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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread
Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:42 am to hawgfaninc
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Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:49 am to hawgfaninc
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Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:56 am to hawgfaninc
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Britain has deployed one of its most powerful nuclear submarines near Iran
The HMS Anson is currently operating in the Arabian Sea, according to Daily Mail, citing military sources.
The stealth strike platform carries Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of hitting land targets, including in Iran. It is also equipped with Spearfish torpedoes.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 2:31 am to hawgfaninc
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After Donald Trump gave the Islamic Republic 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s permanent representative to the International Maritime Organization said the waterway remains open to all except what he called Iran’s “enemies.”
Ali Mousavi said ships can pass through the strait if security and safety arrangements are coordinated with Iranian authorities, adding that Tehran is ready to work with the International Maritime Organization and other countries to improve maritime safety and protect seafarers in the Persian Gulf.
“Diplomacy remains Iran’s priority,” Mousavi said, but added that a “complete cessation of aggression” and “mutual trust and confidence” were more important.
He added that US and Israeli attacks on Iran were at the “root of the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz.”
Posted on 3/22/26 at 2:41 am to hawgfaninc
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Iran warned on Sunday that if its fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, it will target all fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure used by the United States and Israel in the region.
Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said any attack on Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure would trigger strikes on “all fuel, energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure” used by the United States and Israel in the region.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 4:30 am to hawgfaninc
Posted on 3/22/26 at 5:21 am to BayouBengal51
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My assessment:
The IRGC has entered full survival mode. They don’t see it’s just too late. It can no longer deter the U.S., which is precisely what it was testing through its posturing around the Strait of Hormuz. Trump committed fully, he’s all in, and the IRGC had calculated that strikes on oil infrastructure would provoke a sort of backlash severe enough to constrain U.S. or Israeli action. It didn’t work. They are now buying time.
The deeper problem is that IRGC has not grasped what buying time actually costs at this stage. A negotiated arrangement with Trump is no longer on the table. He wants a different Iran, not an adjusted one. The moment the IRGC fully internalizes that, it will find itself squeezed from all directions at once. The domestic factions that have tolerated the current leadership did so on the assumption it could eventually deliver some form of economic relief. Not happening.
The rial has lost something like 90 percent of its value and the stupidity they did today to save the rial just tells you all you need to know, the major players got killed. If they stop now, we’ll get protesters encircling them tomorrow. They have no good options.
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Posted on 3/22/26 at 5:46 am to BayouBengal51
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Ok, here’s what you need to know about “Bombing Electrical Facilities”…
Several countries, to include the U.S., use “Graphite Bombs”. These aren’t bombs in the sense you are thinking; they have a small explosive charge, but don’t destroy something by brute force.
Instead, long graphite filaments are expelled. They extend across power lines & create a short-circuit. Either some form of protection cuts power to the line, or the line eventually fails. The graphite is vaporized in the process, leaving nothing behind.
The effect is that the power goes out. These are sometimes called “Soft Bombs” & “Blackout Bombs”.
We’ve used these before. They were used in Desert Storm, but unfortunately we used actual bombs later & did a lot of damage that couldn’t be repaired quickly. This is considered a mistake…the point is to disrupt electricity in a way it can be rapidly restored when hostilities cease, minimizing suffering of the civilian population. After all, without electricity, water & sewer systems stop working…which leads to public health issues.
We used graphite bombs in Yugoslavia in 1999, turning off about 70% of the country’s electricity. They restored power in about 24 hours, though there were subsequent attacks.
Anyway, if you have a good idea of the power grid, you can target parts of it while leaving others alone. For example, the part of the grid that feeds military facilities…though in practice, it will still probably affect some non-military stuff, unless the base is isolated.
Hope that helps, seems like it’s going to be a topic of discussion.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 7:14 am to hawgfaninc
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Senior defense sources: Israel needs no more than 2.5 weeks to complete its missions in Iran. Then we can stop and let the Iranian people take the lead (Ynet)
The interesting part of modern warfare is watching the constant dissemination of propaganda and disinformation in real time. This may or may not be the actual timeline, but if it came from senior defense sources it has some function other than just informing the public.
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Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:22 am to hawgfaninc
frick it, I'm Out, huh?
Game changer, indeed.
Game changer, indeed.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:43 am to BayouBengal51
Doubtful Iran will be using graphite bombs in retaliation though.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 9:36 am to BayouBengal51
good note...I had forgot about the use
Posted on 3/22/26 at 9:39 am to JacieNY
Exxon's windfall profit in the permian basin is 1.5-2.5 billion dollars per month
Posted on 3/22/26 at 9:43 am to CitizenK
does this explain why the huge tankers float really high coming in through Port Aransas and really low going out 5-8 times per day
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