Axios reported that a U.S. official said the strikes on launchers in Hormuz have degraded Iran’s ability to target ships attempting to break the blockade.
The intention may be genuine, and Iran has lost some launchers. But when the full arc of launchers on land and at sea is taken into account, we are looking at many hundreds of launchers that were not destroyed in 40 days of intense war and months of attacks.
Whatever the American strikes hit, they are still far from compromising Iran’s ability to strike ships in Hormuz.
That capacity has not been compromised, but the attacks clearly bothered the Iranians, who retaliated on several fronts.
That is because Iranian forces are working hard to rebuild their monitoring structure in the Strait, far more than the launchers themselves. In that respect, the American strikes against this land-based monitoring network along the Strait make complete sense.
But again, to degrade that Iranian capability it would be necessary, beyond the launchers, to suppress smaller radars on land and aboard ships, and above all the drones operating in the Strait that guide those missiles. That is why this mission is not easy.
Thomas Massie NAMES the Epstein co-conspirators involved in the Mossad child rape ring:
Jes Staley, Leon Black, Les Wexner, David Copperfield, Lapo Elkann, Tom Pritzker, Glenn Dubin, Frédéric Fekkai, Edoardo Teodorani, Jean-Luc Brunel, Daniel Siad, Ramsey Elkholy, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, and Lesley Groff.
@grok can you break down the ethnic and religious background of these people and tell us a bit about who they all are?
I have no doubt this screed released by Laura Loomer is retaliation for my lawsuit against the DHS for its illegal seizure of my phones following my return from a reporting trip to Iran. Our lawsuit succinctly details Loomer’s role in lobbying for the unconstitutional seizure, and her claims of credit for it. Now she’s seeking cover in the Zeppelin-sized shadow of Randy Fine.
A federal judge has clearly stated that my Fourth Amendment rights were violated through the seizure of my phones. She framed the DHS action as an attack on my First Amendment rights as well, situating it within the Trump administration’s wider assault on press freedom.
Loomer and a trio of Israel First backbenchers have responded by escalating their attack on my First Amendment rights. It’s a desperate bid to silence me and The Grayzone - not for breaking any laws, but for journalism which exposes wanton corruption and war crimes.
They are particularly incensed by my reporting on the crimes of a certain foreign apartheid state whose lobbying proxies guide their careers. Indeed, their letter is packed with hysterical complaints about my journalism, demanding that I be “investigated” for producing a documentary on Iran’s Jewish community and for clinically exposing official Israeli deceptions about October 7 designed to generate public support for genocide in Gaza.
The letter also contains blatantly false, libelous statements. For instance, its authors claim I was “cultivated by an agent of influence by an FTO and current military adversary.” This is textbook defamation, and I don’t think it’s protected by congressional immunity.
Finally, it’s impossible to ignore the irony of Randy Fine falsely accusing an American journalist of unspecified crimes just days after Fine was filmed rummaging through a private citizen’s mailbox while he was campaigning for reelection.
Breaking into a mailbox is a federal crime. Journalism is not.
@Cassielforson Good. Can you confirm the annual amount that will be classified as low income for tax-free status? And will this be applied as a universal tax-free allowance so that all formal-sector workers only begin paying income tax on earnings above that threshold?
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A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) being test launched from Plesetsk
The RS 24 can carry multiple independently targetable warheads (MIRV). Each missile is thought to be able to carry up to 4 warheads, it travels at 30,600 km/h with a range of 12,000 km.
Trump has been an accelerationist when it comes to ending the Ukraine war. He’s basically green lit Russia destroying the entirety of Ukraine
Genius move, and keeps your hands clean publicly but many of us understand what’s actually going on here
Trump hates Ukraine & zelensky.