YazataJul 23, 2026 07:22 AM (This post was last modified: Jul 23, 2026 07:26 AM by Yazata.)
The US continued bombing Iran tonight, hitting multiple targets mostly along the coast and in the west of the country. Reports from the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran of loud thud sounds. Apparently the Americans are continuing to attack missile launchers that were moved back away from the coast in hopes they would be out of range of shorter range American weaponry.
The sound of jet engines was heard in the air over other cities in the interior of Iran, even when no air strikes were reported there. Anti-aircraft was active over the capital of Tehran, but no air strikes were reported in that city. There may have been some strikes outside the city.
And a conventional electricity generating plant in Bushehr province as struck which led to a two hour blackout in that province before Iranian grid operators could bring in electricity from elsewhere and stabilize the grid.
There's video confirmation that the US hit the Bidboland Gas Refinery in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province. This is Iran's largest natural gas facility and one of the largest in the Persian Gulf region.
Reportedly American B-1 bombers (the Air Force calls them "bones") are back in action for the first time since the start of the ill-fated "ceasefire". I understand that they are flying out of RAF Fairford in England and that the new British PM has approved it.
And here's a good article about what options the United States has regarding Pickaxe mountain in Iran, if our Massive Ordinance Penetrators can't breach it. (I like it because it basically repeats points that I made weeks ago. So if it agrees with me, then it must be brilliant!)
The idea is that even if the deepest uranium enrichment centrifuge galleries survive, we can still collapse entrance tunnels and destroy ventilation shafts and electrical supply. Then satellites and human agents can keep watch and new air strikes called in whenever the Iranians move in heavy equipment and undertake the major project of trying to dig the facility out. Use of nuclear weapons is probably out of the question and a US ground operation would be too dangerous and impractical.
Two EA-37B Compass Call II aircraft from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona are inbound to the Centcom AOR. These new aircraft are designed to basically shut down the electromagnetic spectrum in large areas: radar, radio etc. There are unconfirmed reports that a third one from a different base is also expected in the Centcom area of responsibility.
Interesting British aircraft movements. Currently operating out of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus are 3 Airbus KC.2 aerial refueling aircraft, 2 C-17 large jet transports, and 2 Airbus Atlas C.1 large turboprop transports. That's more refueling and transport aircraft than we typically see there. There's also a civilian Boeing 737 that belongs to BAe Systems, the large British defense contractor. Some of these planes may or may not be involved with evacuating the British embassy staff from Tehran.
YazataAug 31, 2026 02:47 AM (This post was last modified: Aug 31, 2026 06:50 AM by Yazata.)
Last night, a tanker using the US protected route through the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a projectile. Reports indicate that there were no casualties and the tanker isn't leaking oil into the strait. Unknown how much damage the ship sustained.
This didn't please the IRGC and they launched a ballistic missile attack against Muwaffaq air base in Jordan, the Jordanian airforce base that the US has been using. Initial indications are that multiple medium range ballistic missiles were successfully intercepted. No reports of damage or casualties as of yet, though there is impressive video of incoming missiles descending and intercepter missiles rising in the sky east of Amman, the Jordanian capital.
As much I would like to believe Ben, Iām old enough to recall news reports of USA winning in Vietnam as well as Afghanistan. What makes this war any different?
We don't have any troops on the ground in Iran. Makes a huge difference. Right now we're torpedoing their economy at very little cost. Time invested, US soldier deaths, escalating cost, and a lack of exit/win strategy were large problems for those past wars. While many people are far less tolerant of the necessities of war, we're very far from being at all comparable.
The fact that Russia was about to help Iran get scramjet missile technology would have been a huge problem for all US bases in the region. And without our presence, no one would have slowed Iran's progress toward nuclear weapons. Like it or not, the US is the only country capable to intervene worldwide. We either fight over there or eventually face it over here.
Well the UK can't help the US with Iran.... Too busy dealing with this new found US created problem of the Falklands being targetted. I know this is down to Israel being upset at the UK government making considerations into their stance on the continued illegal occupation of the West Bank. Which in turn caused Trump to voice a bunch of stuff about Falklands to cause issues with Argentina.
While he might think he's clever by doing Israel's bidding through this subversive tactic, we can read it loud and fucking clear.
Jul 23, 2026 07:22 AM
(This post was last modified: Jul 23, 2026 07:26 AM by Yazata.)
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