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Russian tanker on fire in Mediterranean Sea, Moscow accuses Ukraine of sea drone attack A Russian-flagged liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker, the Arctic Metagaz, has reportedly caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea, multiple media outlets reported on March 3.

⚡ Russian tanker on fire in Mediterranean Sea, Moscow accuses Ukraine of sea drone attack.

According to Russian state media, the ship was attacked by sea drones launched off the coast of Libya.

Iranian Navy Moudge-class frigate IRIS Dena sunk by submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka.

101 missing, 78 wounded. Sri Lankan Coast Guard on scene.

What the ACTUAL fuck is wrong with people. This isn't Fallout, you don't want this to happen.

Irony: we cant even have our pessimistic ISA panel on US civ-mil ....

Nuclear breakdown: How the end of the New START treaty will affect the arms race between Russia and the U.S. In early February, the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms between the United States and Russia (better known as New START) expired, and no new agre...

Nuclear breakdown: How the end of the New START treaty will affect the arms race between Russia and the U.S.

Nuclear policy expert @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social examines where, how, and at what cost Russia will exploit the treaty’s absence.

Macron Expands French Nuclear Arsenal and Vows Protection for Neighbors The announcement was a significant step in forging a European deterrent as Russia grows more aggressive and the U.S. steps back.

President Emmanuel Macron of France said the country would expand its nuclear arsenal and deepen cooperation with European neighbors to deter attacks as Russia grows more aggressive and the U.S. steps back.

3 US troops reported killed in Iran attack The Central Command announced the casualties.

NEW: Three U.S. troops have been killed and five more were "seriously wounded" in Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command announced.

Trump Steals The Media The MAGA takeover accelerates

“This goes far beyond who gets to control Harry Potter and Superman. It has serious and far-reaching repercussions for the US — and for the rest of the world.”

My brain is going to explode. What if we all report it to the tip line?

Build nukes?

Ali Khamenei assassinated in Iran, Israeli officials told | The Jerusalem Post The body of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader since 1989, was reportedly found under the rubble in Tehran. His death marks a major turning point for the Islamic Republic’s leadership.

"Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli strike on Tehran, with his body found under the rubble caused by an Israeli airstrike, senior Israeli officials were informed on Saturday evening." www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

What's 👏 comes 👏 next 👏 isn't 👏 always 👏 better 👏

Donald Trump is unilaterally dragging us into another costly and deadly war in the Middle East that the American people don't want. Trump and Hegseth are putting American lives on the line to make themselves feel powerful, while our military families pay the real price.

#Breaking an official with the EU naval mission Aspides says vessels have been receiving transmission from Iran's revolutionary guards saying no ship is allowed to pass the strait of Hormuz

I’m not watching that video st 3am but I don’t need to see it know this is a grave violation of US and international law. From my area of study I can tell you that it’s easy to think the UN Charter doesn’t mean much, but we want to live in a world that values its prohibition on aggressive warfare

I'm going to go scream into the void.

I wonder what China thinks of all this.

Given constraints on munitions & logistics, I expected US to launch limited Iran campaign. Trump has instead announced most expansive goals imaginable: regime change, destruction of conventional military + end of nuclear ambitions. Unclear how US will square this circle.

Israel and the US strike Iran. It is a tragedy of Tehran's own making Iran's strategy rested on the critical assumption that the US administration preferred a deal to a war. That proved fatal on Saturday.

Fantastic analysis by @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social!

thebulletin.org/2026/02/isra...

Millennials everywhere shaking their head.

I'll have to read this later.

Macron's nuclear speech coming this Monday.

Never has so much US combat power been assembled with so little explanation to the public, allies, or Congress regarding why or how it will be used. Never.

"'President Trump will be ready to accept a deal that would be substantive and that he can sell politically at home. If the Iranians want to prevent an attack they should give us an offer we can't refuse.

The UK has blocked U.S. use of RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia for Iran strikes, citing international law, leading Trump to withdraw support for Starmer's £35B Chagos Islands handover deal with Mauritius. Senior UK officials privately called the situation 'bleak.' -The Times

Breaking Tehran’s Grip on Baghdad What happens when the proxy network loses its patron but not its guns? We might be about to find out. Negotiations between the United States and Iran

If Iran falters, Iraq will face two tests at once: securing its borders and preventing unrest at home.

NEW: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejected the United States’ demands for Iran to halt uranium enrichment and limit its ballistic missile program in a speech on February 17. (1/8)

Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate02...

U.S. releases new details on alleged secret Chinese nuclear test At a event in Washington D.C., A U.S. official said a remote earthquake in 2020 was caused by a Chinese nuclear test.

Good report by @gbrumfiel.bsky.social on seismic signal allegedly caused by small Chinese nuclear test in 2022. US official said there’s “very little possibility” it was anything other than an explosion. NORSAR and CTBTO are less confident. www.npr.org/2026/02/17/n...

White Sands Missile Range is pretty close by. They have their own permanent TFR up but apparently no-one in the area has any clue what’s going on. Fort Bliss folks were taken by surprise and have been scrabbling around trying to figure stuff out.