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US deploying nearly all stealthy long-range JASSM-ER cruise missiles to Iran war
- java-man 6mo agoWhile China is preparing for annexation of Taiwan in 2028.
- phtrivier 6mo agoAt some point someone will stop joking that Trump is a "Russian asset" and start assuming that he's paid by Xi to ensure a millenia of Chinese domination. Which would be wrong of course : he's ensuring millenia of Chinese domination, and he's getting paid for it, just not by China. 2028 is going to be... Weird. But it will be Rubio or Vance of Heghseig's problem.
- sheikhnbake 6mo ago'‘Comrade Nation Builder’: How China views Donald Trump’s indictments in US' http://aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/25/comrade-nation-builder-how-china-views-donald-trumps-indictments-in-us http://aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/25/comrade-nation-builder-h...
- yunnpp 6mo agoTIL: Jiangou.
- dboreham 6mo agoI've never heard anyone joke about it. It's an obvious fact of the world we live in.
- phtrivier 6mo agoColbert spent months riffing on the "pee-pee-tape". Which, as far as I know, has never been substantiated. So, of course, maybe Moscow has something about Trump. Or maybe Trump is just playing everyone, including himself.
- coffinbirth 6mo agoDo not pay attention to the many war crimes the U.S perpetrates on a daily basis in Iran and elsewhere... LOOK THERE CHINA, CHINA BAD, CHINA BAD, CHINA BAD, [...]
- ambicapter 6mo agoThat's not the point of parent comment, at all.
- coffinbirth 6mo agoIt is, OP is repeating anti China talking points of the Mainstream Media, pretending that China is a legitimate future military target of the US.
- catlikesshrimp 6mo agoThat wording is inflamatory. You meant China and the US might enter in military conflict in a not too distant future. The point of parent is that the US is not considering an intervention in the conflict agaisnt Taiwan. It is doing nothing for Ukraine, either.
- yunnpp 6mo agoThe fact of the matter is that OP's statement is so vague it could be interpreted any way. You are just projecting your own interpretation onto it. Without knowing anything else about what OP intended to say, one should make a good-faith read of it. I just read it as "war is escalating across the globe". To somehow assume that what he meant is that one country is bad and the other good is a childish way to understand geopolitics and bad-faith interpretation of the statement.
- beached_whale 6mo agoThere is a lesson in Ukraine and Iran being that invading a prepared country isn't easy and takes full commitment. Taiwan is most likely very prepared to defend itself.
- wiseowise 6mo agoIt might be prepared, but opportunity like that doesn’t present itself very often. Both US and Russia are tied in huge wars and won’t have spare capacity to answer Chinese aggression.
- swat535 6mo agoOne thing to note, is that Ukraine has received billions of dollars of aid from EU and United States. I'm not sure if the West has that kind of cash to dish out after the current war with IRAN.
- ceejayoz 6mo agoWe've been told their air defenses are completely wiped out. Why do we need stealthy cruise missiles now?
- phtrivier 6mo agoTo win the war another time, I guess ? To be fair, he told us we would get "tired of winning". On a more serious note : could it be that iranian air defense is being supplemented by an ally ? Someone further east ? Or, simply, that they kept some reserve to keep the war long, and play with the American customer's never ?
- sheikhnbake 6mo agoIran has been preparing for this for decades. I wouldn't be surprised if they held a hidden reserve for air defense and let the USAF 'get comfortable' before redeploying
- KellyCriterion 6mo agoThere was a ("propaganda") video by the Iran Forces some weeks ago showing some underground facilites: If even half of it is true shown there, then they have large capacities.
- sheikhnbake 6mo agoEven if they don't, US war planners now have to factor the possibility of hidden AA defenses in their risk calculus moving forward. So no matter what, a win for Iran to some degree
- tokai 6mo agoWhy make up unsubstantiated claims about Chinese support, when it is known that Russia supports Iran with military hardware?
- vkou 6mo ago
- coffinbirth 6mo agoReminder that the US is responsible for the precision strike murder of at least 175 people including 150 school children[1] and Trump, Hegseth and the entire rest of that criminal administration are still not in prison without the possibility of parole. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_attack
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- djb_hackernews 6mo agoerr, this is an odd response given that this assessment has been thoroughly and repeatedly debunked every time it is offered up.
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- bradleyankrom 6mo ago1-for-3
- dboreham 6mo agoThere's a "converted military building" in Bozeman Montana. It's literally called "The Armory", a hotel now. So presumably Iranian operatives can blow it up, and any deaths/damage would be the fault of the US government for deliberately converting a military building for some other purpose?
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- exe34 6mo agoIt's impressive how the US intelligence agencies must have been gutted under Trump. I'm guessing if there were anybody competent left, this is the kind of thing they would have known. I can't imagine the level of secrecy it would take to hide something like this from a competent NRO - the amount of construction work, the little girls coming and going - what did they think, it was a military Epstein island?
- vrganj 6mo agoThis whole war has already been a weird suicide ritual when it comes to American soft power. I guess hard power is next. The American Empire, burnt down by its own Nero/Caligula hybrid, while the population just watches it happen...
- Johanx64 6mo agoWhat do you think American Empire is all about if not controlling the oil rich countries in middle east, as well as extremely oil rich countries like Venezuela? The only failing here is that America has decaying, hallowed out industrial base where it can't just cheaply mass produce and replenish hi-end rockets and tech to take care of business-as-usual quickly, because everything down to raw materials is just so expensive.
- vrganj 6mo agoOil itself is becoming irrelevant quickly. It's a play for becoming king of the ashes.
- nathanaldensr 6mo agoThis is simply not true by most objective metrics... unless you don't like plastic and fertilizer?
- OutOfHere 6mo agoWe produce a lot of biofuel from corn which can in principle be converted and used to make some but not all types of plastics.
- Johanx64 6mo agoFamiliarize yourself with this: https://www.worldometers.info/oil/ https://www.worldometers.info/oil/ Top reserves by country, historical data on consumption (including by country). These basic data points explain US foreign policy better than anything. There is no data or trends that supports the notion that oil is becoming irrelevant, much less quickly. US with it's current reserves and oil consumption rate would last roughly 12 years, btw.
- DeathArrow 6mo agoThey need them to murder more school children?
- CrzyLngPwd 6mo agoStill, the war is very complete, pretty much, according to the most powerful man in charge of the most powerful military...practically every day since day 3. Was there ever a plan or even a goal? So now the US is spending more of its own vital weapons, which will leave Taiwan largely undefended on a war without goals and without end. China must be laughing about. Once all these US weapons have been squandered on an unwinable war with Iran, then China surely must invade Taiwan, as a better opportunity may never present itself. * What's with the downvotes? Don't like the truth?
- sheikhnbake 6mo agoHardware and equipment aside, there's been an ongoing purge of personnel in the DoD (DoW) since the admin took office. The pentagon was recently described as 'like game of thrones' due to military personnel getting axed over disagreements with the admin on Iran. This has been the case for a while now but the US military is steadily being filled with sycophants and MAGA ideologues
- vkou 6mo ago> Was there ever a plan or even a goal? There was. Decapitation strike -> ??? -> Regime change. Anyone who said this plan was stupid was fired. The regime's war on DEI is more a war against Dissent, Ethics, and Intelligence.
- ted_bunny 6mo agoI don't think they'll need to invade. A war would be costly and pointless. It is becoming clear that the US's protection is a lot like how the king protects his pawns.
- 3KahaR 6mo agoBefore the war started, they thought they could mobilize the protesters by just whacking some top officials. That failed. Then they thought that they could mobilize the usual proxies like the Kurds against Iran. Unfortunately, the Kurds have been used and dropped multiple times in history already. And they see what happens to a US proxy in Ukraine. So it failed. Now Hegseth has fired the top general and replaced him with a loyalist. Probably the previous general opposed depleting all stock piles for the Führer's great vision. Most likely: After 48 days Trump will declare "mission accomplished", retreat, leave the FUBAR situation in Hormuz to other people and prepare for the next grand excursion in a year or so. While his cronies are selling US oil and gas to the EU morons.
- fifilura 6mo agoUkraine is not a US proxy. It is a country. But is is the same with the Kurds really. Calling a people fighting for survival "us proxy" is belittling. They fight for their own survival, not for the mighty US empire.
- helsinkiandrew 6mo agoThere’s a tweet by Radigan Carter from a few weeks ago that has a great historical perspective - If you’re not interested on the possible financial outcomes skip to the “How This Started” section. https://x.com/radigancarter/status/2035073252134129757?s=46 https://x.com/radigancarter/status/2035073252134129757?s=46 >In Shia theology, standing against injustice is obligatory especiallywhen you cannot win in conventional terms. Defeat and death are not failure, capitulating in the face of overwhelming injustice is the failure.
- Jamesbeam 6mo agoJust leaving this here. Feel free to compare it to current reality. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-N... "President Trump has cemented his legacy as The President of Peace." "Stopping regional conflicts before they spiral into global wars that drag down whole continents is worthy of the Commander-in-Chief’s attention, and a priority for this administration. A world on fire, where wars come to our shores, is bad for American interests." "The key to successful relations with the Middle East is accepting the region, its leaders, and its nations as they are while working together on areas of common interest." "America will always have core interests in ensuring that Gulf energy supplies do not fall into the hands of an outright enemy, that the Strait of Hormuz remain open, that the Red Sea remain navigable, that the region not be an incubator or exporter of terror against American interests or the American homeland, and that Israel remain secure." "But the days in which the Middle East dominated American foreign policy in both long-term planning and day-to-day execution are thankfully over—not because the Middle East no longer matters, but because it is no longer the constant irritant, and potential source of imminent catastrophe, that it once was. It is rather emerging as a place of partnership, friendship, and investment—a trend that should be welcomed and encouraged." Next time you look at the gas price when topping up your car think about this strategy was either hallucinated by your administration or AI. I am not sure what is worse.
- librasteve 6mo agonam 2.0
- halJordan 6mo agoClearly you do not remember Vietnam
- librasteve 6mo agotrue. and I am eternally grateful to those that served. my point is that, like vietnam, iran 2026 is (i) an adventure driven by a US president without the support of allies, (ii) without hope of a clear victory and (iii) a war that started with widespread support for the US forces and ended with a massive division in US society
- cyanydeez 6mo agoSomeone make a plugin that replaces all war equipment headlines with theie costs