Antony4646

What would be another day in this Gulf War without another attempt to escalate things?

Footage from Nakhchivan Airport in Azerbaijan, which was just struck by an Iranian Shahed drone.

Thank heavens Biden didn't actually transfer any jets to Ukraine or the Kuwaitis would have nothing to shoot at.

I also note that while the yuan is still at a respectable level, the tons of gold are beginning to approach once more the numbers they officially had in May 2025.
So on this front, the 'bucket' did barely give them one year of respite.

On the good news for the Iranian Navy, it is undoubtedly going to have little in the need for ship maintenance funds after today, which should cut down on corruption.
On the very bad news, there is probably not an Iranian Navy anymore, with the major units all sunk.

Putin increases Russia's regular army personnel to nearly 2.4 million Russia's regular army has grown to 2,391,770 personnel. Of these, 1,502,640 will serve as active-duty troops — 2,640 more than before, according to the March 4 decree.

⚡️Putin increases Russia's regular army personnel to nearly 2.4 million.

Russia's regular army has grown to 2,391,770 personnel. Of these, 1,502,640 will serve as active-duty troops — 2,640 more than before, according to the March 4 decree.

‼️ 🇷🇺 NWF Update

As of March 2026:

The liquid portion of the Russian National Welfare Fund holds:

👉 188.0871 Billion Yuan (-12.9786 billion)
👉 147.1972 tons of gold (-7.8965 tons)
👉 1.2959 Billion Rubles* (+1.2959 billion)

*or maybe just 0.357 Billion Rubles

(Totals for February )

There is no plan, the CIA was not told to make any, and everything since the Iranians refused to surrender is a vast chaotic mess that doesn't deserve the term 'improvisation'.

Increasing the size of the army just as the demography of Russia collapses...
North Korea became a model for the Kremlin in more aspects than the supply of ammunition, it seems.

BREAKING: Footage has emerged showing the torpedo strike carried out by a U.S. submarine that sank the Iranian Navy frigate Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka.

Eternal dive, brothers?

Georgia.
By which I mean the parts of the country they illegally occupy.
They have already used it as a naval base in the past.
However, it has none of the maintenance facilities critical for the good operation of a fleet.

The Ukrainian drone really did a good job ensuring this Russian tanker is a total loss.
And yes, let's skip the part where we pretend we don't know who did the strike.

If true, we may be moving into a phase where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is going to die.
Novorossiysk was really their last big refuge-harbour; if they move away from it, maintenance and resupply operations are going to become increasingly difficult.

The Russian helicopter shot down by friendly fire over Rostov region while targeting a Ukrainian drone has been identified as an Mi-8, Russian sources confirm. #Russia

An image taken from a Turkish maritime patrol aircraft shows the Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz with a massive hole in its hull after it was attacked yesterday off the coast of Malta.

Not to mention Russia will have to replace it if they want to have the same naval capability again.
Given the situation Moscow find itself into, it is problematic for them. Plus a ship like that isn't built in a day.

A large fiery trail observed in the sky over Russia’s Rostov region. According to local Russian sources in the Rostov region: “As a result of the UAV attack, unfortunately one of our Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) assets was destroyed. Eternal memory to the fighters.”

Yes. If Ukraine had truly lost the control of its skies in the first weeks (and if the Russian air force had the skills they boasted about for the last decades too, I guess), it would have been incredibly more difficult to send weapons and help without them being destroyed in the process.

Russian air defense shot down its own combat helicopter while targeting a Ukrainian drone over Rostov region, Russian sources confirm. #Ukraine

The accidental shootdown of three U.S. F-15 fighter jets on Sunday was caused by a Kuwaiti F/A-18 fighter, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The brutal, despicable, and grim side of war. The burial of the 150 elementary school girls killed in American-Israeli strikes on #Iran was today.

BREAKING: A sanctioned Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, is on fire off the coast of Malta and Libya. The vessel was attacked by unknown naval drones.

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Blah, blah, blah.
They wanted to raze Israel, and they've had to bombard the Gulf States because most of their arsenal is far shorter-ranged than they want.
Most of the arsenal, well, their surviving arsenal, is unable to reach west of Cyprus, never mind Europe.

I'm sure the Deputy Defense Minister is praying that no one asks what happened to the two previous Defence Ministers in the last few days.

The very image you don't want to see on a ship, and especially not an oil-/gas tanker.

It looks like it will be 8,000 officers dead by May, if not earlier.
And it's only from the funerals Russia is able/willing to acknowledge...

Haven't purchased your book yet, but does it include a scenario where about 30+ US ships deployed in the Pacific have to face the entire 300+ strong Navy of China?