda to carbon tax every ship to build woke UN slush fund. 

Iran effectively closed Hormuz. In the ‘80s, 540 ships got hit. Lloyd’s never blinked. Because your navy was there. Now Lloyd’s cancels. Because it isn’t.

You scrapped your only amphibious ships. Sold them. To Brazil. You have more admirals than warships.

You built two light carriers but they keep springing leaks and you don’t have enough escort ships to support them.

The English Channel. Stopped Napoleon. Stopped Hitler. Now you can’t stop rubber dinghies.

You had one job.

Have the warships, diplomatic backbone and insurance to support shipping through the straits.

That’s it. That’s all we asked.

And you blew it. Chokepoint by chokepoint. Called it progress.

Now hundreds of ships are stuck in the Persian Gulf and the world is blaming us.

But that’s ok. All those solar panels you bought from China will keep you warm in that dreary weather I guess.




Footage of a United Arab Emirates Air Force F-16E engaging an Iranian attack drone at low level over Al Mamzar Beach. Missile fired near the Dubai International Airport.
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2031063148933881915

Longer vid (just a normal day on the beach!):
https://x.com/mhmiranusa/status/2031070967523311753


Three more badass BUFFs from Minot AFB North Dakota have now arrived in England at RAF Fairford.
Hooky21 "Bomber Barons"
Hooky22 "Iron Butterfly"
Hooky23 "Guardians of the Upper Realm"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5x-lzJTDDs

There's also 8 Dark Knights on the ground at RAF Fairford, according to the aviation Randos. Total 11 bombers. Sounds like a massive strike package will soon be delivered to Iran.

B-1B 85-0064 #AE6BD3 (DY) "Eliminator"
B-1B 85-0088 #AE6BE1 (DY) (No nickname identified)
B-1B 86-0107 #AE6BEF (WA) "Dragon Slayer"
B-1B 86-0140 #AE6C0B (DY) "Last Lance"
B-1B 86-0120 #AE6BFA (EL) "Whiskey Pete"
B-1B 86-0121 #AE6BFB (EL) "Symphony of Destruction"
B-1B 86-0139 #AE6C0A (EL) "Drifter"
B-1B 86-0108 #AE6BF0 (EL) "Aliens with an Attitude"


French sailors sing national anthem La Marseillaise in the hanger deck of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with Macron as the French Navy prepares to expand its escort mission in the Middle East.
https://x.com/Tom_Antonov/status/2031099689488064831


President Trump Holds a Press Conference, Mar. 9, 2026



Trump on Iran: "We’re going to go further... We're ahead of our initial timeline by a lot."
Trump says he is disappointed in the "election" of the new Ayatollah.
Confirms that he wants the Iran regime change operation to look like the Maduro operation in Venezuela.
Trump says his baseline win condition is that Iran no longer has the capability "for a long time" to hit the US, Israel, or any allies in the region.
US has struck over 5,000 targets in Iran.

Trump says he ordered 25 more B-2 bombers.? I think he met Northrop Grumman B-21 Raiders as he added, "newer, better version."

Trump on American casualties: Says the parents of killed soldiers told him to finish the job.

Trump says the Strait of Hormuz "doesn’t really pertain to us" as so much as it does with China and other countries.

Note all these statements were made after Wall Street closed for the day. While the market was still open, Trump said, "I think the war is very complete, pretty much."

[Bally002]

The cultural mindset is bluff and bluster.

From my personal experiences in Africa and dealing with Middle-Eastern's.

They see appeasement as a weakness, negotiation, compromise as a weakness.

Trump, for the first time, is dealing with them on their level.

They have always assumed the west as weak.  And we were.  They assumed Trump would be as weak as the previous presidents.

They were wrong.

Now THEY have to adapt.  Or die.

Yes, agree.  It's happening here too.  But..not just the middle easterners.

We need a leader here who'll also deal with the locals who suck billions of dollars out of our society just to 'appease'.

Hard to put into context but it ain't just those from the middle east.  It's home grown.

Kind regards,

Bally.

[EndtheMadnessNow]

"Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them"




Seventh casualty identified:




Israel bombed the House of Russian Culture in Nabatiya, southern Lebanon.


“Unprovoked act of aggression,” Russia claims Israel attacked its cultural center in Lebanon

Oops, sorry Russia. Hezbollah was inside.


JP Morgan on how Operation Epic Fury would end:




Iran state media: JUST IN: Unbelievable footage of IRGC attacking the largest US base in the Middle East...

[putnam6]

"Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them"




Seventh casualty identified:




Israel bombed the House of Russian Culture in Nabatiya, southern Lebanon.


“Unprovoked act of aggression,” Russia claims Israel attacked its cultural center in Lebanon

Oops, sorry Russia. Hezbollah was inside.


JP Morgan on how Operation Epic Fury would end:




Iran state media: JUST IN: Unbelievable footage of IRGC attacking the largest US base in the Middle East...

Damn Im enjoying your war posts with my coffee every morning... 

Given how many moving parts there are in the campaign, it's going incredibly well. 

General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr would mostly approve

[putnam6]

interesting sidenote


https://web.archive.org/web/200803150131...511c8.html

Ukraine admits exporting missiles to Iran and China
By Tom Warner in Kiev
Published: March 18 2005 02:00 | Last updated: March 18 2005 02:00

Ukraine has admitted that it exported 12 cruise missiles to Iran and six to China amid mounting pressure from other countries to explain how the sales occurred.
Svyatoslav Piskun, Ukraine's prosecutor-general, told the FT that 18 X-55 cruise missiles, also known as Kh-55s or AS-15s, were exported in 2001. None of the missiles was exported with the nuclear warheads they were designed to carry. However, Japan and the US say they are worried by what appears to have been a significant leak of technology from the former Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal.

The X-55 has a range of 3,000 km, enough to put Japan within striking range of the Asian continent or to reach Israel from Iran.
The US embassy in Kiev said it was "closely monitoring" the investigation. The US is critical of European diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons.
Japan fears it could be vulnerable to a nuclear strike from the Asian mainland if the Ukrainian missiles fall into Korean hands

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Michael A. Horowitz reposted
Israel Radar
@IsraelRadar_com
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First launch from Iran at central Israel in about 10 hours. Looks like it was one missile, intercepted.

Looks like Iranian firepower is in serious decline by now.

[sahgwa]

Dr Jos. P. Farrell:

And here we are: American covert operations have kidnapped former Venezuelan President Maduro, the American government is openly promoting the secession of a province of a significant ally (Alberta), and attempting yet another "regime change" operation in the Middle East. Such operations we might call "MOOs", not because of their bovine nature, but because they are "Multiple Objective Operations", and this one certainly seems to have more than just the objective of toppling the Islamist regime of Iran.

Another of those objectives appears to be a power play to wrest a major chunk of the world's international insurance market away from London, and its celebrated Lloyd's insurance. Lloyd's is, after all, by the best estimates, the single corporate source for a major percentage of the world's insurance underwriting of international cargo shipping.  But by shutting down the Straits of Hormuz and torpedoing Iranian warships, the risk to Lloyd's and other underwriters to insure shipping through the Straits, through which much of the world's oil ships, has become too much, even for the insurance goliaths of the City of London.

On March 6, just a few days ago, Mr. Trump indicated that the US government itself would step in to fill the void left by the flight of corporate underwriters for the oil flows through the Hormuz Straits(our thanks to S.D. and many others for sharing this story):

What to know about the agency Trump says will insure ships in the Persian Gulf

Note the following:

The Trump administration has tapped the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, or DFC, for the job, with the president noting on Truth Social that the agency will provide political risk insurance to "all shipping lines."

And there is an added bonus that no corporate insurer can provide (at least, not as far as we know, though one has to wonder about some corporations!):

Mr. Trump also said the U.S. Navy would escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for global oil shipments, if necessary.

The decision comes as other global insurers have backed away from underwriting maritime trade activity in the Gulf amid concerns that vessels could become collateral damage in the Iran war. Insurers such as NorthStandard, the London P&I Club, and the American Club have issued notices in recent days that they are suspending insurance for ships traveling through Iranian waters and the Gulf due to escalating risks from the war. (Emphasis added)

[The Crying Bunny]

Has anyone used common sense?

Trump CAN'T tell Iran when it'll be over.

If Trump said, "It's over April 20th" then Haji will just hide out in Russia drinking booze, getting peed on by Russian hookers, eating fish eggs and shit.

Then April 21st, Haji comes back and starts terror all over again.

[putnam6]

Has anyone used common sense?

Trump CAN'T tell Iran when it'll be over.

If Trump said, "It's over April 20th" then Haji will just hide out in Russia drinking booze, getting peed on by Russian hookers, eating fish eggs and shit.

Then April 21st, Haji comes back and starts terror all over again.

There's no Iranian authority to tell when it will be over, either. 

No reason to talk to ANYONE in the previous regime till they have accomplished all objectives. 

Besides, they aren't likely to be on the job long

[SomeJackleg]

you can bet every asset Israel and the U.S. have on the  ground are on the lookout for the new iatola assahola so they kill him. sucks to be him now stuck in some hole in fear for his life.

and just think all his properties world wide are gonna be confiscated.

[OmegaLogos]

Explanation: Purported strikes by Iran on ?? Israel - Tel Aviv specifically...


https://x.com/xphoenixdragon/status/2031...07082?s=46

Personal Disclosure: Israel should nook Tehran in reply! 

Then we will see if nooks can resolve this war eh. 

[putnam6]

Explanation: Purported strikes by Iran on ?? Israel - Tel Aviv specifically...


https://x.com/xphoenixdragon/status/2031...07082?s=46

Personal Disclosure: Israel should nook Tehran in reply! 

Then we will see if nooks can resolve this war eh. 

Purported strikes by Iran on  Israel - Tel Aviv specifically...

The post shares a 2-minute video capturing nighttime explosions and interceptor flares over Tel Aviv, with French exclamations of distress, depicting Iran's retaliatory missile barrage on March 10, 2026, amid urban sirens and city lights.
This footage aligns with reports of Iran's "True Promise" operation, launched in response to joint Israel-U.S. airstrikes on Iranian sites since February 28, 2026, resulting in at least 13 deaths and over 2,300 injuries in Israel per CNN and Times of India.


While similar videos circulate widely on X and news outlets confirming strikes on military bases and civilian areas, fact-checks note some clips originate from a June 2025 Israel-Iran clash, urging caution on authenticity.

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Operation Epic Fury: The first 10 days



Click here for super large infographic showing US assets & Battle Map.


RAF Fairford now has 15 US Air Force bomber aircraft available for Operation Epic Fury, following the arrival of 3 additional B-1B bombers this afternoon:

B-1B 85-0064 #AE6BD3 (DY) "Eliminator"
B-1B 85-0088 #AE6BE1 (DY) (No nickname identified)
B-1B 86-0107 #AE6BEF (WA) "Dragon Slayer"
B-1B 86-0140 #AE6C0B (DY) "Last Lance"
B-1B 86-0120 #AE6BFA (EL) "Whiskey Pete"
B-1B 86-0121 #AE6BFB (EL) "Symphony of Destruction"
B-1B 86-0139 #AE6C0A (EL) "Drifter"
B-1B 86-0108 #AE6BF0 (EL) "Aliens with Attitude"
B-52H 60-0023 #AE587C (MT) "Bomber Barons"
B-52H 60-0060 #AE5895 (MT) "Iron Butterfly"
B-52H 60-0007 #AE5871 (MT) "Guardians of the Upper Realm"
B-1B 86-0138 #AE6C09 (EL) "Seek and Destroy"
B-1B 85-0072 #AE6BD6 (EL) "Polarized"
B-1B 86-0102 #AE6BEB (EL) "Bad Moon Rising"
B-1B 86-0129 #AE6C02 (EL) "The Black Widow"

Earlier today, 3 B-1B bombers from RAF Fairford launched to head on the first UK-based mission to Iran. The bombers will likely refuel at points during the journey, which sees the usually 36-hrs round-trip from the mainland US reduced to around 18-20 hours. Today's bombers are:

B-1B "TAFFY45" 86-0121 #AE6BFB "Symphony of Destruction"
B-1B "TAFFY46" 86-0120 #AE6BFA "Whiskey Pete"
B-1B "TAFFY47" 86-0139 #AE6C0A "Drifter"




The BONE roars again “Symphony of Destruction” taking off from England on an Iran strike mission this afternoon: https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2031417417293836750





B-1B Nose Art...




The Scream of the Sheiks losing all their $€£.




The Marshal Islands-bulker KSL Laiyang is running the Strait. She is broadcasting on AIS "China Owners & Crew". This is exactly what we saw happen in the Red Sea against the Houthis. Expect to see more of this. Also, expect to see Iran stop giving a shit what's on AIS.

France Commits to 10-Ship Naval Deployment to Secure Mideast Shipping

France has decided to dispatch a substantial naval force to the Mideast to protect merchant shipping, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. It is the second major commitment Macron has announced towards controlling the economic impact of the U.S.-Iran conflict, following his earlier statement that the G7 would tap its strategic oil reserves.

In an "unprecedented" international mobilization, France will dispatch 10 ships to key regions vital to European shipping interests: the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea, and the Eastern Mediterranean. The Marine Nationale already has two warships in the Eastern Med; the additional force will include eight frigates and two helicopter carriers. Taken together, it will be by far the largest French naval deployment in recent memory.

Macron is also working with European and Asian partners to contribute additional warships to the mission, which will focus exclusively on "escort and support," he said.

Macron announced the mission at a news conference in Cyprus, and later transferred to the deck of the French carrier Charles de Gaulle, the nation's flagship. The carrier has repositioned swiftly from the Baltic to the Mediterranean to prepare for contingencies and is believed to be located off Crete at present. 

In comments to reporters after the speech, Macron predicted that the active phase of U.S.-Iran hostilities could persist for days or weeks.

Report: Saudi Aramco Shuts Down Two Supergiant Offshore Oil Fields

Saudi Arabia has joined Kuwait and Iraq in beginning the process of drawing down oil production, a response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a shortage of storage options. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Saudi Aramco has shut down the Safaniya and Zuluf fields, taking two million barrels per day of production offline.

Safaniya is the world's largest offshore oil field, containing more than 30 billion barrels of oil in proven reserves, and Saudi Aramco has invested heavily in a program to modernize its extraction infrastructure to sustain production at levels exceeding one million barrels per day. Zuluf is another supergiant estimated at about 30 billion barrels, and has a nameplate production capacity in excess of one million bpd.

Iraq has already shut in enough production to match the sudden stoppage in exports caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and is producing just enough to satisfy domestic demand. Kuwait has signaled that it is slowing production as storage fills up, but it is hoping to preserve the ability to restart quickly once the transport situation normalizes.

Saudi Arabia has more extensive tank storage options than its neighbors, and while it is normally dependent on Hormuz shipping for exports, it has another alternative. The Saudis operate a 750-mile pipeline connection from Gulf oil fields to a terminal at Yanbu, on the Red Sea. This circumvents the risks at Hormuz, though the Red Sea has security challenges of its own. The Saudi East-West pipeline can handle 7 million barrels per day and the Yanbu terminal can load up to 4.5 million barrels, according to Kpler - nearly half of all Saudi production, but not all of it.

Everyone...there is no need to panic about rumors of mines in the Persian Gulf.

The US Navy has kept four mine countermeasure vessels in the Persian Gulf for the past 35 years.  These ships and crews have trained for this very circumstance.

WAIT...what is this...



That leaves four active Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships with wooden-hulls and they are all in Sasebo, Japan.

According to the Navy Replacement Fleet: The Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) and USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) are already forward-deployed to Bahrain. They are the first ships to carry the Navy’s new MCM Mission Package.
New Capabilities: Unlike the legacy Avenger ships, the LCS platforms utilize a "stand-off" strategy. They deploy unmanned underwater drones and autonomous surface vessels to locate and neutralize mines, allowing the primary ship and its crew to remain outside the danger zone. The new tech (20 years worth of R&D) has never been tested in real war theater operations, like right now.


Meanwhile...


https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2031489675760640370


Trump is bluffing about sending ground troops into Iran — a million-soldier occupation is fantasy, but the real danger is elsewhere: turning this into a regional war by mobilizing Gulf monarchies, Turkey, and Azerbaijan against Tehran. Invading Iran will make Afghanistan and Vietnam look like a Sunday walk in the park. It's not Iraq nor Afghanistan.


Why does this feel like another treasure hunt for WMDs?


https://x.com/TreyYingst/status/2031433795283333207


Next on BBC: Meteors cause black rain and 'unprecedented' pollution in Tehran, scientists say.


Truth or deception from Senator (D-CT) Murphy...




Iran state media just published a new Lego AI short movie. "The Story of the Election of the Third Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran".

[727Sky]

Most of the negativity you read or hear are just typical democrat talking points that that are mostly made up shit that they are good a spewing.

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Worth listening to IMO 

[727Sky]