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The brazen oversimplification is strong in this post. They got to where they are by exercising a disciplined form of strategic patience. It is ridiculous to suggest that the past posture of a power like China determines future trajectory; especially if said power has managed to bolster its...

Video of Houthi forces shooting down an American MQ-9 Reaper over Marib yesterday:

Interesting and remarkable story: Multiple Destroyers Were Swarmed By Mysterious 'Drones' Off California Over Numerous Nights In July of 2019, a truly bizarre series of events unfolded around California’s Channel Islands. Over a number of days, groups of unidentified aircraft, which the U.S...

Why Iran's new trade strategy isn't just a response to sanctions When Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2015, the administration of President Hassan Rouhani was pursuing a policy of restoring and expanding trade and investment relations with the European Union (EU)...

Mysterious Ship In Iranian Shipyard Is Likely IRGC’s New Flagship We believe that Iran's IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard) will unveil a new ship soon. The 64m (210 ft) long catamaran is much larger than the IRIS Shahid Nazeri, a related ship already in IRGC service. This raises...

Has Netanyahu’s Iran gamble backfired? Israelis will go to the polls on Tuesday for the fourth time in two years, with the future of their prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hanging in the balance. Public opposition to Netanyahu has only intensified in the past year because of his divisive...

Iran hiding scale of nuclear program: Western intelligence agencies LONDON: Iran is concealing the true scale of its nuclear program from the international community, Western intelligence agencies have warned. Officials say satellite images show that Tehran has hidden equipment and resources...

Bullseye:

Iran has not yet recovered from Natanz explosion hit - exclusive Iran has yet to recover from a devastating explosion at its Natanz nuclear facility last July, sources have told The Jerusalem Post, undercutting IAEA reports this week that the Islamic Republic has made progress with advanced...

Israel Concerned as Iran Provides Its Mideast Proxies With Better Weapons Iran has recently made significant advances in the development of its weapons industry, including precision-guided rockets and missiles, cruise missiles and drones. Israeli intelligence has observed a leap in Iranian...

Iran Is Starting to Want the Bomb On Feb. 8, Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, in an interview with Iranian state television, made a veiled threat about his country’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon. “The supreme leader [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] has explicitly said in his fatwa that...

Indeed, you don't need to hit every corner of the base to disable it. But considering the fact that a base like Ain al Asad host US troops in only a specific section on its area, one doesn't simply have to take into account the entirety of the base. Also bear in mind that the Americans aren't...

It depends. In any chaotic war situation, it would take far less missiles to psychologically and physically eliminate a significant amount of soldiers at the base, either through brain injuries or (mortal) wounds. The attack on Al Asad was just a demonstration of ability and didn't intended to...

It was caught off-guard, stood idle as other regional powers advanced their interests at its expense and had to cope with one of its northern neighbours, that has extensive relations with Israel, changing the contours of the area's borders. By the way, there is a semi military coup happening...

That is not what he says, though. In fact, he argues that it isn't really a religious conflict but a geopolitical one with significant sectarian undertones. Which is correct imo. Iran did not support Azerbaijan. Iran was caught with its pants down when Azerbaijan under leadership of Turkey...

US is signalling to both the Israelis and the Persian Gulf Arabs that the Trump honeymoon is over and that they are going to prioritize their great power struggle with China. Israel only concerns itself with Iranian entrenchment in Syria and does not pose a strategic threat to Iran's regional...

One of the better strategic analyses I've read lately: https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-coming-turkish-iranian-confrontation/ Bokhari argues that Iran has defeated Saudi in the fight for regional supremacy, and that there is only one player left that is willing and able to challenge Iran's...