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"Across the region, facilities tied to water and power—including desalination plants—have been damaged or exposed to risk as Iranian strikes extend beyond traditional targets.
A single strike, however, is unlikely to shut off the gulf’s water supply. The system is designed to absorb isolated disruption, but sustained or multisite attacks would begin to strain supply far more quickly.
“In the Gulf, desalination is built with enough breathing room that losing one plant doesn’t immediately show up at the tap,” says Rabee Rustum, professor of water and environmental engineering at Heriot-Watt University Dubai.
In Kuwait, Iranian drone attacks have damaged two power and desalination facilities and ignited fires at two oil sites. Other sites, including Fujairah in the UAE, have been identified as potentially exposed.
“Striking desalination plants would be a strategic move, but it would also come very close to, and in some cases cross, a red line,” says Andreas Krieg, senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King’s College London."
https://www.wired.com/story/a-single-strike-wont-shut-off-the-gulfs-desalination-system/
Gulf Desalination System Designed to Withstand Single-Point Disruptions
📰 Original title: A Single Strike Won’t Shut Off the Gulf’s Desalination System
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/gulf-desalination-system-designed-to-withstand-single-point-disruptions/?redirpost=a3cdf73e-e948-4931-93e8-efea757b9047
Gulf Desalination System Designed to Withstand Single-Point Disruptions
📰 Original title: A Single Strike Won’t Shut Off the Gulf’s Desalination System
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/gulf-desalination-system-designed-to-withstand-single-point-disruptions/?redirpost=a3cdf73e-e948-4931-93e8-efea757b9047
A new #TheProgressiveCafe giving an overview of #Desalination and just how vital it is, especially in the context of the Iran war.
#Trump vows to hit more Iranian #infrastructure as nations seek to open #Hormuz
Trump threatened to extend attacks on #civilian infrastructure in #Iran after a #US strike cut a major highway bridge on Thursday, prompting a defiant response from Iran, which hit a #desalination #water plant in #Kuwait & said more would follow.
#WarMonger #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-vows-target-more-iranian-infrastructure-nations-seek-open-hormuz-2026-04-03/
The claim came as #Iran fired on targets across the region, setting Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi #oil refinery one fire. The state-run #Kuwait Petroleum Corp said firefighters were working to control several blazes there.
Kuwait also said that an Iranian attack caused “material damage” to a #desalination plant. Such plants are responsible for most of the #DrinkingWater for Gulf states, & they have become a major target in the #war.
#IranWar #US #Israel #Trump #WarCrimes #geopolitics #MiddleEast
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