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Five minutes ago IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi said that missile fire from Iran would be met with a response. Speaking at the Nevatim military base, which was hit by five missiles during the Iranian attack, he said, "When we look ahead, we consider our steps. The launch of so many cruise missiles ...

Flightradar latest: Only Arab airlines flying over Jordan, Iraq, or Iran. Only flights to Damascus or Beirut, and only by Arab airlines, flying over Syria and/or Lebanon. Only Israeli airlines flying into or over Israel. General drift of comments from and about Israel seems to suggest there will be ...

Syrskyi on the current situation on the ground https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/13/7451087/ The former Commander of the Ukrainian Southern Front (i.e. Kherson) has just been posted to head the training school. I would guess this is to shake up training command in line with Syrskyi's statem...

Would a single nuke be the end for putin? Half the Russian population would probably give him a standing ovation. Who would risk launching a response, given Russia has an awful lot of nukes left? Where would they aim at? putin won't be guaranteed to be under the Kremlin when the nuke is launched at ...

Israeli War Cabinet meeting again. Israel ‘not in the business of revenge’ A spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in London has said Israel is “not in the business of revenge” but needs to ensure Iran is “deterred” from launching further attacks. Asked if Israel will heed warnings from its allies cal...

In many ways, this is similar to the First World War, when observation balloons and those new-fangled aeroplanes, coupled with artillery, also made it difficult to move unobserved and untargetted. The solution remains the same - change the paradigm, change the point of attack. I have been saying thi...

US Retail Sales (not seasonally adjusted), corrected against CPI sales vs CPI.jpg Source:Bloomberg In simple terms, and assuming a similar distribution of purchases, people are buying less items. This is probably indicative of less real disposable income. The problem with all the government data bei...

Well, they can't hire ex-RAF guys like me because we've emigrated

Questions have been asked about why allies had not done the same for protecting UKR. Israel is about 4,000 sq miles of inhabited area, Ukraine is 233,000 sq miles. The Iranian attack was a single event at a guessable time with the weapons having a long distance to travel over friendly-controlled sk...

No idea.
I think the guys who shot down Doodlebugs used to record them separately from aircraft.

'Opportunity for Alliance' or 'Go Berserk': Israel's Leaders Respond to Iran's Attack As the dust settled in the wake of the Iranian attack on Israel, Israel's politicians made their voices known about how Israel should respond. Gantz and Gallant agreed that this was an opportunity for an alliance ...

https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1779561310352503229 Well, Clueless Joe strikes again. https://twitter.com/kdollsweety/status/1582879823734616066 Headlines in Israel now Biden's 'Don't' Message Is Now Directed at Israel Joe has done the same as Obama, and the reaction of the Arab Street will b...

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779527362960355612 The Standard 2 missile easily had the range to do this, assuming the Arleigh Burke was parked just off Eilat, which was what I predicted earlier. Great scuba diving there, by the way (I dived from Aqaba, Jordan), though I wouldn't recommend...

One hopes so..

The package of US aid to Ukraine will be put to a vote this week and will pass with an overwhelming majority of votes, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives, Mike Turner expects.

https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112270699302028879

Just planted two Black Walnut trees, hoping to see them grow to maturity!

The ones directly involving the Permanent Members are very useful for working out the changing allegiances and obligations of the other members from the voting.
Same as the Eurovision song contest - tune in for the vote, preferably with a glass in hand, but FFS avoid the content.

Jerusalem Post article on possible Israeli Target(s) for Tonight https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-796936 I will take a guess at the above ground nuke sites, maybe the power stations for the underground ones, and something on the Iranian missile factories. If Ukraine is lucky, the Shahe...

The Israeli Security Cabinet has this morning authorized PM Netanyahu, Defence Minister Gallant (former Major General), and Minister-without-Portfolio Gantz (former IDF Chief of Staff) to decide on Israel's military response. The PM's spokesman said Israel's response would be "firm and clear". Fortu...

Biden has said he won't support an Israeli response. However, saying "Don't" and then doing nothing when Iran does will diminish the international standing of the US even more. So, apart from oil, he either needs to not stand in the way of an Israeli response, or bring in some effective further sanc...