Australia says 'nope' to SoH coalition.

KSA: "Iranian drone attack in eastern Saudi Arabia, 18 drones intercepted in 20 minutes."

Tentative geolocation of fire at Dubai Airport POV: 25.23351, 55.403606 Fire is coming from the airport's fuel storage.

Last week?? Was this not said sooner?

I can't even.

The US president's call for allied naval forces comes as Iran's Revolutionary Guard says, 'Let him send his ships' https://aje.news/v9paqw

Footage shows a fire burning near Dubai International Airport after a drone ignited a fuel tank, according to authorities in the UAE. Flights have been suspended. Civil defence crews say the blaze is under control.

Higher muscle mass associates with lower mortality. Preserve lean tissue.

This article does a good job of explaining the tremendous impact of Bill’s post-presidency work (and why I’m so proud of him). www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/bill-cl...

An absolute psycho

The incoherence and mixed messaging on this war is one of the biggest mistakes (beyond of course, launching a war with no plan) from this administration.

A seat flip in New Hampshire. A strong Democratic showing in Georgia. Encouraging new polls in Texas and Ohio. And more signs that Trump is losing support with key voters. More of this, please. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progr...

Did we hit an Iran-Iraq War relic? Screencap shows some vehicles lined up, including very old tank designs and in one case essentially a tank husk. This makes me think museum or some kind of war memorial.

FPV attack at Camp Victory (Iraqi), Baghdad Airport, Iraq. Impact on a LAMS at 33.263558, 44.21337

How times change. Pretty solid line of tankers and bulk commercial south of Yemen.

Taiwan says large-scale Chinese military flights return after unusual absence reut.rs/4rvIeUY

Trump threatened further strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub and urged allies to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran vowed to step up its response and the war showed no sign of coming to an end reut.rs/3N4c8BT

Zelensky states Russia transferred drones to Tehran and is sharing military intelligence on US bases in the Middle East with the Iranian regime. Zelensky said Russia's position is explicit: if Europe and the US share intelligence with Ukraine, Russia will share intelligence with Iran. #Ukraine

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

Drone strike hits Kuwait International Airport radar, no casualties reported.

this would be very very bad and also, if correct, was completely anticipatable and should have been anticipated by both US and IL

This Trump tweet is a work of art and needs to be kept for posterity. It turns out that the US has destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability. Yet, to combat a military with no capability he is left pleading with allies he has regularly insulted to save him in the Gulf.

Oil markets are pricing in extreme swings in crude prices, with the CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index soaring to its highest levels since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020 reut.rs/4rzxDZs

Space Research Institute, Iran.

Iraq: Smoke Rises From UAE Consulate In Erbil Following Drone Attack [ IQ RUDAW ] (ENEX Editors' choice) - https://members.enex.news/exchange/906668

US president urges naval coalition as Iran says Strait of Hormuz closed to 'tankers and ships of enemies' during war https://aje.news/d58mbv

Well, they cratered the runway on Kharg Island. So whatever comes next isn't heavy fixed wing

Tehran threatens to reduce US-linked oil facilities to 'pile of ashes' if oil structures on the island are targeted https://aje.news/em2iq5

US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq targeted with missile, hits helipad https://aje.news/ymv18x

#Iran threatened to launch attacks on US oil infrastructure after President #Trump claimed that the #US had "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island, the main transit point for Iran's oil exports. 🔴➡️ Follow our liveblog for updates on the war: https://go.france24.com/osE

#Canal24Horas | Corea del norte ha lanzado hasta diez misiles balísticos sobre el mar de Japón. El ministerio de Defensa japonés recopila datos para precisar lo ocurrido. El lanzamiento coincide con los ejercicios militares conjuntos entre Corea del Sur y EE.UU.

So those hits close to the apron were more damaging to our tankers than anyone was letting on. #PSAB Prince Sultan Airbase

Bounties.

Drone attack, Baghdad International. Appears to be a substation. Image via Al Hadath.

Crazy video of 20 Tomahawks flying through the Iraqi Kurdish mountains near Sulaymaniyah (filmed by someone standing *above* them), seemingly fired from Navy vessels in the Mediterranean

They've all been found. 😔

"These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz and show some guts"

Potential loss of 3 Kuwaiti Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons.

Facebook pic of a KC-135 at Ben Gurion with a portion of the tail fin missing.

If we're using the comparison of Ukraine vs Russia, it took Ukraine about 1-2 weeks to weather the initial barrages, the shock... and then regroup. The key difference being that there was a ground war with shared borders. Here, the principal combatants are separated by 100s, if not 1000s of miles.

I'll be honest, I'm rather pessimistic right now.

Couple of events related to USS Gerald R. Ford today in the Red Sea, the severity of each cannot be determined based on the info available. On top of the reported fire that resulted in 2 minor injuries, one of Ford's E-2Ds squawked 7700 ~0130z and went presumably to Ovda AB.

I guess that is one way to put it.

Ali Al-Salem AB, Kuwait. Pair of Large Area Maintenance Shelters (LAMS) shredded as well as 1 burnt Big Top Shelter. ~6m crater at 29.349526, 47.507197 Group of small structures at 29.350325, 47.505729. Not sure on type of weapon(s) used. Possible Kuwait AF Eurofighter visible.

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