๐ซ๐ท France just turned a military cargo plane into a wildfire bomber.
A French A400M Atlas, built to haul tanks and troops, is now dumping 20 tonnes of retardant in under 10 seconds over the Gironde fire near Bordeaux that's torched 30,000 hectares. One pass does the work of three water bombers.
The kit pops in and out with zero permanent changes, so it fights fires this week and flies troops the next.
France wasn't supposed to have this flying until 2027, and with over 12,000 fires this year, they couldn't wait.
Source: Flight radar24, Army recognition / Writer: Daniyal
๐จ WARNING: SOMETHING TERRIBLE WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS!!
On July 25, China is reportedly moving to restrict paper gold trading.
Meanwhile, they're sitting on 30,000 TONNES of physical gold.
We've seen THE SAME manipulation before.
That matters because gold is not primarily priced through physical bars.
It is priced through leveraged paper contracts.
โ One physical ounce supports multiple paper claims
โ Paper markets suppress volatility
โ The entire system depends on almost nobody demanding delivery
But China appears to be making the opposite bet:
Physical gold over paper promises.
If confidence in paper gold weakens, price discovery could shift fast.
More demand for real metal.
Less trust in financial claims.
More pressure on an already leveraged market.
We saw a similar positioning shock hit oil in 2024.
Crowded trades looked stableโuntil liquidity disappeared and forced selling took over.
This is not only about gold pumping.
It is about who controls the price.
Keep in mind: Iโve called every major $SPX selloff, 2025 $BTC ATH and move from $126K โ $60K
I was one of the only people who called the top in October, and Iโll do it again, thatโs literally my job.
If you still havenโt followed me, youโll regret it.
๐จ๐ณ Chinese AI video about potential future wars.
Pay attention to the patch with the flag at 1:30; the Chinese AI model depicted the enemy very clearly.
โผ๏ธ๐จ Is Putin Ready to Strike NATO?
๐จCol. Wilkerson on "Judging Freedom"
In a recent episode of the podcast Judge Napolitano โ Judging Freedom, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson stated that Zelenskyโs dismissal of his defense minister and generals signals a loss of control, not victory.
He argued that Putin has decided he is at war with NATO, and that we may soon see one or several Russian ICBMs hitting a NATO target in a NATO country.
๐บ๐ฆAnother robber has been exposed in Ukraine
โฝ๏ธThe former head of the Football Federation of Ukraine, Andriy Pavelko, was detained in Slovakia. He is suspected of transferring 295 million hryvnias (approximately 6,5 million dollars) abroad.
๐According to the investigation, the money was sent to affiliated companies for the supply of seafood, elite tea, and coffee. Of course, no one has seen any of the goods.
Football is a profitable business...
๐ฎ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ A $2 billion radar was wiped out by two $20,000 drones.
Fmr. U.S. Navy intel officer Malcolm Nance walks through the systematic blinding: the Qatari radar controlling the entire Gulf's airspace, gone.
THAAD radars hit in the UAE and Jordan.
Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, the base Nance lived on, abandoned and run by telemetry from Norfolk while Iranian drones level it almost symbolically:
"The Iranians have put us technically out of the theater."
Patrols now fly five hours from Sicily.
CENTCOM will likely move to Israel.
And his starkest prediction: "Mark my words, the US will leave Kuwait."
@MalcolmNance
๐จ THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Trump is considering a massive attack on Iran, larger than any previous U.S. operation.
โI am close to making a decision. We are all set for it.โ
Then something extremely strange happened.
Read this URGENTLY before July 27
For the first time after 13 consecutive nights of strikes, there was no new attack overnight.
Most people will call this de-escalation.
But it could be the exact opposite.
A pause before a much larger operation.
Now connect the dots:
โ 13 consecutive nights of strikes
โ A sudden pause
โ Trump says a record-scale attack is ready
โ Iran threatens to kill one American for every Iranian killed
โ Trump orders the Pentagon to make Iran โpay many times overโ for every U.S. soldier killed
Read that again.
Iran says:
1 Iranian killed โ 1 American targeted
Trump says:
1 American killed โ Iran pays many times over
This creates a retaliation loop with no natural stopping point.
One U.S. strike triggers an Iranian response.
That response triggers a much larger U.S. attack.
And every new casualty pushes both sides further up the escalation ladder.
This is not normal deterrence.
Both sides are publicly setting the price of retaliation.
The quiet night may not be peace.
It may be preparation.
And the market consequences could be immediate:
โ Iran retaliates against U.S. bases
โ The Strait of Hormuz becomes even more dangerous
โ Oil gaps higher
โ Inflation expectations pump
โ Fed cuts get priced out
โ Bond yields rise
โ Stocks and crypto dump
Markets are closed.
That means every development will be priced at once when futures reopen.
Most people will relax because the strikes suddenly stopped.
But the largest move often comes after the silence.
Follow and turn notifications on.
Iโll post the warning before the market reacts.
The silver market traded 153 million paper ounces yesterday. The comex had 23 deliveries and the LBMA had 0. Did you see China is no longer allowing paper trading in gold yesterday? I can promise you that will impact silver. Also donโt forget about stacking platinum if you can!!