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[Intelschizo @Schizointel]

They dropped this on Shiraz.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

The first 36 hours of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran consumed more than 3,000 precision-guided munitions and interceptors, exposing a critical vulnerability in the supply chain. https://t.co/WxUgeGj17t

[Ben Tzion Macales @BenTzionMacales]

In-Depth Analysis of Israel’s Strategic Blow to Iran’s Missile Capabilities.
A Mega Thread 🧵

Operation "Rising Lion" had two goals: stopping a nuclear breakout and neutralizing the ballistic missile threat posed by Iran.

This analysis will focus on the latter:
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[Janis Kluge @jakluge]

Don't expect a ceasefire in Ukraine: Russia will not agree to it - yet. Putin knows that the war is his biggest asset. As soon as he agrees to a ceasefire, he will lose all his leverage. Trump will celebrate and then lose interest. Violating "Trump's" ceasefire later on is risky.

[Diliman Abdulkader @D_abdulkader]

New map drop.

Haters will say this is taking it too far 🤣

[IakovK @k_iakov]

one or two mass strikes during the Winter holidays.

While the usage of Kalibrs in the last strike is lower than before, Russia has spent a lot of them during the last four strikes. I would say that the pause due to the Black fleet exile to Novorossijsk has ended.

[Wladimir van Wilgenburg @vvanwilgenburg]

Interesting map on who controls the oil and gas infrastructure in Syria after fall of Assad @MeesEnergy

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱 🦩🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 @TheDeadDistrict]

AGM-158 XR

[Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555]

Some light weekend reading.

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖. 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 passed away on July 19. He was a political scientist and specialist in Southeast Asia. He was a dissident within Political Science. Yet his books opened up lines of research on central issues, such as the exercise of power and resistance to power.👇

[Volodymyr Dacenko @Volodymyr_D_]

Resources of war
Can Russia sustain this war for years? Here are some calculations to help estimate this.
Thread 1/
@RALee85 @olliecarroll @ragnarbjartur @konrad_muzyka @McFaul @HelloMrBond @SpencerGuard @JominiW

[Alex @notcomplex_]

The Chinese Communist Revolution consolidated its power by taking land from the elite. In the following generation, the previous elite once again reclaimed their social advantage.

This is not an isolated phenomenon: A Thread on the persistence of status 🧵

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

The beauty of the Eternal City - a thread 🧵

1. Colosseum at sunset

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of cities photographed from above

1. Venice, Italy 🇮🇹

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Photographs taken in the right place at the right time, intentionally or by chance - a thread 🧵

1. Wilma Hurskainen

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

The world's most beautiful (and unique) villages... 🧵

1. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland 🇨🇭

[depths of wikipedia! @depthsofwiki]

Sometimes Wikipedians get SO sick of people making the same edits over and over and over that they'll add angry invisible comments that pop up when you try to make a change. Thread of my favorites!
1. From "Beyoncé" (Texas birth certificates don't allow accented letters)

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

East/West Germany's phantom borders
More below

[Башня умолчания @preikshaitis]

@KaptainLOMA Whats about this list? Is it reliable? https://t.co/HdiydkngBN

[The Insider @the_ins_ru]

ВСУ потопили российский ракетный катер «Ивановец» у берега Крыма. По подсчетам The Insider, это как минимум 26-й успешный случай атаки на корабли ВМФ РФ с 24 февраля 2022 года.

Всего пострадали 25 кораблей (БДК «Новочеркасск» дважды попадал под удар), девять из них достоверно безвозвратно потеряны, остальные получили повреждения разной степени тяжести; часть отремонтированы и уже вернулись в строй.

[Дикий Петербург @Wild_SPb]

Искусство лепить снеговиков в Петербурге выходит на запредельный уровень.

Жуткий снегочеловек замечен во дворах на Будапештской улице