Rocky Rider said:

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I'm skeptical of any public statement regarding our arms stockpile. My hunch is that information is a closely held secret.

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BREAKING: All US ships at the headquarters of the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain have moved out to open sea-AP

— WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 (@WarMonitor3) February 25, 2026

American Hardwood said:

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My future SIL just got offered a job at Lockheed.

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Iran this week:

“You are a man of action, but each day of delay means dozens of executions."

pic.twitter.com/GROidLfJdj

— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) February 26, 2026

What’s happening at @VOAfarsi is total journalistic malpractice…and with MY tax dollars no less. An absolute disgrace. https://t.co/wJX92HvC81

— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) February 26, 2026

American Hardwood said:

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My future SIL just got offered a job at Lockheed.

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A senior Iranian official rejects U.S. demands in an interview with Al Jazeera:

We completely reject the dismantling of nuclear facilities, the handover of uranium stockpiles, and the principle of zero enrichment forever.

— Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) February 26, 2026

Ag with kids said:

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American Hardwood said:

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My future SIL just got offered a job at Lockheed.

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Which one?

I've worked at 2 of them (well, one wasn't Lockheed at the time)?

And congrats to your future SIL!

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74OA said:

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Interesting discussion of the complexities of what will be a risky operation.

"The massive issues surrounding a major American air war against Iran. With the U.S. at the precipice of war with Iran, we break down the glaring questions of such an operation and the reasoning for it."

WAR

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There are capabilities and war plans we know nothing about. It may be possible that the United States thinks it can break Iran's command and control capabilities so quickly that it can preempt many of its most dangerous weapons from being used in large quantities. This could come in the form of cyber attacks, other forms of espionage, electronic warfare, and exotic weaponry and more likely a combination of the above. It could also be the orchestration of an insider coup-like scenario.

There is also the possibility that the United States thinks Iran's military apparatus would simply collapse under a full combined aerial assault by the U.S. and Israel. A possible decapitation of the regime is another factor here.

If this is the case, and Iran's warfighting capabilities can be left largely unused, then the risk equation changes. But this is a massive bet to make, and just how certain whatever measures are used will have the exact crippling effects intended could mean the difference between go and no-go for a major campaign.

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Author's note:
One section I forgot to include is the domestic side of a conflict directly with Iran. Iran has cyber capabilities that are no joke. They also have operatives here in the United States, based on many accounts and stated threats, including to the life of President Trump. It is possible these cells would activate in an all-out war with the U.S., if they do indeed exist and are in a condition to operate. The threat to U.S. interests in other countries is even more severe.

It is very hard to quantify these threats via open sources, but it is worth factoring into any unprecedented operation against a long-term adversary.

In other words, it's possible the war could come home, even on a small scale.

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LMCane said:

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If only in June 2025 the Israeli Air Force had launched 12 days of attacks against the Islamic Republic.

then we would actually have a way of knowing what would happen if the stronger US Air Force launches attacks.

IF ONLY!!

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BREAKING: All Persian-language news and political channels on the Yahsat satellite appear to be currently off air, according to a received photograph. The cause of the outage remains unclear.

(📸 Faytuks News) pic.twitter.com/nMUvKdtWrN

— World Source News (@Worldsource24) February 26, 2026

74OA said:

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Unsurprisingly, things are getting more complicated the closer we get to war.

"There have been concerns, at the highest levels, that, should the United States become involved in a conflict with Iran, the U.S. military could rapidly burn through its stockpiles of certain key weapons. Reportedly, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has warned Trump that such a campaign could have a severe impact on the U.S. stockpile of anti-missile interceptors, including the Patriot, THAAD, and ship-launched missiles such as the Standard series."

UPDATE
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• Numerous stories from the Fake News Media have been circulating stating that General Daniel Caine, sometimes referred to as Razin, is against us going to War with Iran. The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone, and is 100% incorrect. General Caine, like all of us, would like not to see War but, it a decision is made on going against Iran at a Military level, it is his opinion that it will be something easily won. He knows Iran well in that he was in charge of Midnight Hammer, the attack on the Iranian Nuclear Development. It is a Development no longer, but rather, was blown to smithereens by our Great B-2 Bombers. Razin Caine is a Great Fighter, and represents the Most Powerful Military anywhere in the World.
  He has not spoken of not doing Iran, or even the fake limited strikes that I have been reading about, he only knows one thing, how to WIN and, if he is told to do so, he will be leading the pack. Everything that has been written about a potential War with Iran has been written incorrectly, and purposefully so. I am the one that makes the decision, I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don't make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people, because they are great and wonderful, and something like this should never have happened to them.
  PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

The Pentagon just announced it will use Iran’s own weapon against Iran. And the reason why tells you everything about what comes next.

Task Force Scorpion Strike is operational in the Middle East. America’s first kamikaze drone unit. The weapon is called LUCAS. It was… https://t.co/ibUdLcdMOF pic.twitter.com/K8dONBrTU7

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 26, 2026

LMCane said:

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KC 135 out of Chania Crete flew nearly to Tel Aviv and now about to land back in Greece.

RIVET JOINT is departing from eastern coast now over Newfoundland to NATO base in Europe

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LMCane said:

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KC 135 out of Chania Crete flew nearly to Tel Aviv and now about to land back in Greece.

RIVET JOINT is departing from eastern coast now over Newfoundland to NATO base in Europe

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Nobody in crypto is talking about the $1 billion Bitcoin operation that gets wiped out if the bombs fall.

Iran mines Bitcoin at $1,320 per coin on subsidized electricity and sells it at $68,000. A 50x gross margin. Not a hedge fund return. Not a venture multiple. Fifty times on… pic.twitter.com/ePP4dxJF8r

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 27, 2026

boulderaggie said:

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What does a strike that ends Iran's bitcoin mining operation do to bitcoin price? Up or down?

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Short-term bearish: sudden 2-5% hashrate loss from grid hits would slow blocks, spike fees, and trigger FUD until difficulty adjusts in ~2 weeks. Long-term neutral—BTC is antifragile, recovers fast, and this just shows how permissionless it stays even if one regime's cheap-power…

— Grok (@grok) February 27, 2026