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My speculation is not the composition of the PLAN, but how it is used in conjunction with smaller navies around the world in a pseudo-alliance to control/patrol the shipping lanes in times of heightened tensions. The “1000 ship navy” concept was a USN plan from the late 90s, to over the...

My post is self explanatory, read it again.

Not to mention that the Lebanese have been observing and must have some of their higher end systems designed to avoid being shot down by the Iron Dome, David’s sling, or other air defense systems. The iron dome intercept seems to be midcourse (making boost phase sub-munitions launch harder to...

Under what doctrine? Towards what strategy? In coordination with which partners around the world? To protect what interests?

Could China be moving forward to implement its own version of the “1000 ship navy concept”? As part of its own vision of a new global order, especially in light of the conflict in the Middle East and the vulnerability of the sea lanes during heightened tensions. Build up its own fleet of “500”...

Do some Muslim countries, friendly to Pakistan, such as Turkey (or perhaps some members of the GCC), expect Pakistan to provide a nuclear umbrella? If so, does that necessitate a long range arsenal or at the very least these nations to help fund the Pakistani arsenal’s expansion and...

Not even the words of secular people (even those of Jewish descent) aren’t able to persuade the rulers of the most influential countries of commitments they have made and agreed would allow some kind of resolution.

If the end result isn’t sufficient for the populace, and they still feel unsafe, the leaders risk their legitimacy; instability in their countries. Better to try hard and comprehensively solve the problem in Palestine, before discontent and all that could entail spreads to their countries. One...

The new speaker of the house in the US, is one of those evangelicals that probably feels this is his and his ideology’s moment. What will the Muslim people do about this? What will the Arab leaders do about this? Their legitimacy is at stake (Arabs feel their lives are cheap and they aren’t...

What are they going to do in a concrete way? Are they going use their diplomatic or economic means to force a settlement with the west (and Israel)? Are they going to send an army to administer Gaza and protect it from the Israelis and western arms?

Something people in the west don’t understand or want to see, about the existence of Israel, and that is explained by the journalist (a Jewish person) in this interview, in the first 5 minutes. The European pogroms especially in the 60 years before 1948 lead to the call for Zionism and not the...

Update on the bombing

The people should demand transparency and that no one party be able to make any deals, especially to secure funds ahead of or just after an election. Be careful of the terms of any deal. Shortsighted terms will create new overlords and lost opportunities.

Israel’s PM declaring this a holy war while the President says it’s not a war between Jews and Muslims. https://x.com/fernando_liuzzi/status/1717584054835380515?s=46

Many don’t see Palestinians (and all Arabs) as equally human. Arabs standing up for Palestinians is them standing up for themselves as well.

Just as I predicted in an earlier post, but worse. Nerve gas will probably just kill not stun. The fact that civilians might be using some of the tunnels as bomb shelters from all the bombs being dropped, as well as basements of the apartment buildings, that maybe have air vents nearby, won’t...

Metkava armor modification to protect against EFPs around the threads?

Come on. They can’t go back and look like a failure. They’ll probably try to cross over into the US.

Weren’t 8 of them just sentenced to death for espionage?

I agree with you. 73 was overrated. The initial phase worked but the Egyptians were not prepared for the counter offensive militarily, probably just politically. When the US started resupplying Israel it was completely over. The Egyptians couldn’t complete the war in the narrow time window they...