Show threadReed MidekeMar 4

NYT catalogues Iranian hits on US communication infrastructure. Unlikely to change the big picture, but they're not just lobbing Shaheds at luxury hotels

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/iran-strikes-us-military-communication-infrastructure-in-mideast.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA._K1o.USw48OiFyn8R&smid=url-share

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Iran Strikes U.S. Military Communication Infrastructure in Mideast

Satellite images show damage near vital equipment on sites in at least five countries.

The New York Times
Show threadReed MidekeMar 4

Arash Azizi on the Kurdish insurgency plan, the groups involved (notably heavy on nominally left-wing factions), and highlighting the extremely obvious risk of things descending into sectarian civil war. Good thing that has never been a problem in the middle east before!

Also notes Iran is already carrying out preemptive strikes in Iraqi Kurdish territory

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/03/invasion-iran-israel-us-iraq/686231/?gift=yMNG1nWDz8TdLBAi02a-v0mAqD_dLAwVVrnoRPqXgo8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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The Coming Invasion of Iran

The U.S. and Israel are arming Kurdish groups to stage an incursion. What could go wrong?

The Atlantic
Show threadReed MidekeMar 5

As this AP story points out, there is also substantial risk of spillover into Iraq, given the large presence of Iran-friendly groups there

https://apnews.com/article/kurdish-dissident-groups-iran-war-iraq-f76efe372becb7d80d3ed026791e67ba

Kurdish dissident groups say they are on standby to join fight against Iran

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press. Kurdish party leaders have also discussed the Iran crisis with President Donald Trump, according to Iraqi Kurdish officials. One official says Trump has asked them to open the border and back the groups militarily. Iraqi Kurdish leaders fear Iranian retaliation. Recent drone and missile strikes have already hit the region, damaging homes, and disrupting electricity. Iraq also reinforces the border and the Iraqi government has vowed to stop infiltrations.

AP News
Show threadReed MidekeMar 5

Israel's take on the end game: "If we can have a coup, great. If we can have people on the streets, great. If we can have a civil war, great. Israel couldn’t care less about the future . . . [or] the stability of Iran" - Which even leaving aside disregard for millions of human lives seems short sighted. The impacts of Iran becoming a failed state would extend far beyond its borders, likely for decades

https://www.ft.com/content/dd070ee7-7021-4f90-86ec-690fe6aa34e6

Israel expects weeks-long war against Iran

Officials and analysts say joint operation with US seeks to destroy key capabilities of Islamic regime

Financial Times
Show threadReed MidekeMar 5
The Trump admin has also at times expressed the "we'll smash up their weapons and don't care what happens next" theory which really seems like a hell of take coming on the heals of 9/11 and the 20+ years to GWOT that was so deeply connected with things festering in failed states
Show threadReed MidekeMar 5

OK, they're not exactly friends, but you'd think Iran would have higher priority targets than Azerbaijan these days.
I'd say someone got their coordinates mixed up, but hitting a major airport by chance would be incredibly bad luck 🤔

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/missiles-drones-coming-iran-fell-airport-azerbaijan-source-says-2026-03-05/

Show threadReed MidekeMar 6

I Can't Believe It's Not Regime Change™
"I’m not going through this to end up with another Khamenei. I want to be involved in the selection. They can select, but we have to make sure it’s somebody that’s reasonable to the United States"

https://time.com/7382697/trump-iran-war/

Trump’s War

If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite

Time
Show threadReed MidekeMar 7

The most unpopular US war in the Middle East (so far)

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-us-iran-attack-2026-03-06

All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far

According to a simple average of new high-quality surveys, 38% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of U.S. military action in Iran. When ignoring "don't know" respondents, 56% disapprove

Strength In Numbers
Show threadReed MidekeMar 7

Who could have predicted that an all-out war in the Persian Gulf would affect gasoline prices?!

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/iran-energy-prices-trump-wiles-00813710

Susie Wiles sounds the alarm on gas prices

White House aides and Cabinet officials are coming under intense pressure to reverse the spike in energy prices caused by the start of the war in the Middle East.

Politico
Show threadReed MidekeMar 7

Sean Parnell wants you to know that on the 6th day of America's SMO in Iran, everything is going according to plan

https://xcancel.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2030067692477239807

Show threadReed MidekeMar 7

Totally unsurprising Russia is supplying Iran with intel (would be surprising if they weren't!) and geopolitically symmetrical with the west in Ukraine (though likely less effective in practice), so I wouldn't really expect a big reaction from Washington, but… can you imagine the shitstorm if the Obama or Biden admin had said "it does not really matter?"

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-reportedly-provides-iran-intelligence/

Russia helping Iran target US forces in Middle East, reports suggest

One unnamed U.S. official described the support as "comprehensive," the Washington Post reported.

The Kyiv Independent
Show threadReed MidekeMar 7
On the less effective part: Ukraine has had very good missile warnings from the first moments of the war, presumably in a large part thanks to Western assets, whereas in Iran, the initial strikes appear to have been a total surprise. Allies have also almost continuously flown ISR assets near Ukrainian airspace, which Russia has far less capability to do for Iran
Show threadReed MidekeMar 7
Russia could cover quite a bit including a lot of area around Tehran flying in international airspace over the Caspian sea, similar to the British Rivet Joint and US drone flights near Crimea, but I haven't seen any reports that they are
Show threadReed MidekeMar 7

Cycling through the various purported goals, we've reached "There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yq82k1wk8o

Trump demands 'unconditional surrender' amid Iran-Russia talks

The president also calls on Tehran to pick new leaders who are "acceptable" to the White House after six days of war.

Show threadReed MidekeMar 8

"In conversations with their US counterparts, Arab and European officials say they haven’t detected what exactly Trump’s endgame looks like, or if it exists at all"

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/politics/donald-trump-iran-war-endgame-demands

Trump’s demands for ending Iran war shift as US military works through its target list

As the US military operation against Iran shifts into a new phase, how the war ends remains the top question for many officials, lawmakers and US allies.

CNN
Show threadReed MidekeMar 9

Backing up much earlier reporting* Belingcat finds additional evidence the Minab girls schools strike was US
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/08/video-shows-us-tomahawk-missile-strike-next-to-girls-school-in-iran/

* NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Q1A.iDYk.Q91DlPE9JfKc&smid=url-share (email-walled #GiftLink)
NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5735801/satellite-imagery-shows-strike-that-destroyed-iranian-school-was-more-extensive-than-first-reported
Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/
BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqqyly9n0o

Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat

New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage, released by Mehr News and geolocated by Bellingcat, also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school […]

bellingcat
Show threadReed MidekeMar 10

Trump 'then said that Iran “also has some Tomahawks” and he didn’t rule out that they struck the school'

Well that would certainly be big if true! I suppose we are overdue for an Iran / Contra reboot

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/09/trump-stands-by-claim-that-iran-could-have-struck-girls-school-00820034

Trump stands by claim that Iran could have struck girls’ school

The president also threatened attacks on Iran’s ability to produce energy.

Politico
Show threadReed MidekeMar 10

It also seems kinda absurd the US officials leaking on background are sticking to the "likely" line. While the investigation into the details may be ongoing, one would expect all the targets for pre-programmed munitions like Tomahawk to recorded and (absent a deliberate coverup involving a bunch of people) relatively easy to retrieve

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-iran-war-bombing-girls-school-assessment/

United States was "likely" responsible for bombing of girls' school in Iran, per early U.S. assessment

The preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment suggests that the U.S. is "likely" responsible for the bombing of the girls' school in Iran on Feb. 28.

Show threadReed MidekeMar 10

While Trump continues to throw shit at the wall* trying to calm markets, Iran seems to have a coherent theory of victory: Hang on and drive up the economic cost until Trump gives up

Not that it will necessarily succeed, but using air power alone to stop them from hitting oil infrastructure and ships in the Straits of Hormuz seems like a pretty tall order

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/middleeast/iran-long-war-kamal-kharazi-interview-intl

* https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93j2dw72q9o

Exclusive: Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN

A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signaled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in an effort to persuade them to convince President Donald Trump to step back from the conflict.

CNN
Show threadReed MidekeMar 10

Ignatius reports some senior Israeli officials (not Bibi) are getting twitchy about the lack of clear exit strategy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/09/israel-us-iran-war-trump-netanyahu-endgame/

Israeli officials are growing concerned

A bombing campaign nearing its military goals in Iran leaves the hardest questions unanswered.

The Washington Post
Show threadReed MidekeMar 11

Energy secretary Chris Wright posts the Navy escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz: "Crude prices tumbled below $80 a barrel on Wright’s announcement before jumping again after it was deleted" - Incompetence or market manipulation? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

White House says didn't happen but "will absolutely utilize if and when necessary"

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/10/oil-hormuz-iran-tanker-wright-00821041

US official: ‘Not true’ Navy successfully escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz

Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed in a now-deleted social media post that the Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.

Politico
Show threadReed MidekeMar 11

Meanwhile, Navy says industry has been begging for escort, and also, hell no

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-navy-tells-shipping-industry-hormuz-escorts-not-possible-now-2026-03-10/

US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now

The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Reuters
Show threadReed MidekeMar 12
Just gonna put this on the shelf to age: "Let me say we’ve won. You know, you never like to say too early you won. We won. We won, in the first hour it was over, but we won" https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-11-26?post-id=cmmmjb4ya00003b6tke8h8fhn
Day 12 of Middle East conflict - ships hit by attacks in Strait of Hormuz

The head of Iraq’s ports company said that 38 crew members of two foreign oil tankers were rescued after an Iranian attack set them ablaze in Iraq’s territorial waters in the Gulf. Also, three vessels were hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UK’s maritime agency. Follow for live news updates.

CNN
Show threadReed MidekeMar 12
Story on the recently appeared Persian numbers station
https://www.rferl.org/a/mystery-numbers-station-persian-signal-iran-war/33700659.html
A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths -- And Intelligence Experts

The mysterious Persian-language transmission began about 12 hours after the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. It was jammed five days later. Is it a coded message for US agents in Iran? Iranian sleeper cells? Israeli operatives? That’s what experts are trying to decipher.

RFE/RL
Show threadReed MidekeMar 13

dafuq "Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes … The reason, multiple sources said, was administration officials believed closing the strait would hurt Iran more than the US — a view that was bolstered by Iran’s empty threats to act in the strait after US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last summer"

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/hormuz-trump-administration-underestimated-iran

Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz

The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

CNN
Show threadReed MidekeMar 13
I mean, it was only one of the major risks included in every discussion of war with Iran since the 70s, who could have seen that coming?! Even if they thought it was unlikely, it was surely well within the range of possibilities, and you'd have to be an idiot to assume Iran would respond the same to an existential threat as they did to what was telegraphed as a limited action against the nuclear program
Show threadReed MidekeMar 17

Donald: "We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are" - I dunno man, if it's still "very easy" for them to blow up ships with drones, mines or missiles, maybe you have not actually destroyed 100% of their military capability
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-wants-countries-help-reopen-strait-hormuz-rcna263537

Trump wants other countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That might not be so easy.

U.S. allies and rivals responded cautiously after President Donald Trump said they should police the Strait of Hormuz, as Iranian threats to strike shipping on the vital trade route continue to cause chaos in global markets.“Many countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships” to secure the shipping route, he posted Saturday on Truth Social, listing China, France, Japan, South Korea, the U.K. and “others” among the nations he hoped would provide support.“The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well.

NBC News
Show threadReed MidekeMar 17
The second part is not wrong of course. Ukraine has wreaked havoc on Russia's fleet from hundreds miles away, and the tens of miles Iran would need to cover would be far easier
Show threadReed MidekeMar 17

Meanwhile, footage has begun to appear of pro-Iran forces in Iraq using (likely Russian-origin) FPVs. The Russians produce thousands per day, so it would be quite easy for them to provide enough to make things very, very unpleasant for any American or allied interests in Iraq or other places where Iran has a substantial network

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-16-2026#0000019c-f9bd-dac0-ab9f-ffff363e0000

Israel-Hezbollah fighting drives over 1 million Lebanese from their homes

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he demanded several countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as Iranian strikes continued on Gulf countries.

AP News
Show threadReed MidekeMar 17
Trouble with Trump's "I can end it whenever it choose" line: US and Israeli air power can plausibly destroy Iran's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs. They can also probably render much of Iran's conventional forces incapable of significant operations. But no amount of bombing is going to stop small groups using drones and IEDs. If you remember the Beirut bombings in the 80s and the Iraq insurgency, and add drones on top of that… well, the enemy gets a vote
Show threadReed MidekeMar 17

So, about that little laundry fire on the USS Ford: "The fire, according to two officials, began in the vent of a dryer in the ship’s laundry facilities and quickly spread. Sailors battled the blaze for more than 30 hours, officials and sailors said"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/politics/uss-ford-fire-iran-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.BPIS.4Wp34Wr2AV7m&smid=url-share

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Fire on the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Raged for Hours, Sailors Say

The Ford is now entering its 10th month of deployment after arriving in the Middle East from the Caribbean.

The New York Times
Show threadReed MidekeMar 18

"Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach

UK security adviser ‘attended’ US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach

Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

The Guardian
Show threadReed MidekeMar 18

"Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Post"

https://wapo.st/4bgy0mM

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Israel urges Iranians to revolt but privately assesses they’ll be ‘slaughtered’

Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Post.

The Washington Post
Show threadReed MidekeMar 19

LOL

(axios claims the the Israeli strike was approved by the US, but it's a clown show no matter which version is true https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/iran-war-trump-israel-strike-gas)

Show threadReed MidekeMar 19

"We’re over here just grinding away on banger memes, dude" - I'm sure American families everywhere will be comforted by the fact their loved ones died for banger memes

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/white-house-iran-game-online-00834373

Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online

The administration is bucking decades of decorum by depicting the Iran war as a violent video game.

Politico
Show threadReed MidekeMar 22
Iranian diaspora unsurprisingly have varied reactions to Trump's war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/mar/21/iranian-americans-us-israel-iran-war
Little joy to be found among Iranian Americans over the war and Iran’s future: ‘I have righteous anger’

Iranians in the diaspora are divided as Friday rang in Persian new year and the war on their homeland reached three-week mark

The Guardian
Show threadReed MidekeMar 22

Claimed location of that Persian numbers station to… "a shortwave transmission facility within a US military base in Böblingen, 15 km southwest of Stuttgart, Germany - in the forest between Panzer Kaserne and Patch Barracks, inside a restricted area marked as a training field" - consistent with the report that Iran tried to jam it. Unclear whether it's transmitting anything meaningful or just a psyop

https://priyom.org/number-stations/other/v32

V32 › Priyom.org

Show threadReed MidekeMar 22

Jeffery Lewis' Middlebury gang concludes a reported drone strike on a residential area in Bahrain was likely a failed US-operated Patriot intercept. Many similar incidents have happened with Russian/Soviet SAMs in Russia and to a lesser extent Ukraine

https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1221525/analysis-of-patriot-incident-in-bahrain/

Analysis of Patriot Incident in Bahrain

Show threadReed MidekeMar 23
Ukrainian ex-CiC Valerii Zaluzhnyi doesn't come out and call Trump an idiot for the Iran war, but he certainly doesn't suggest any positive outcome
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/21/ukraine-war-tells-us-about-iran-conflict/
Show threadReed MidekeMar 25
Reuters on Netanyahu lobbying Trump to attack Iran immediately before the war. Unclear whether it was decisive, but "the last person to talk to Trump gets their way" phenomena has a long history
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-approved-iran-operation-after-netanyahu-argued-joint-killing-khamenei-2026-03-23/
Show threadReed Mideke

Luce: "The truth inside Donald Trump’s tornado of piffle is that he wants to get out of the mess he created"

https://www.ft.com/content/2656f791-c17c-4b44-8a1e-1892fef5374a

Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle

One minute he threatens death and destruction, the next he says the US and Iran are engaged in negotiations

Financial Times
Mar 25 at 2:38amWeb
Show threadReed MidekeMar 25

"Iranian representatives have let the Trump administration know it does not want to re-enter negotiations with special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and would prefer to engage with Vice President JD Vance" - How good a Middle East envoy are you when the other party says they'd rather talk to JD Vance?

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-24-26

Trump says Vance and Rubio are participating in talks with Iran to end war

US President Donald Trump said that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are leading negotiations with Iran, expressing optimism that a deal is in sight. Follow for the latest live news updates.

CNN
Show threadReed MidekeMar 25

Who could have predicted that repeated bolt-from-the-blue attacks while negotiations were supposedly ongoing would lead to this? 'Iranian officials have told the countries trying to mediate peace talks with the U.S. that they have now been tricked twice by President Trump and "we don't want to be fooled again"'

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/iran-war-trump-peace-talks-tehran-suspicious

Iran suspects Trump's peace talk push is another trick

"Trump has a hand open for a deal and the other is a fist waiting to punch you in the f***ing face."

Axios
Show threadReed Mideke4d ago

"[Trump] is getting a little bored with Iran … Not that he regrets it or something — he’s just bored and wants to move on"

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-war-messaging-white-house-divide

‘Just drinking the Kool-Aid’: Inside the White House divide on Iran

Senior aides describe a widening internal divide over a conflict the president has grown bored with — and a communications strategy some call embarrassing.

MS NOW
Show threadReed Mideke3d ago

Shot*: "No, we don't need (Ukraine's) help in drone defense. We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world, actually"

Chaser: -1 AWACS and 5 tankers

https://www.twz.com/air/images-purportedly-show-e-3-sentry-totally-destroyed-from-iranian-strike

(not clear whether damage in this case was from missiles, drones or some combo)

* https://kyivindependent.com/trump-ukraine-drone-defenses/

Images Purportedly Show E-3 Sentry Totally Destroyed From Iranian Strike

A loss of an E-3 would be a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and would point to other capability and defensive gaps.

The War Zone
Show threadReed Mideke2d ago

Welp, small price to pay for protecting Donald's ego, I guess: "On Sunday Iran's IRGC-linked Fars news agency said a Shahed drone had struck the E-3 aircraft"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd07m7e1xo

Photos show heavily damaged US radar jet at Saudi base

US Central Command has not yet publicly commented on the incident.

Show threadReed Mideke2d ago

"To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people … Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options … I don’t think they have any defence. We could take it very easily"- Kharg is 30-40 km from shore, a stretch for rotor FPVs but well within range of fixed wing strike drones like Molinya which Russia produces in vast quantities

https://www.ft.com/content/3bd9fb6c-2985-4d24-b86b-23b7884031f5

Donald Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’

US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue

Financial Times
Show threadReed Mideke2d ago
It's unclear whether Russia has provided assistance with tactical drones at scale, but if so, the US military is almost certainly unprepared for it, and the administration and public are likely unprepared for the sight of entire squads wiped out with their last moments on camera
Show threadReed Mideke2d ago
Long range drones like Shaheds take some infrastructure to produce at scale, but there is very little the US could do to stop Iran from making stuff like this. As long as they have a route to import components from China and a little cash to pay for them https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/01/15/8016293/
Cheap but dangerous: how Russia's plywood Molniya drone has become a big problem for Ukraine's defence forces

The Molniya (Lightning) is a simple, low-cost attack drone capable of operating dozens of kilometres deep into enemy territory. Russian Molniya drones are gradually pushing back what was until recently considered a relatively safe distance from the front lines.

Ukrainska Pravda
Show threadReed Mideke2d ago

Meanwhile "a source with knowledge of Iran’s oil accounting, who spoke to The Economist on condition of anonymity, confirms the country is currently exporting 2.4m-2.8m [b/d] of oil and petroleum products per, including 1.5m-1.8m b/d of crude. That is the same, if not more, than it did on average last year. It also sells at much higher prices" - Trump could mostly stop this by seizing Kharg, but he only gets oil if Iran decides to keep pumping

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/29/how-iran-is-making-a-mint-from-donald-trumps-war

How Iran is making a mint from Donald Trump’s war

Iran maintains oil exports of 2.4m-2.8m barrels daily despite war and sanctions, earning twice pre-conflict revenues as Gulf rivals slash output and prices surge.

The Economist
Show threadReed Mideke2d ago

NYT finds a school and sports hall were hit with US PrSM ballistic missiles at the start of the war
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middleeast/us-precision-strike-missile-iran-lamerd.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.wIvW.m2XCMt8F4wRY&smid=url-share

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New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows

The Pentagon used missiles untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck civilian sites near a military compound on Feb. 28, according to visual evidence examined by The Times and weapons experts.

The New York Times