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The Soviet Buran space shuttle is being restored for museum exhibition in the Russian Federation.

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Iran just launched the largest ballistic missile attack of the past few days on Israel this morning, over 30 ballistic missiles launched. Multiple impacts/direct hits in Tel Aviv (3) and Be'er Sheva (1), including on Soroka hospital.

Lots of interceptors, likely David's Sling, were launched over Tel Aviv

Fuel tanks of Israeli jets keep being found on Iran's Caspian coast.

Azerbaijani airspace is almost certainly being used as a launchpad towards Tehran.

Trump has left the G7 and is heading back to Washington DC, and posted these three things on Truth Social

More very public signalling towards Iran.

Lindsey Graham joins in

This is very serious. Anyone on here that lives in Iran, please take as much precautions as possible. Leave if possible.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Washington Post: 'Israel will only be able to maintain shooting down Iranian ballistic missiles for 10 or 12 more days, then they will need to start rationing munitions'

This could explain why Iran is opting to launch small but consecutive waves. Iran is likely using up some of their older / less sophisticated missiles to deplete Israeli defenses, to make way for the 'real' stuff later on. This is attritional warfare.

In most cases, a small wave of 3-5 Iranian ballistic missiles is enough to prompt the launch of about 10-15 Israeli interceptor missiles, with each one costing at least $12 million dollars (in the case of THAAD).

In contrast, even Iran's most modern missile, the Fattah-1, only costs about $200,000 to produce. If we assume 12 interceptors for one Fattah-1 missile (as seen in a video today), that means Israel is spending $144 million dollars to 'intercept' (or not) a single Iranian hypersonic missile.

This is simply not sustainable. Within about two weeks, if Iran keeps up the current pace of fire, Israeli airspace will be at the mercy of Iran's far larger and more destructive solid fuel missiles. Unless, of course, the U.S. intervenes directly.

From @Middle_East_Spectator, good analysis that lines up with a lot of what we've been saying here.

Former Economy Minister of Iran seems to be calling for the Strait of Hormuz usage to immediately be taken under a policy of "all ships require approval from Iran to pass".

Passing the Strait of Hormuz Only with Iran's Permission

🔹Khandouzi, Former Economy Minister: Starting tomorrow, for 100 days, no oil tanker or LNG cargo should be able to pass through the Strait without Iran's approval.

🔹This policy is decisive if it is implemented "on time". Any delay in its implementation means enduring more war inside the country. Trump's battle must be ended by combining economy and security.

Fars News Agency https://t.me/farsna/377755

I'm getting really annoyed that whenever you express disappointment with China's passive foreign policy, some people immediately act like you're being unreasonable and asking China to declare total war, as if there aren't a dozen other things the world's biggest manufacturer could do with the amount of cards they have. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, because if continuing (and even strengthening) trade with the Zionist entity during a genocide didn't stop those people from making up excuses, then nothing will.

Haifa hit

Update: B-2s currently in the air, still over the continental United States though, just left Whiteman. Potentially 8 B-2s, in two separate groups. 4 hours to California, and 24 hours to cross the Pacific... I can't believe this is being done so publicly, this has to be signalling and not an actual combat mission. The B-2s are using the callsign MYTEE, a transit callsign that covers the entire bomber fleet. So most likely not a combat mission.

You can hear the comms here

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In what has to be one of the most blatant acts of public signalling I've ever seen, the US issued a notice to all airmen (NOTAM) for mid air refueling off of the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii, at 15:00 UTC for June 21st. This notice was issued just outside of the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, the red B-2 shaped outline, just by chance I'm sure. This is definitely something only Trump would do, if you put it in a movie or Tom Clancy novel it would be too blatant. ~~So the B-2s are just past Hawaii now, should they be on their way.~~

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Israel is taking down youtube lives showing tel aviv and haifa. We're entering a period of military censorship that includes civilian cities now.

when you've been offline for a few days and when you return the news comm is at 3600 comments

US urges China to dissuade Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz

if trump decides to go for it, we're gonna end up with a nazbol Tucker Carlson campaign in 2028 that unites all the worst libs and chuds

I keep seeing clips of him roasting Ted Cruz with a bevy of comments on each one from libs saying "I can't believe I'm agreeing with Tucker now"

Iranian Atomic Energy Agency full statement:

'Following the brutal attacks of the Zionist enemy over the past few days, at dawn today, the country's nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were attacked by the enemies of Islamic Iran in a brutal act that contradicts international laws, especially the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

This act that contradicts international law was unfortunately carried out in amid the shadow of indifference and even the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The American enemy, through cyberspace, the President of this country has taken responsibility for the attack on the aforementioned sites, which are under the continuous supervision of the IAEA based on the Safeguards Agreement and the NPT.

It is expected that the international community, while condemning the lawlessness based on the rules of the jungle, will support Iran in preserving its legitimate rights.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran assures the great Iranian nation that despite the evil conspiracies of its enemies, with the efforts of thousands of its revolutionary and motivated scientists and experts, it will never allow the development of this national nuclear industry, which is the result of the blood of nuclear martyrs, to be stopped.

This organization has put the necessary measures, including legal proceedings, on its agenda to defend the rights of the noble Iranian nation.'

Is it actually plausible that America might really chicken out? Someone pour water on my optimism if it's unfounded

Trump seemed like he was in a hurry to me

Love that he closed it off with a god bless Israel

The Atlantic, surprise surprise, is in full consent manufacture mode. It’s so on the nose you can practically see the talking points emails…

I'm posting a pre-emptive

DEATH TO AMERIKKKA, THE COLLAPSE OF THE EMPIRE CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH

before the American bombing campaign starts.

I know the dems are beyond pathetic but this is - I dunno what to call it - beyond beyond pathetic.

UPDATE, 24+ hours since the Trump-Vance admin bombed Iran:

• 52 House members signed onto the Massie-Khanna War Powers Resolution
• 3 Senators supporting Kaine's War Powers Resolution
• 8 Senators signed onto Bernie's No War Against Iran Act

60 total. 59 Democrats. 1 Republican.

https://bsky.app/profile/premthakker.bsky.social/post/3lsafl4p3pk2l

Al Aqsa Flood war will see the defeat of flagships of the most advanced navy in the history of the human race.

God protect the resistance axis as they continue to humiliate and defeat the oppressors

“When our turn comes, we shall make no excuse for the terror.”

If I was Trump I would at least have tied John Bolton to one of the bombs

All this when trump severly sabotaged negotiations with Iran on nuclear weapons in his first term. This will be forgotten with the manufactured consent when the same media outlets praised Obama for making significant headway in those negotiations. This is a clown world

Radlibs: OMG this is just 1984 Stasi Kgb

Quick aside from the war, US reshoring is going about as well as expected. "Intel Foundry layoffs could impact 'more than 10,000' factory workers — one fifth of employees affected by 'enormous cutback'"

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Israel will no longer be able to provide its civilians with a 15-to-30-minute warning ahead of incoming Iranian missiles, a practice it largely maintained since Iran’s counterattack began, Lt. Col. Tali Varsano Eisman, an officer in the Israeli Home Front Command. She told N12, an Israeli TV channel, that the military now faces “difficulties in identifying” missiles fired on Israel and recommended that people spend the night in shelters or close to a safe space. She did not elaborate on why.

The Israeli military said in a statement that there are no changes in the Home Front Command’s guidelines, adding that “if there are any updates, they will be communicated through the official channels.”

https://apnews.com/live/israel-iran-war-updates#00000197-97b7-dd55-a7ff-f7f7acd40000

The western media are wondering where the actual nuclear material might be since it wasn't in the obviously going-to-be-bombed place. The Iranians used the high tech of dirt in front of the entryway to help protect the facility entrance. There's mention of a super secret facility - a known unknown, if you will - where the real WMDs are hiding.

US opening with six GBU-57 MOPs and thirty BGM-109 Tomahawks, a military maneuver known in West Point academy lingo as "the US will never have free healthcare"

iran please strike intel factory in pissrael

I don't remember too much details but I remember it was forced by usa to invest in isntreal to boost isfake's reputation. they were not making processors of any value rn, especially at israhell. bombing them could even force american companies to drop anti boycot laws. who wants a factory near warzone

President Trump wants J.D. Vance and Steve Witkoff to meet with Iranian officials later this week

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Is JD going to kill Khamenei?

Venezuelans March to Show Unwavering Solidarity With the Iranian and Palestinian Peoples - Venezuela Analysis

If time actually is a flat circle - we'll get a reboot of this...

Maduro calls on U.S. people to stop the US government's madness - Prensa Latina

President Maduro needs YOUR help!

Just over 2½ hours ago, the B-2s started crossing the Pacific ocean.

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The fact that they required refueling immediately after takeoff, and took quite long to reach California and the Pacific, suggest that these are fully loaded with ordinance (2x GBU-57 MOP is 60 000lbs), despite using a transit callsign, MYTEE. So they're loaded and ready to go. Could likely stop and be forward deployed at Guam or Diego Garcia. Going to be a very long flight.

According to open source signals intelligence (SIGINT), it's 6x B-2s, two flights of 3 each, MYTEE 11-13, and MYTEE 21-23. Transit flight from Whiteman to Guam for MYTEE 21-23. Destination confirmed for them. Destination unknown for MYTEE 11-13.

MYTEE 21 flt 3 x B-2A WM departed Whiteman to Guam postion 37,39N - 131W @ 09.59z FL 340 block 360 est 37N - 133W @ 10.29z next is 35N - 135W working SFO HF 5574

11.25 MYTEE 11 flt 3 x B-2 WM ?? position 38,20N - 131W @ 10.19z FL280 block 300 estimating 37N - 133W @ 10.42z working SFO HF 5574

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MYTEE 21-23 flight path so far

Update: Two mid air refueling aircraft, KC-135 Stratotankers, are airborne to refuel the B-2s. Refueling set to start in half an hour's time according to the NOTAM yesterday just outside the B-2 shaped airspace. They're right on time, very telegraphed movement.

Flightradar link

Washington Post: anti-missile defense against Iran costs Israel $285 million per day.

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif responded to a post about a BBC interview with Iran's king in exile saying “grow some balls and go to Iran” and calling him a “bloody parasitical imperial whore.”

Reza Pahlavi is Iranian Guaido

Uri Misgav-Haaretz: No one guarantees that we will reach "post-war" with Iran. Even in Gaza, we have been drowning for 622 days without an exit plan. Soldiers are being killed, prisoners are abandoned, and shells and bullets kill civilians and hungry children daily who rush with whatever strength they have left toward flour trucks.

Netanyahu's appetite here knows no bounds. Look how quickly we moved from "preventing an Iranian nuclear threat" to bombing a television station and university, and delusions about "redrawing the region" and regime change. What about our own regime? Who will address the destruction, and who will lead life under an endless war of attrition? Netanyahu and Yinon Magal? Miri Regev and Ben Gvir? The Chief Rabbis?

When the opposition and media surrender to Netanyahu and his wars, falling in love with planes and missiles as the only solution to everything, this puts me, as a Zionist and liberal, under existential threat. No less real than Iran's threat.

lmao liberal zionists are hilarious

It wss just YESTERDAY Pakistan formally recommended trump as nobel peace prize nominee for the india Pakistan dispute. We have to be in a simulation https://xcancel.com/GovtofPakistan/status/1936159807326900577

This is what Iran hit with 300 kg of explosive missile this morning: a highly sensitive target.

Aviv (“Av‑Kam”) Research Centre – Israel’s Hidden Technological Hub: 700 personnel

The Aviv or Av‑Kam Research Centre, situated in the Negev Desert near the Dimona nuclear complex, represents one of Israel’s most secretive military-industrial facilities. Although its exact functions are shrouded in official silence, open-source experts and satellite analysts attribute sophisticated roles to the centre:

Close to the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, the site lies within Israel’s broader high-security enclave, protected by multiple concentric perimeters. Analysts believe Aviv supports research and development in radar, sensor arrays, electronic countermeasures, and command-and-control systems—essential components of Israel’s multi-layered missile defence networks, including Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow .

Missile and nuclear links: Its proximity to nuclear facilities and defence nodes has led to speculation about roles in nuclear command, early-warning systems, and even clandestine nuclear-related R&D—consistent with Israel's policy of "strategic ambiguity" .

The centre likely forms part of a broader tech ecosystem spanning the Negev: it may work in concert with the Israeli Defense Forces' cyber warfare units (e.g. recently relocated to Be'er al-Sabe') and high-tech parks like Gav-Yam and Ben-Gurion University’s tech campus.

Like the Dimona reactor, Aviv is neither officially acknowledged nor described in budgetary releases.

Also Pepe Escobar:

It took ONE Iranian missile - not intercepted - to strike the Negev Advanced Technologies Park in Be’er Sheev and incinerate infamous military intel Unit 8200. Israel used the campus to operate C4i and the Cyber Defense Directorate.

EDIT: with the pictures - it seems more like "Aimed at" then "hit" - its damage is rather mild - and when only one missile was used , that should be its result.

CW: severe burn victim tiktok user states he self immolated in an act of protest of the genocide in Palestine, says no news outlets covered it because he was coerced to sign documents that his family would not contact the media or lest he be charged with terrorism (spray painted)