Iran War

[The Minsky Moment]

We are well and truly screwed no matter who or what we want to rely on.

[Threviel]

Yeah, I think you are. 

[Legbiter]

Once the markets close today the Americans will maybe begin some amphibious operations. 

[HisMajestyBOB]

Once the markets close today the Americans will maybe begin some amphibious operations. 

Gonna be interesting to see how Trump attempts to TACO before the market reopens on Monday.

[Jacob]

Once the markets close today the Americans will maybe begin some amphibious operations. 

Source?

[Legbiter]

Source?

Just a hunch. Trump likes his military spectaculars done on the weekends.

[Jacob]

Oh I see. Yeah, we'll see what happens over the weekend.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Once the markets close today the Americans will maybe begin some amphibious operations. 

Nothing's close enough to go this weekend.  USS Tripoli was in Diego Garcia this past Monday, and it would take her task force until the middle of next week to get into position even if she had left that same day.

[Legbiter]

Houthis have decided to join the war, they're starting to launch ballistic missiles into Israel.

[Legbiter]

Multiple American service members were wounded and some aircraft were damaged in a March 27 Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Around 10 service members were wounded, two seriously, according to initial reports.

An Iranian missile struck the base, injuring the service members. Multiple drones were also used in the attack.

A spokesperson for U.S. Central Command declined to comment.

Multiple refueling aircraft and an E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane are among the aircraft damaged, according to preliminary information. A photo showed significant damage to an E-3, but the image could not be independently confirmed.

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/us-forces-saudi-arabia-iran-attack/

[The Brain]

Is that the same missile-to-target value ratio as the US strikes?

[Threviel]

Always unfortunate with casualties, but all American equipment destroyed increases our security.

[Legbiter]

According to this satellite image taken by Landsat 8/9, it appears that, in addition to the KC-135R Stratotankers of the U.S. Air Force, at least one or two E-3G Sentry AWACS has also been destroyed in the ballistic missile strike carried out by the IRGC Aerospace Force at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on March 27, 2026.

In fact, it appears that, the primary target of the IRGCASF was the E-3Gs of the USAF parked there, not the KC-135Rs. However, they also managed to destroy several KC-135Rs.

https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2037766590343631338


Losing a couple of AWACS is going to fuck up the sortie rate. The russians and Chinese probably helped with satellite data. So basically they can only use Israeli and Jordanian airfields semi-safely for their fighters. Every other Gulf airbase and radar installation has been knocked out.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Trump is okay with that, and so are his cronies, because putin is an upstanding guy

[Legbiter]

France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets. Lescure warned it could take up to three years to restore damaged facilities, and several months to restart those that were urgently shut down

https://www.france24.com/en/france-confirms-oil-crisis-says-30-40-gulf-energy-infrastructure-destroyed

I don't think there will be many airlines around next July.