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[Austin @AustinAJoseph76]

Russia mass deploying Spirit-030 satellite communications terminal in Ukraine War

1 > Following the blocking of Starlink, Russian troops have begun receiving Spirit-030 terminals, which operate with a geostationary communications satellite.

2 > The new terminal is now portable and uses 30-cm diameter antennas, rather than the 90-120 centimeter diameter found on older systems, making it more difficult to detect.

3 > The Spirit-030 terminal is a Russian development in mobile satellite communications. It is a domestically produced version of the American Starlink system, adapted for Russian technology. Communication is provided via geostationary satellites of the Russian constellation.

4 > The system is slated to operate in the centimeter C/Ku bands, but its narrow-beam parabolic antenna array places strict demands on the azimuth and elevation pointing parameters of the antenna, some other information indicates it uses phased arrays T/R elements.

5 > Some reports indicate the terminal weighs 5–7 kg, has an antenna with a diameter of 30 cm and provides speeds of up to 50 Mbps for reception and 10 Mbps for transmission. It operates in the Ku-band , compatible with major Russian and Chinese satellites, such as Express and Yamal.

6 > As the system's data transfer terminals can transmit encrypted files with target coordinates, large text files describing the tactical situation in a given theater of operations, and also provide secure voice communications likely even video data.

7 > The Spirit-030 represents tactical shift by Russian Armed Forces toward low-profile, tactical SATCOM:

Similar concept to portable satellite internet terminals used by modern militaries. Trades raw bandwidth for stealth, mobility, and survivability. Indicates Russia is trying to replicate LEO-like battlefield connectivity using its existing GEO satellite network.

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

Today marks one month since the US and Israel launched their war against Iran, which immediately spiralled into one of the largest regional wars the Middle East has ever seen.

One month in, none of the stated goals have been achieved, despite constant statements made by Trump about how much they had supposedly achieved.

Despite over 10,000 strikes being carried out on Iran so far, with hundreds still occurring every single day, Iran is still launching ballistic missiles and drones at Israel and the Gulf States every day,

Iran's leadership remains firmly in place and shows no signs of cracking, despite the death of Khamenei on day 1. There is no major unrest in Iranian cities, and pro-regime demonstrations continue to this day, despite US and Israeli calls for a popular uprising against the regime.

Oil prices continue to remain extremely high, despite efforts by Trump and the US to calm worries of future price rises.

The Houthis officially joined the war on the side of Iran today, which risks additional economic issues in the event of a blockade of the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Hezbollah continues to fire hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel and IDF positions every single day, and the IDF continues to face continuous ground resistance in southern Lebanon, despite the elimination of most of Hezbollah's leadership and other serious degradations in 2024 and constant strikes against them since then.

The US is being forced to bring in new troop reinforcements and firepower to the Middle East which they did not have in the region before the war, which proves they are facing more resistance than expected and the war timeline is not going to plan.

It is safe to say that despite serious blows to Iran's military capabilities and an obvious U.S. and Israeli superiority in military capacity, the war is not going to plan.

Iran's strategy of launching small numbers of ballistic missiles at a time in order to degrade western interceptor stockpiles while increasing the longevity of their own ballistic missile stockpiles is proving successful. Interception rates are now beginning to sharply drop off, and Israel and Gulf States are beginning to ration their interceptors.

Remember, for the US and Israel to win, they have to achieve regime change and destroy all Iranian military capabilities. For Iran to win, they just have to survive and make it too costly for the US to continue.

There is almost no popular support for this war in the US and the wider Western World, let alone enough required to keep up a prolonged, costly war in an area on the other side of the world.

The coming weeks will be decisive. Trump has two options:

1. Commit to an all-out war by sending in troops for ground operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and possibly begin a full-scale ground operation on mainland Iran too.

2. Make false claims about the success of the war, shift the goalposts, and pull out to save face ahead of the midterm elections. Iran is betting on the second option, but is prepared for the first.

[Brandon Weichert @WeTheBrandon]

I don't believe that these negotiation claims are serious. Trump needs to buy time to soothe the markets and for the Marines to get into place.

The target list for possible landings:

1. Kharg Island
2. Qeshm Island
3. Konarak

I'd eye #3.

h/t YouTuber @HistoryLegends_

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say. https://t.co/APFelxWZyL

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna is introducing legislation to ban the president, his family, members of Congress, and all elected officials from trading crypto or stocks.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to immediately carry out 'powerful' attacks in Gaza, per Reuters

A ceasefire was announced last week.

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

Ukraine's Ukrenergo has announced additional rolling hourly power outages for household consumers. They will take place for 18 hours every day between 7am and 11pm, and are being put in place due to today's Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, as well as earlier attacks.

Industrial consumers will be prioritised, with power limitation schedules being put in place for them rather than outright outages.

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

4 out of 5 operational Hydroelectric Power Plants were hit by Russian missiles last night...

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

Europe cannot sustain the proxy war against Russia on its own. The United States is selling weapons it doesn’t have to Europe, which can’t afford them, in order to arm Ukraine, which lacks the manpower to use them.

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

The President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has reportedly fled the country after boarding a French military aircraft.

Earlier, much of the country's military - including the CAPSAT unit - defected in support of ongoing protests sparked by poor access to electricity and water. CAPSAT has since stated that they will assume control over all branches of the military.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country's president says. https://t.co/vHtKZbN21C

[Matt Gaetz @mattgaetz]

Get that $7k….

[Faytuks News @Faytuks]

A classified US military intelligence report seen by the ABC says China is rapidly building up the country's commercial ferry fleet to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan.

The vessels have been modified to carry tanks & partake in amphibious operations

https://t.co/RgJai9MMbW

[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei says "today, we have reached an advanced level of Uranium Enrichment."

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

“Russia and Vietnam have developed a back-door method of concealing arms deal payments to avoid American and other Western sanctions, using the profits from joint oil and gas ventures to pay off defense contracts without any open transfers of cash through the global banking system, according to internal Vietnamese documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Under the system, Vietnam has purchased Russian military equipment including fighter jets, tanks and ships on credit from Moscow, then paid that credit back from its share of profits from a joint Vietnam-Russia oil company operating in Siberia. Such transactions are irregular in international financial markets and in this case are designed to keep cash quietly flowing even if sanctions aimed at ending Russia’s war on Ukraine are strengthened, the documents make clear.”
https://t.co/LMaZ69hsKd

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: Sushila Karki has officially taken office as Prime Minister of Nepal — the first world leader elected via Discord.

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

BREAKING: Donald Trump has lifted US sanctions on Belarus’ state airline Belavia.

Direct flights from Minsk to the United States are set to resume, following talks in Minsk between President Alexander Lukashenko and Trump’s envoy John Cole.