Raiderjay said:

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Rockets incoming to Tel Aviv

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ErnestEndeavor said:

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Some very early reports that Iran was able to scramble some Mig-29s but nothing confirmed. Good information coming out of Iran or anywhere else is difficult to find.

Israel had freedom of the skies after day one of their strikes over the summer. Iran has a lot of homegrown air defense systems that were basically copycats of Russian crap and they failed spectacularly last year.

I think the assumption was China had given them some stuff but Chinese anti-air assets have exactly been reliable either,

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Any Mig 29's that came are no more.

🚨 BREAKING: Iranian missiles have successfully breached the UAE’s air defenses, striking the Palm Hotel and Resort in Dubai

CasuaIties unknown.

This is still escalating. pic.twitter.com/lXyHTnzz3N

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 28, 2026

Dubai hit with a ballistic missile. Thoughts and prayers for all of the Onlyfans and Instagram models caught in harms way.

Footage shows an impact at a 5-star hotel on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE, following the Iranian ballistic missile attack. It is unclear whether it was caused by a direct missile strike or falling debris. https://t.co/jSDZZ113um pic.twitter.com/JwHe7irr5A

— OSINTWarfare (@OSINTWarfare) February 28, 2026

Iran is apparently targeting areas near the Burj Khalifa, with kamikaze drones approaching the building. pic.twitter.com/ZmiXW0dqRd

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 28, 2026

I feel like Russia and China owe Iran a refund for the ****ty SAMs and air-defense systems they sold them.

Pretty sure we're killing Russia and China's arms industries too with this PR nightmare for them.

Question for Iran's leadership, "would you rather give up your right to enrich uranium or your right to live?". I will hang up and listen.

That's at night. It's just evening there now, isn't it?

Would like to see corroboration.

Iran's regime will cease to exist. Its clear they are cashing in on their death cult status.

With all the F-22s we sent over there any MiG-29 would be targeted and fired on without it having a clue any F-22 was airborne.

Not sure the F-22 has ever actually had a chance to show off its primary intended use in air-to-air combat so would be interested to see if it is now.

They hit that hotel much earlier in the day

GAC- you got anything to add on the mig situation?

Phat32 said:

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It will not be possible for the Iranian regime to survive if they have already lost air superiority.

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FWIW they never had it!

My statement on Iran. pic.twitter.com/Ki4VVTYO4N

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) February 28, 2026

MagnumLoad said:

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Question for Iran's leadership, "would you rather give up your right to enrich uranium or your right to live?". I will hang up and listen.

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Ya. It's goodnight Irene for them

bonfarr said:

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Dubai hit with a ballistic missile. Thoughts and prayers for all of the Onlyfans and Instagram models caught in harms way.

Footage shows an impact at a 5-star hotel on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE, following the Iranian ballistic missile attack. It is unclear whether it was caused by a direct missile strike or falling debris. https://t.co/jSDZZ113um pic.twitter.com/JwHe7irr5A

— OSINTWarfare (@OSINTWarfare) February 28, 2026

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Many a single men in this country will be shedding many a tears if that happens.

Iran's junk is failing

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Fitch said:

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🚨 MASSIVE BREAKING: Jennifer Griffin: “We’re just getting word right now that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says they will join the U.S. in the operation against the Islamic Republic of Iran. They said this comes in the wake of Iran attacking the U.S. base in Saudi Arabia. I just… pic.twitter.com/AiwejWqDcR

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) February 28, 2026

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Yeah, that's kinda big

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How is it we can shoot down a fast moving missile, but can't versus a slow moving drone especially around key areas?

I could care less what that tyrant has to say.

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Question for Iran's leadership, "would you rather give up your right to enrich uranium or your right to live?". I will hang up and listen.

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Long past time for that question.

The only question that should be asked is do they want a single bullet death or to be dragged through the streets by the citizens.


And, if they choose the single bullet, still throw them out into the streets for the citizens to have their way with them.

Yukon Cornelius said:

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Iran is apparently targeting areas near the Burj Khalifa, with kamikaze drones approaching the building. pic.twitter.com/ZmiXW0dqRd

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 28, 2026

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Wow thats not a 4D chess move by the mulahs wont be any future partying in Dubai for them.

Agreed. Pretty much sealed the regimes isolation I would think.

I know the migs stand little chance. I presume we had the 22s flying a cap but im totally ignorant on modern air force tactics

The UAE successfully intercepted new wave of Iranian Missiles

The Ministry of Defence announced that UAE air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a new wave of Iranian missiles launched towards the country, noting that the operation was carried out with high efficiency and… pic.twitter.com/W9LvTtjR1e

— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) February 28, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: Iran has launched the first wave of ballistic missile retaliation following strikes on its territory.

Missiles are reportedly targeting Israel and U.S. military positions across the region as air-defence systems activate and sirens sound.

This marks a direct… pic.twitter.com/QwHPcGJh3d

— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) February 28, 2026

Yukon Cornelius said:

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Iran is apparently targeting areas near the Burj Khalifa, with kamikaze drones approaching the building. pic.twitter.com/ZmiXW0dqRd

— Clash Report (@clashreport) February 28, 2026

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This is just terrorism to divert assets. Totally on brand for them.

The united kingdom if britishstan is deeply concerned. Shocked.

Component there with a Thales label on it. Always funny to see the downed missile carnage and componentry from our "friends" inside. This time from the French.

⭕️The IDF completed a broad strike on strategic defense systems of the Iranian regime.

The IDF struck multiple strategic aerial defense systems, including an advanced SA-65 system in the Kermanshah area of western Iran. pic.twitter.com/p3UI3aB50y

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 28, 2026

The American bases that were attacked today so far by Iran:

Bahrain:
Al-Juffair Base
U.S. Fifth Fleet Command Center

Qatar:
Al-Udeid Air Base

Kuwait:
Arifjan Camp
Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base
Mubarak Air Base

United Arab Emirates:
Al-Dhafra Air Base
Jebel Ali Port
Fujairah Air Base

Saudi Arabia:
Prince Sultan Air Base in Riyadh
Tabuk Base
Khamis Mushait Base
A western base in Jeddah

Jordan:
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base

Iraq:
U.S. base in Erbil

The first 24 hours were Israel. The next 24 hours are America.

Here is the force architecture that is now activating and what it is designed to do in sequence.

Phase one already happened. Eleven F-22 Raptors from Ovda entered Iranian airspace invisible to whatever air defenses… https://t.co/qbz8DDvsxT pic.twitter.com/oJQBA7gZX8

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 28, 2026

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The first 24 hours were Israel. The next 24 hours are America.

Here is the force architecture that is now activating and what it is designed to do in sequence.

Phase one already happened. Eleven F-22 Raptors from Ovda entered Iranian airspace invisible to whatever air defenses survived June 2025. Their mission was not to bomb. Their mission was to map every radar emission, destroy every surface-to-air battery that powered up, and create corridors of absolute silence through which everything that follows can pass undetected. This is what F-22s did to Russian S-300s in Venezuela. No interceptor fired. The entire network went dark. Iran's rebuilt air defenses likely suffered the same fate in the opening minutes.

Phase two is now. The USS Gerald R. Ford sits off Haifa with a full carrier air wing. Its position is not offensive. It is a tripwire. Any Iranian missile that crosses Israeli airspace passes through the Ford's Aegis radar envelope. An attack on Israel is now automatically an attack in the vicinity of an American carrier strike group. That is not an accident. That is the legal and operational trigger for full American engagement under self-defense. The USS Abraham Lincoln holds station in the Gulf of Oman, 850 kilometers from Iran's southern coast, with a second full air wing and escort destroyers carrying 300 plus Tomahawk cruise missiles between them.

Phase three comes overnight. Six F-16CM Block 50s confirmed at Diego Garcia. These are Wild Weasel variants, built specifically to hunt and kill radar systems. They extend the suppression campaign that the F-22s began. Behind them at Diego Garcia sit the assets that end this: B-2 Spirit stealth bombers carrying GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, the 30,000 pound bombs designed for one purpose on earth, punching through the reinforced concrete and mountain rock protecting Fordow.

113 additional fighters sit at European bases ready for deployment. F-35As, F-15E Strike Eagles, and more F-16s. Fifty fifth-generation stealth aircraft have been added to the theater in the last 72 hours alone. Fourteen tankers at Ben Gurion keep everything airborne. The logistics tail from 270 C-17 transport flights is now feeding a machine that can sustain high-intensity operations for weeks.

Iran's retaliation hit one civilian in Abu Dhabi with debris. America's next phase will hit Fordow with penetrators that were designed during the Obama administration for exactly this moment.

The UK denied Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford for strike operations. It does not matter. The B-2 can fly from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, refuel over the Atlantic, deliver its payload over Isfahan, and return without landing. It has done this before. It needs no permission from any country between takeoff and impact.

The first day was the scalpel. The next day is the hammer. And the hammer does not need a runway in anyone else's country to swing.

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Israeli Channel 12 is reporting, citing unnamed intelligence sources, growing indications that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in this morning’s strikes.

Not injured. Not relocated. Killed.

The assessment is not based on satellite imagery. It is based on human… https://t.co/gHNR0Hve2u pic.twitter.com/T3RJng5zlT

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 28, 2026

Per my friends in Bahrain and Dubai, interceptions have been frequent and without respite.

Pic from a friends window in Bahrain

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns and denounces in strongest terms the blatant Iranian aggression and the flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan........

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Saudi is like that 7th grader that jumps into the fight after the jock knocks the bully out.

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Actually, I think the Saudis were playing the long con here. Buying time for final preparations by the US and Israel. They placated the Iranians but were completely ready to back us when the shooting started. Saudis knew Iranians would be stupid enough to lob some missiles at their ME neighbors providing the excuse for the flip.

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Exactly. That message was prepared weeks ago and the just had to hit "send".

This operation was planned months in advance.