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Confirmed: Begun, the Drone Wars Have
As I guessed, the new phase of the war is anti-personnel strikes on street enforcers and IRGC goons not with 1,000 pound bombs but with hand-grenade-sized charges delivered by drones.
David Strom reports on the Israeli drones now blowing up Basij (volunteer morality police/skull-crackers) checkpoints.
Des drones de type munitions rôdeuses semblent désormais opérer au-dessus de Téhéran.
— Guy (@McRogueD) March 11, 2026
Plus de 10 checkpoints ainsi que plusieurs véhicules militaires mobiles du CGRI (IRGC) dans différentes zones de la ville auraient été ciblés et détruits par des frappes de drones. (@etelaf10)… pic.twitter.com/g0sBMZgIW7
Loitering munition-type drones now appear to be operating over Tehran. More than 10 checkpoints, as well as several mobile IRGC (IRGC) military vehicles in different areas of the city, are said to have been targeted and destroyed by drone strikes. (@etelaf10) This type of weapon can patrol for a long time over an area, wait for targets to appear, and then strike. This is all the easier when enemy air defense systems are degraded or neutralized. This could facilitate the emergence of a broader national uprising, by weakening the regime's control at the street level.In addition to just killing Basij and IRGC troops, these hunter-killers will also force Iranian street troops to break up into smaller groups, in order to make themselves less conspicuous and attractive targets. But moving in smaller groups will open them up to attacks by lightly-armed counter-revolutionary irregulars, who hopefully will enter the fight by the end of the month. I sure hope someone's smuggling in small arms, radios, and grenades to the locals.
IRGC-affiliated Fars News confirms Israeli drones targeted checkpoints across Tehran on Wednesday evening, saying that several security personnel and Basij members were killed. https://t.co/4dm7jmgGFz
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) March 11, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (erF49)
Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 12:19 PM (EtnSa)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (erF49)
Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (EtnSa)
Hey garrett, I have been watching the shit out of mountain bike races on YouTube. I'm not sure if these are technically downhill races (though they're all down hill, in the mountains) or "endurance" races. Amazing stuff.
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (bss/y)
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You're just thinking that now's your chance with Erika!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:21 PM (RcOs3)
-_-
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 12, 2026 12:21 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 12, 2026 12:21 PM (MIIRH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:21 PM (RcOs3)
To be fair, she is pretty hot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (U5tt3)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2026 12:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
When the closest animal you are hunting is 1000 meters across bare desert...
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (eGgU9)
AWFLs: the joos are killing the hall monitors, the joos are killing the hall monitors
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (YsPj+)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (bNf8H)
The Red Bull Series has been going in Australia / New Zealand. That's been mostly Downhill stuff. The Enduro series is really different and cool: Riders have to ride out to the start of each individual section of the circuit. Then, they have to bomb the downhill sections, unseen/blind. Then, ride to the start the next section. Repeat that 4-6x for the day.
Very cool and very technical racing. Blind running those courses is a whole different beast than sessioning the Downhill track for 2-3 days prior to your runs.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (erF49)
AWFLs: the joos are killing the hall monitors, the joos are killing the hall monitors
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (YsPj+)
The hall monitors are committing suicide Hilary style...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (ynpvh)
The regime was already deeply unpopular before all of this. I would think the cardboard cut out of the new "Supreme Leader" would be the last straw.
Posted by: Leupold at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (f1kZG)
Is Reddit lying to me? Say it ain’t so.
Posted by: Heroq at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (HF36u)
It is now snowing here.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: rickb223
No metric!
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ)
pretty sure they're remotely piloted, I think someone showed video of a bunch of pilots in a room controlling them.
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (eGgU9)
I get that, but a lot of close up warfare, right? You'd think it would be more of a thing.
Just an idle curiosity. Just asking questions.
Now about the Joos...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (bss/y)
_-_
Unfortunately, I think there is a bit o' garbage-in going on.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)
Is Reddit lying to me? Say it ain’t so.
Posted by: Heroq at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (HF36u)
Reddit isn't lying to you...the Redditors are.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (erF49)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM
So catty! I love it!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Need 5 Minutes Alone in My Office. at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)
pretty sure they're remotely piloted, I think someone showed video of a bunch of pilots in a room controlling them.
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
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A good movie about this (and the insane efforts to maintain ROE) is Eye in the Sky.
Worth a watch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (RcOs3)
Raining death and hellfire from above for days on end, but you could walk out your door and be perfectly safe, because the death and hellfire is aimed very squarely upon the foreheads of the people who have oppressed you and your family for half a century.
I can't imagine what that feels like. Like the hand of God is smiting your enemies for you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (Ot/FD)
Oh a gay couple, I totally wasn't expecting that
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM
So catty! I love it!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Need 5 Minutes Alone in My Office. at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (dmDsy)
So the Bizzaro Candace Owens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Gmac at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (qZdIZ)
Posted by: Heroq at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (HF36u)
The regime was already deeply unpopular before all of this. I would think the cardboard cut out of the new "Supreme Leader" would be the last straw.
Posted by: Leupold
Probably because it's only been a month since the regime mass-murdered protesters and all their relatives?
Give them a bit of time to internalize the idea that they can.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (a+4eV)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM
Sometimes referred to as MUM-T. . ."Manned/Unmanned Teaming"
Posted by: Bert G at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (WhGni)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (erF49)
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Ace is jealous that Charlie Kirk got Erika to build his shelves.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)
Huh. What about an Airship drone carrier?
Damn. That is a cool thought.
I like airships.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)
Syd...although she's not the girliest of the girls, is still a lady.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (erF49)
pretty sure they're remotely piloted, I think someone showed video of a bunch of pilots in a room controlling them.
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
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A good movie about this (and the insane efforts to maintain ROE) is Eye in the Sky.
Worth a watch.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (RcOs3)
I am the Eye in the Sky, Looking at Yoooooou...
Posted by: Alan Parsons Project at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)
"Well, the stirred unrest is nice and all, but really it was just meant to fucking kill you."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:28 PM (xIFh6)
-- Kardboard Khamenei's last words
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:28 PM (xIFh6)
I thought they were, "I'm melting! I'm melting!" when he was left out in the rain...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (ynpvh)
*insert chef's kiss*
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (gxokI)
Posted by: Heroq at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (HF36u)
I've never seen a more inbred commie group think mutual masturbation circle jerk than reddit. and their politics infects everything they do.
i can't imagine being that unhappy all the time.
they should unalive themselves so they can be happy they aren't living in the next riech....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (xIFh6)
*hooker shows up at ace's place*
ace: here is a bikini, a screwdriver and a drill. Here's some IKEA shelving. Get to it while I sit in this chair and touch myself...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ghost of Charlie Kirk Present at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (erF49)
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (xIFh6)
Or maybe because she did it in a safe and competent manner?
Posted by: Denny Crane - Now I Need 10 Minutes... Mmmm Shelving... at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (dmDsy)
I saw Loitering Drones open in A Clockwork Orange, but that was a long time ago.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)
Rest assured the DOW has some other tools in the toolbox to stay inside the IRGC OODA loop (we can dispense with the fiction that the Ayatollahs are running anything at this point. The IRGC is the center of gravity at this point and much of it is operating on prior instructions.)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (47/pr)
pretty sure they're remotely piloted, I think someone showed video of a bunch of pilots in a room controlling them.
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)
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Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada (north of Las Vegas), serves as the primary hub for U.S. military drone operations, where pilots remotely control unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) like the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator from ground control stations in the desert, hours away from conflict zones.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:30 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM
*considers content*
Checks out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 12, 2026 12:30 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2026 12:30 PM (BpO1e)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)
Huh. What about an Airship drone carrier?
Damn. That is a cool thought.
I like airships.
Okay, hear me out. High speed trains with drones...
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)
I'm glad you're covering this, ace.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (NpAcC)
Is Reddit lying to me? Say it ain’t so.
Posted by: Heroq at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM (HF36u)
Shaitan is grilling their stomachs in hell!
Posted by: Baghdad Bob repurposed as Tehran Timmah at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Minuteman at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (47/pr)
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There's a report that it's confirmed that the new Ayatollah is one-legged and in a coma.
Confirmed by whom? I dunno.
But the fact that his message yesterday was audio only heavily implies that he's...not running shit. I mean, it probably wasn't even his voice.
Iran can't pay for 3-4 minute long AI video clips.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (RcOs3)
Right now their loop is:
Observe
Orient
Decide
Aerosolize
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM
Stay tuned.
Posted by: Bert G at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (WhGni)
And this past week saw two of the toughest Road Courses of the year. Tours with a ton of Dirt and Cobble sections.
The 2026 Season is starting off very well for the Roadies.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (erF49)
Shelvey...build moooore shelves, Shelvey.
*Rattles Chains, again*
Posted by: Ghost of Charlie Kirk Present at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (erF49)
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lol
Good one, garrett!
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:24 PM
By Jewish women.
No virgins for you!
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)
Plenty of train autists would go for it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: John McZombie at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (GI9/m)
-- Kardboard Khamenei's last words
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:28 PM (xIFh6)
Dear Ayafoldah: In free Iran, drones look for you!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (G1ktt)
But other than that, he's in peak health.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)
Estimates of Basij membership in Iran range from 300,000 to one million members, with various types of membership including regular, active, and special members. The organization is particularly popular among less wealthy segments of the population, offering economic and social incentives.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (RcOs3)
Very good point, that shit would be expensive!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Rob Crawford at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (U5tt3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (3ChHB)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (erF49)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (EIYQ6)
Is the Kardboard Khamenei-Me real or fake? Initially reported as fake, then as real, and now apparently back to being fake.
This is why I consider news coming out of Iran the same way I consider news coming out of Uke: as 99% total propaganda bullshit.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (RcOs3)
Very good point, that shit would be expensive!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (dmDsy)
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The last batch of Tel Aviv being hit by nukes AI vids cleared out their coins for the month.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)
The capabilities are huge in these platforms. Something like the Switchblade is designed for closer-in, um, outreach, but can be networked and coordinated for very effective results.
As for piloting, some of that is a trade secret but I can allow that some don't necessarily require an operator in all circumstances. There is always a human in the loop though.
Anti UAS is emerging but we have concepts that don't require A2A engagement. Look up LOCUST for an example.
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (fpmUG)
Posted by: Guy Who Talks Like Yoda and Thinks It Is New and Fresh at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (qUkBO)
Syd...although she's not the girliest of the girls, is still a lady.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (erF49)
We weren't expecting ace and garrett either and yet here we are all these years later.
Posted by: Vespas and crocs and spa days oh my! at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (TbWk/)
His Base is still strong.
Otherwise, he'd get blown over in the mildest wind...like a Sandwich Board.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (erF49)
This whole new supreme leader elected thing feels a lot like the 2020 election with Biden.
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (wJ5pL)
Posted by: Diabeetus at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (S+el1)
Posted by: The Inchworm at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (oftw2)
This whole new supreme leader elected thing feels a lot like the 2020 election with Biden.
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (wJ5pL)
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Biden can still show up in public, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (dmDsy)
AvE recently did a teardown of the latest IKEA drill. Though he joked about it being "Barbie's First Drill", he did concede it was fairly "skookum", and was a really good deal.
And then he broke it.
Posted by: far cry at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (oDmoo)
That's really awesome and interesting.
Now, about your breasts...
Posted by: garrett (with apologies) at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (erF49)
Make the Basij and IRGC dickheads live like they are rabbits and squirrels existing under a sky full of hawks and owls, never knowing when their card is going to get pulled.
Posted by: ballistic at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (5aZAZ)
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I just assumed they were editing together a bunch of "Achmed The Dead Terrorist" clips from Jeff Dunham.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (xIFh6)
What's taking the rank and file in Iran so long from openly trying to overthrow whoever's in charge now?
The regime was already deeply unpopular before all of this. I would think the cardboard cut out of the new "Supreme Leader" would be the last straw.
Posted by: Leupold
Probably because it's only been a month since the regime mass-murdered protesters and all their relatives?
Give them a bit of time to internalize the idea that they can.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (a+4eV)
Yep. Setting up a guerilla force takes time. Especially to find the gorillas and fly them in.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (f9h0J)
Just an idle curiosity. Just asking questions.
Now about the Joos...
Posted by: Aetius451AD
They've never had the joys of caliber creep explained to them.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (eGgU9)
The Israelis claimed today they bombed the crap out of a large IRGC or army armored force camp in SW Iran. If so, the Israelis have also begun working-over the conventional ground forces.
Good stuff.
Posted by: Gref at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: General Warts at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (EIYQ6)
Now, about your breasts...
Posted by: garrett (with apologies)
*sigh*
Classic overcompensation.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
"He's pining for the fjords!"
Iran can't pay for 3-4 minute long AI video clips.
Given that the majority of what they could use for collateral is rubble, that makes sense.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (BpO1e)
It has sounded to me like an insurgency has been at work in Iran since the attack on the nuclear sites.
When the time comes for the Iranian people to take over, they'll be ready. It's probably been in the works for years.
Posted by: MrExcitement at March 12, 2026 12:37 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM
*sigh*
Dicks out, gentlemen.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:37 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: General Warts at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (qUkBO)
My father was slaughtered by a six-fingered man.
Posted by: Inigo Montoya at March 12, 2026 12:37 PM (TbWk/)
It may need to be the second assistant to the head of janitors of the Northeast region of the nation, but we'll get there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:37 PM (RcOs3)
We weren't expecting ace and garrett either and yet here we are all these years later.
Posted by: Vespas and crocs and spa days oh my! at March 12, 2026 12:34 PM (TbWk/)
Now, an ace and garrett comment, that I [/]did[/d] have on my card!
*Insert Fucking Smiley Face Here*
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:37 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 12:37 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (dmDsy)
"He's pining for the fjords!"
Lovely plumage.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (4NO2D)
Now, about your breasts...
Posted by: garrett (with apologies) at March 12, 2026 12:35 PM (erF49)
You guys.
I will say that I enjoy engineering solutions that stick it to a theocracy that treats women like they are sub human.
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (fpmUG)
Given that the majority of what they could use for collateral is rubble, that makes sense.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (BpO1e)
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And the rial is worthless.
And who pays $100 for more coins when you can just wait another couple of weeks?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (RcOs3)
Classic overcompensation.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
He said 'with apologies'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)
The capabilities are huge in these platforms. Something like the Switchblade is designed for closer-in, um, outreach, but can be networked and coordinated for very effective results.
As for piloting, some of that is a trade secret but I can allow that some don't necessarily require an operator in all circumstances. There is always a human in the loop though.
Anti UAS is emerging but we have concepts that don't require A2A engagement. Look up LOCUST for an example.
Posted by: Taylor
Switchblade, Battlefield 6 type?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (eGgU9)
This would please me.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (EIYQ6)
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I would say more hopping than running
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (dmDsy)
Looks like you tried to play with tags and got burnt.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 12, 2026 12:32 PM (NpAcC)
Being basically an armed rabble, they have no discipline and no training. Like all thugs they are bold when they think they’re safe, but a few drone attacks will make most of them run and hide.
I see the drone attacks as having an even greater psychological pressure than a physical one. When the ones who are used to imposing fear instead feel true fear, they break.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (7yOPh)
Classic overcompensation.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
He said 'with apologies'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)
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That shows that he got game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 12, 2026 12:18 PM (X5Baq)
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There's the obvious reason for the prices going up now, but not to be overlooked is the usual seasonal shutdowns of some refineries to switch over to seasonal "summer blends"
This has the effect of choking supply and raising prices every single year other than the covid year, so there's that.
Some of the price increases were baked into the cake, the rest is situational
Posted by: Scrooge McDuck and his ass-kissing nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louis at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (RcOs3)
But they can afford one with Legos.. Tousi ran one he swears is genuine with little Ayatollah Legos and IRG Legos and a furious weeping Trump and Bibi Legos
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (RcOs3)
He's a gentleman.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
My brother had a story from his Sunday-school days. Vietnam was going on, and they were talking about it in the class. His Sunday-school teacher, a prominent local attorney (and therefore no dummy) was wondering how the Viet Cong trained their gorillas for warfare.
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)
Several hundred of these things have already been used to hit targets in Iran.
The mullahs have no chance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (jtM2q)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:40 PM (erF49)
ace: here is a bikini, a screwdriver and a drill. Here's some IKEA shelving. Get to it while I sit in this chair and touch myself...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)
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lmao
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:40 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: General Warts at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (qUkBO)
When you are dreaming, you should remember to count your fingers. If you don't get the correct count, you realize you are dreaming and therefore can start a Lucid Dream...where anything goes.
Posted by: Denny Crane - And I Mean ANYTHING! at March 12, 2026 12:40 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (eGgU9)
Yep, that's the newer one. It can take out a tank. The guys in Aberdeen were impressed.
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:40 PM (fpmUG)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 12, 2026 12:40 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (PQb8B)
A man needs both legs.....
Posted by: ...No More Waltzing Matilda For Me at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (EIYQ6)
Peasant: We love the new Ayatollah. He is building a force of extraordinary magnitude. We owe him our gratitude.
Ayatollah: (nods and smiles)
Peasant: Now everybody let's get to work for him... and hop to it!!
Ayatollah: GUARD!!!!
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (eDMZF)
Never change, Ace. Stay poetic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (PQb8B)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (dmDsy)
Looks like you tried to play with tags and got burnt.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)
I blame the Booze.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (dmDsy)
This is a drastic improvement from the whole “THERE WILL BE NO CEASEFIRE!” statements from a couple days ago.
They know Trump wants to pull out of this mess. He's desperate to claim that he stopped a war he himself started, and ask some prize.
The Iranian Head of the National Security Council, Ali Larijani:
“Tonight we received messages from the U.S. president, through the Omani mediator, requesting that we negotiate a ceasefire. Our response is that we will not accept any negotiations as long as an entity called Israel exists.”
Iran just emphatically denied this report, and is saying it wants to continue fighting and has no interest in a ceasefire. I don’t think it makes much sense for Iran to bother asking for a ceasefire when they pretty clearly control the straight of Hormuz.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (YVqyP)
We just made it actually useable and cheap as hell, and built a few quintillion of the damn things?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (Ot/FD)
I am pretty sure that these guys are only armed for specific occasions.
They go to their local Mosque, pick up some weapons and head into the streets to kill innocents.
I don't believe the majority are trusted with weapons outside of operations.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (erF49)
Posted by: MrExcitement at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)
Is Ace openly flirting?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (PQb8B)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (IifOV)
Always trust wild-ass guesses from Ace.
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We always do. If you're wrong, oh well, even the greats don't bat better than .400
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (Hx0tZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (YVqyP)
Oh brother
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)
I see the drone attacks as having an even greater psychological pressure than a physical one. When the ones who are used to imposing fear instead feel true fear, they break.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 12:39 PM (7yOPh)
*******
Unless they're all so brainwashed that dying for the cause will please Allah and they will be rewarded in the afterlife.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: one hour sober at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:31 PM (RcOs3)
But they can afford one with Legos.. Tousi ran one he swears is genuine with little Ayatollah Legos and IRG Legos and a furious weeping Trump and Bibi Legos
Posted by: It's me donna
Saw a picture of three Iranians standing next to a supposed B2 they shot down. They were taller than the B2.
Below that picture were three pictures of a real B2 with US Servicemen walking upright under the wings.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (eGgU9)
The latest bullshit out of the regime is the number of American troops they have captured.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (+nEug)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (YVqyP)
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1. They clearly don't. Otherwise there would be no traffic through, and the hits on ships would be happening in the strait itself not a couple of hundred miles away in the Persian Gulf.
2. It's obvious that the command structure of Iran is in complete disarray. They've been sending out oppositional messaging for days now. Hopefully, they're turning on each other more than rhetorically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (RcOs3)
They do say look at your hands but that's specious for a lot of people. If things get weird and you ever suspect you are dreaming, you pick up something and read it - or look at a digital clock. There is always something to read or a digital clock. Look away. Then look back at it. It will change. If you are dreaming it will ALWAYS change. That's how you know.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (YVqyP)
Oh brother
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (VE6XX)
That ship was just jumping out of the water because it was so happy to be alive.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: far cry at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (oDmoo)
I hope the cardboard eye-a-tolja was safely secured under a boulder or pillar of a flower wreathed whatchamacallit. !Ululations!
I still think a leg with a turban meme would be best over cardboard. Similar to the leg lamp from the Christmas movie. If anyone does this, Ace, please post. I don't have a meme machine watcher except you. Instead of a flaming skull it could be a flaming leg with a turban.
I still find the greasy pizza box and Bidet's head yammering hysterical.
I saw the headlines today that!!!11!Eleventy! Trump lied as there are still fires and boom booms and stuff!
Then I got bored and went elsewhere vs reading.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (YVqyP)
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These degenerates are delusional. How can you talk or reason with people who live on another planet?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Lord Toranaga at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (7Q0e+)
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Can we get Soros and company to send BLaMtifa to Iran to help out the Basenji?
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (xIFh6)
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Talk about droning!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (5UTWB)
Posted by: Archimedes
Wearing t shirts tha say I'm with dummy >>>
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (eGgU9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (gDlxJ)
just out of curiosity, did you ever meet or hear of Dr. Warren Schultz?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cray Cray at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (WjNcq)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (EIYQ6)
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Very theatre dependent. In India, they would stomp out the flames and casually walk back inside.
Posted by: Oglebay at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (EIYQ6)
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We always do. If you're wrong, oh well, even the greats don't bat better than .400
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (Hx0tZ)
That's what the Germans said when they bombed Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Denny Crane - This Post Was sent To Me By a Guy Named Bluto? Anyone Know Him? at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Moe at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
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* The Democrap Party has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (xIFh6)
That's the state of the art right now.
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:46 PM (fpmUG)
The latest bullshit out of the regime is the number of American troops they have captured.
Posted by: Ben Had
Sounds like the Monty Python skit "get on the cart".
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:46 PM (eGgU9)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM
Subspace radio?
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 12:46 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
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Even if Iran did control the strait...they're controlling it in a way that Iran can't get oil out. It's self-defeating since they can't fund their own war effort anymore.
All while attacking...Iraqi ships.
"We're so in control, we continue to burn tens of millions of dollars of assets of countries we want on our side. Also, we planned to have our top 40 civil and military leaders vaporized in the opening moment of this war. It was a tactic to lull Israel and the Great Satan into a false sense of security. We'll unleash our real weapons after 2 weeks of getting pounded on every major military installation we have."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:46 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (n1OCj)
Is the Kardboard Khamenei-Me real or fake? Initially reported as fake, then as real, and now apparently back to being fake.
This is why I consider news coming out of Iran the same way I consider news coming out of Uke: as 99% total propaganda bullshit.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)
Only the IRGC top command and Mossad may know if scumbag son of scumbag is alive. There are a lot of rumors he's in the intensive care section of a Tehran hospital. In a coma and missing one leg. I don't believe there has been any proof he's alive presented since before the air strike that killed his father and many more top scumbags.
Posted by: Gref at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (5rh/l)
It means there is no unified command now, too many are dead and the ones who remain are all speaking for themselves with no coordination. In other words they’re essentially leaderless, and running on autopilot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (7yOPh)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (EIYQ6)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
You can't. But you *can* make fun of them and call them retards.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (eDMZF)
I am the Eye in the Sky, Looking at Yoooooou...
Posted by: Alan Parsons Project at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)
Meh. Yacht Rock garbage.
It's all about Metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzWXrTsjiNI
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (y9nCu)
Raining death and hellfire from above for days on end, but you could walk out your door and be perfectly safe, because the death and hellfire is aimed very squarely upon the foreheads of the people who have oppressed you and your family for half a century.
I can't imagine what that feels like. Like the hand of God is smiting your enemies for you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:25 PM (Ot/FD)
Good point, and a possible reason why they're willing to sit on the sidelines. Sanitary lazer-guided war means non-combatants get to live (unless they're unlucky), so why become a combatant?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (Hx0tZ)
It means there is no unified command now, too many are dead and the ones who remain are all speaking for themselves with no coordination. In other words they’re essentially leaderless, and running on autopilot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (7yOPh)
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"I pick who's in charge of Iran."
-Trump, saying the truthful
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (2zKgn)
We joked that he'd been hit with a drone strike from Iran.
When he came back, he said not yet, lol, but they had been alerted to the possibility of a missile attack as Iran is bragging they have missiles to reach the US West Coast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (PQb8B)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
It got instantly upgraded to submarine status.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (YVqyP)
That guy is about the best Free-Rider on the planet, right now.
Another channel, Nate Hills, can be found by searching Follow Cam Friday. He's based out of Tucson and rides a ton of the trails I used to ride weekly down in the Desert SW.
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (erF49)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (n5tGW)
Stay Strong...Stay Resolute...Strike Hard!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (2WIwB)
What a sad angry bunch of losers..
Imagine existing with that kind perpetual mixture of rage and confidence.
Posted by: melodicmetal at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (wJ5pL)
Posted by: Denny Crane - This Post Was sent To Me By a Guy Named Bluto? Anyone Know Him? at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)
What? The Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (eDMZF)
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I started calling him "The Supreme Pizza Leader" after that one.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson! at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson! at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (n1OCj)
Posted by: ...
Try to read more than a paragraph.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (eGgU9)
I wonder if these are the under $2k drones like Ukraine has been using effectively. Of course they have to be within ? a couple miles to operate theirs. Plus Ukraine's operators had to be on the move, since Russkie artillery would zone in on their signal and direct fire at them.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Most all of them do. Control signals can't always be counted on in a battlefield environment so there is a lot of effort on the logic used if the command link is interrupted. Problem from the defender side is that while it's (relatively) simple to jam (there are realistically just six frequencies in the RF band being used) you can't predict the autonomous behavior. More effective to just destroy the drone.
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (fpmUG)
Posted by: Gref at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (5rh/l)
As evidence of the likely truth I present the fact that you'd have to be in a coma to accept the job as Supreme Leader.
Posted by: MrExcitement at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (7yOPh)
The left tells us ICE are secret police detaining people or...killing them for no reason...and that people should respond to them with force.
Here in Iran we are targeting the secret police who do detain, torture, or kill people for no reason. And...they call it a war crime.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (xIFh6)
More like half plain half pepperoni
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson! at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (n1OCj)
Cucker.. Your friends are getting blasted by Iran... Bet you didn't see that coming...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
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Even if Iran did control the strait...they're controlling it in a way that Iran can't get oil out. It's self-defeating since they can't fund their own war effort anymore.
All while attacking...Iraqi ships.
"We're so in control, we continue to burn tens of millions of dollars of assets of countries we want on our side. Also, we planned to have our top 40 civil and military leaders vaporized in the opening moment of this war. It was a tactic to lull Israel and the Great Satan into a false sense of security. We'll unleash our real weapons after 2 weeks of getting pounded on every major military installation we have."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:46 PM (RcOs3)
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"Tell me more!"
-- Gaymes Talafreako
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Drone That Is at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (eGgU9)
Really??
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: Denny Crane - This Post Was sent To Me By a Guy Named Bluto? Anyone Know Him? at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)
What? The Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (eDMZF)
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That's because they called it "Perle Hafen," you Big Dummy!
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (xIFh6)
When you have air supremacy, as we do, I imagine the planes become nodes, so the range is significantly enhanced.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (n5tGW)
We had fun with the leaflets in Desert Storm.
It takes good intel but if you have it, it's hilarious.
We'd drop on the 167th Regiment and tell them look to their left tonight at 11:00 PM.
At 11PM we'd hammer the regiment to their left.
Next leaflet drop...YOU'RE NEXT! and them drop on the regiment to their right.
Good times...good times.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (PQb8B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 12, 2026 12:50 PM (7yOPh)
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$5 billion in military equipment from their own stockpiles sold to Iran over the last year all failing probably has a bigger part to play in their relative silence, to be honest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (EIYQ6)
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Gonna need a nostril.size comparison chief.
Posted by: Im not Jack Benny at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (duB6J)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Remember to unbind them first. Otherwise they go thru windshields like turkeys and wet sacks of cement.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (eGgU9)
The local leftists are claiming this is terrible and racist and yet in other threads talking about how much they love Mamdami.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Skip at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (EtnSa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (2zKgn)
Posted by: one hour sober
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X needs to havt a graphic showing how fast you are losing IQ points as you scroll through the feed.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (rD6ux)
Sounds plausible. If we know a ship is carrying oil to China, it only continues to exist because we want it to.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (YsPj+)
Posted by: Hiding In Closet at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (oftw2)
Blown up in 30m or less or your next supreme leader droning is free!
Posted by: 18-1 at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Im not Jack Benny at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (duB6J)
Them's some big-ass nostrils, man.
Posted by: Patrick Ewing at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (PQb8B)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Serious question: How much of that is shitty Chinesium and how much is that dipshit Iranian?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (eGgU9)
Her pantsuit was hideous. Like Chairman Mao in brown tweed with double breasted buttons going over hills and vales. Made her look like a chubby tweed fire hydrant.
Who the heck is her stylist? This person must hate her. Probably Maria who helped her shred email stuff in the server in the bathroom at Chappedick (it's how I spell it and always will).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (eDMZF)
You are not wrong, it's just that you have to go into it with a specific test in mind- for me that's the finger count. I have NEVER counted 5 when I think to do that, so I can always tell. But hey, if the paper or clock is your thing, the result's the same, lucidity. And that shit is awesome while it lasts!
Well, apparently you already know that. Lucid dreaming isn't a topic much discussed here, so cool.
Posted by: Denny Crane - My Life IS The Dream! at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (dmDsy)
What a sad angry bunch of losers..
Imagine existing with that kind perpetual mixture of rage and confidence.
Posted by: melodicmetal
It's been daily reality for millions of middle-aged AWFLs since Trump won in 2016. Hell, since Bush in 2000, with brief periods of lessened outrage during the Obama years.
Coinciding with a spike in women suffering mental health issues and taking psych medicine...
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:52 PM (EIYQ6)
That's hot!
Posted by: John Podesta at March 12, 2026 12:54 PM (PQb8B)
Lots of these jawas have the doll-eyed Sarsour look.
Creepy as a creepy clown spider IRS agent carrying a straight razor.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 12:54 PM (EIYQ6)
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:54 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 12, 2026 12:54 PM (M9gjJ)
Posted by: Denny Crane - This Post Was sent To Me By a Guy Named Bluto? Anyone Know Him? at March 12, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)
I hate thinking about how old one has to be to remember "Animal House".
Posted by: MrExcitement at March 12, 2026 12:55 PM (ovdkm)
Stop counting on Middle Easterners to choose civilization. That all ended about 900 years ago, and ain't coming back.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 12, 2026 12:55 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Serious question: How much of that is shitty Chinesium and how much is that dipshit Iranian?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (eGgU9)
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All of the anti-ship missiles fired on the first day were Chinese.
All failed or were intercepted.
China is not out peer. And they just realized it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:55 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: NR Pax at March 12, 2026 12:30 PM (BpO1e)
I want to see drones armed with upgraded copies of the Gyrojet Rocket pistol. Maybe two barrels, each with 20 rounds in the magazine. Rounds electrically fired.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 12:55 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alan Parsons Project at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)
Meh. Yacht Rock garbage.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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He's got some really funky bass lines. Also worked with Pink Floyd early on. Would not say he's yacht rock at all.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 12, 2026 12:55 PM (XvL8K)
We joked that he'd been hit with a drone strike from Iran.
When he came back, he said not yet, lol, but they had been alerted to the possibility of a missile attack as Iran is bragging they have missiles to reach the US West Coast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (PQb8B)
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[ICYMI -- Babylon Bee headline:]
"Iran Cancels Plan To Attack California After Seeing Gavin Newsom Already Destroyed It"
https://tinyurl.com/mr3yrj7y
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:56 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Denny Crane - My Life IS The Dream! at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (dmDsy)
I have been interested in it most of my life. Had some extremely cool ones. Do you know about spinning to stay in one if it's fading? Arms out, spin around. Works pretty freaking well.... sometimes.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:56 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
It got instantly upgraded to submarine status.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 12, 2026 12:48 PM (YVqyP)
I like that, good one!
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 12, 2026 12:56 PM (dmDsy)
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That's just a great comment to read two seconds after opening up the post!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 12:57 PM (UHTm2)
"Iran Cancels Plan To Attack California After Seeing Gavin Newsom Already Destroyed It"
https://tinyurl.com/mr3yrj7y
Posted by: ShainS
BB is so f'n cold. 😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:57 PM (eGgU9)
When you have air supremacy, as we do, I imagine the planes become nodes, so the range is significantly enhanced.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)
If the Israelis are operating relatively small drones and loitering drones over Tehran, due to propulsion range limitations it seems to me those drones have to ground-launched from within Iran, or air-dropped somehow. I hope we find out about some of the tech and tactics in use, when this is over.
Posted by: Gref at March 12, 2026 12:57 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Going from the 4th leadership tier to the 5th isn't a big deal.
Letting them humiliate themselves with that cardboard cutout globally is priceless.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (JCZqz)
Her pantsuit was hideous. Like Chairman Mao in brown tweed with double breasted buttons going over hills and vales. Made her look like a chubby tweed fire hydrant.
Who the heck is her stylist? This person must hate her. Probably Maria who helped her shred email stuff in the server in the bathroom at Chappedick (it's how I spell it and always will).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (WONhk)
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She looked terrible, much shorter and dumpy than I remember, but Bill looks like he has no idea where he is. Not joking. His brain is mushy squirming toads right now.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (viF8m)
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But other than that, he's in peak health.
Answers to "Lucky."
Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (Fs0KI)
What? The Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (eDMZF)
Never mind, he's on a roll!
Posted by: Denny Crane - This Post Was sent To Me By a Guy Named Bluto? Anyone Know Him? at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)
Opens box of ooda loops and its empty.
MIKEY HAVE YOU BEEN IN MY OODA LOOPS?!
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 12, 2026 12:59 PM (gG9I2)
Posted by: Hiding In Closet at March 12, 2026 12:53 PM (oftw2)
................................
Come out of your nic and face me like a man or trans! Yes, I am on some roids for a few days.Big deal! The house is getting clean! My husband is treading lightly.
I also don't have silver hair. Under the blonde highlights it appears to be battleship grey with some white streaks. I don't intend to know for another decade.
I was not one of the lucky ones (like my husband, the pale blonde Viking, whose hair is white blonde now). Otherwise I don't look my age, so women I barely know tell me.
I remain unclear if I look much younger or much older and don't ask. I was told the same thing in my 20's onward, so I prefer to think I look younger. Don't make me ululate with my uvula.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 12:59 PM (WONhk)
If you can imagine it, I'd wager someone somewhere is working on it.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 12:55 PM (RcOs3)
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I've been wondering how much of the "Great AI Race with Chy-na" is hype and a rationalization to spend trillions of dollars on it here.
However, since virtually everything they manufacture they stole from us -- and given how embedded they are here with spies and the like ... maybe we can't take that chance.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:59 PM (xIFh6)
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But other than that, he's in peak health.
Answers to "Lucky."
Posted by: Just the Punchline at March 12, 2026 12:58 PM (Fs0KI)
I think he slipped on a banana peel.
Posted by: MrExcitement at March 12, 2026 01:00 PM (ovdkm)
Her pantsuit was hideous. Like Chairman Mao in brown tweed with double breasted buttons going over hills and vales. Made her look like a chubby tweed fire hydrant.
Who the heck is her stylist? This person must hate her. Probably Maria who helped her shred email stuff in the server in the bathroom at Chappedick (it's how I spell it and always will).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
>You're killing me here. Bill is becoming much more feeble with age, and her sharp cloven hooves have a greater than expected purchase in the asphalt.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 12, 2026 01:00 PM (M9gjJ)
Posted by: Alan Parsons Project at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)
Up here in space,
looking down on you,
My lasers trace,
Everything you do.
Posted by: Judas Priest at March 12, 2026 01:00 PM (P7vXf)
Now that would have been comedy gold watching trying to decide what to do next. Would be more funny than Death of Stalin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 01:01 PM (2zKgn)
I hope it stays that way.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 01:01 PM (EIYQ6)
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Ok gives us some likes and dislikes
Ette of the month style....
Posted by: Im not hugh hefner at March 12, 2026 01:01 PM (duB6J)
"That'll keep him off us for a while"
-- Goats
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)
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I started calling him "The Supreme Pizza Leader" after that one.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (xIFh6)
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I would love to see that one. Linkage, s'ils vous plait?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (8KPc4)
Posted by: Gref at March 12, 2026 12:57 PM (5rh/l)
This is public info so I'm not giving anything away. A Switchblade UAS has a range of around 20-25 miles. You don't have to be line of sight to control it. The launch platform is flexible so yes, they can be air launched.
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (fpmUG)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 12:59 PM (WONhk)
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That's hot!
/I'm sure I'm not the only one who read that as "vulva" ...
;-) Always love your comments.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Bulg at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (2zKgn)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (V6W16)
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (fpmUG)
Know what would stick it to the theocracy?
Boobs.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
We already have flamethrower drones. Not as effective, but would make for better videos.
https://tinyurl.com/3cmhpdwb
Posted by: Military Moron at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (JCZqz)
The Israelis claimed today they bombed the crap out of a large IRGC or army armored force camp in SW Iran. If so, the Israelis have also begun working-over the conventional ground forces.
Good stuff.
Posted by: Gref at March 12, 2026 12:36 PM (5rh/l)
I expect they won't surrender until such time that there is a sufficiently-operative provisional government in place to guarantee them some sort of protection from the vigilantes if they do so.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (8zz6B)
I hope it stays that way.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 01:01 PM (EIYQ6)
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Iran isn't the only nation rooting for America to tear itself apart from the inside, but it is a major player.
I do wonder what the anti-American space in America will end up looking like after the last vestiges of Iran's foreign psyop influences die out.
We'll still get Chinese and Russian versions, but Iran's billions towards that? Gone? Including the focus on Israel and Palestine?
Could be interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VE6XX)
Who the heck is her stylist? This person must hate her. Probably Maria who helped her shred email stuff in the server in the bathroom at Chappedick (it's how I spell it and always will).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
I love the picture of the "dress" on her and the 1950's Hoover vacuum with the caption "who wore it better?"
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (eGgU9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)
Is Ace openly flirting?
Posted by: Sponge -
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Fist sign of spring...ace maiting call
Posted by: Im not hugh hefner at March 12, 2026 01:04 PM (duB6J)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 01:04 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: ace at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)
Is Ace openly flirting?
Posted by: Sponge -
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Fist sign of spring...ace maiting call
Posted by: Im not hugh hefner at March 12, 2026 01:04 PM (duB6J)
Look out when he starts openly pissing on his own shoes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 12, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: runner at March 12, 2026 01:05 PM (GD0B3)
https://tinyurl.com/3cmhpdwb
Posted by: Military Moron
Flamethrower drone lights up the cardboard cutout Ayatollah.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 01:05 PM (eGgU9)
My boss is in California. We had a Teams meeting with him this morning. He went offline temporarily.
We joked that he'd been hit with a drone strike from Iran.
When he came back, he said not yet, lol, but they had been alerted to the possibility of a missile attack as Iran is bragging they have missiles to reach the US West Coast.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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I was kind of thinking that I should delete a bunch of junk from my hard drive that I don't want my survivors to see.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 12, 2026 01:05 PM (FveOp)
At this point I think the 5th Column in the US is starting to outnumber the other 4 in all the major blue hives.
The Viet Cong had nothing on these rabid SSRI goblins and Oxy Moms.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (EIYQ6)
Posted by: connected and litigious at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VE6XX)
Send a message. Actually we could write it on him.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (eDMZF)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Moe at March 12, 2026 01:07 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VE6XX)
Send a message. Actually we could write it on him.
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (eDMZF)
We should send my Secret Jewish Ninja Orange Kitty. He destroys cardboard boxes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 12, 2026 01:07 PM (dK+Kv)
Relax ace, Erika has been given a position on the USAF Academy's board of visitors. I am sure the prestige of her position will armor her from future attacks.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 12, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (2zKgn)
https://tinyurl.com/yckepjpb
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (W2Pud)
Nah.. Their faces look less angry
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (VE6XX)
Message from Israel to Jordan and Iraq: "Ya know, those bombs and missiles don't have to go all the way to Iran."
Posted by: Oddbob at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VE6XX)
Take out? Like for a pizza?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (gG9I2)
https://tinyurl.com/yckepjpb
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (W2Pud)
I never wished I could hack websites as much as I do right now.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Weekend at Khamenei's at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (XbNmU)
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I started calling him "The Supreme Pizza Leader" after that one.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (xIFh6)
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I would love to see that one. Linkage, s'ils vous plait?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (8KPc4)
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Ace posted it yesterday (this is a still, but there was a talking one I can't find):
https://tinyurl.com/4r4aaead
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:09 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: ... at March 12, 2026 12:43 PM (eDMZF)
I always keep a token and spin it.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 12, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 01:09 PM (YsPj+)
Goatstitutes can get to the jihadis in ways not even Nosferatu like Spanberger can.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 01:09 PM (EIYQ6)
@JinWooIQ
CHINA SECRETLY ARMED IRAN WITH $5 BILLION IN WEAPONS →EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED
A secret oil-for-weapons deal between China and Iran has been exposed by Reuters. Beijing raided its own People's Liberation Army inventory to fast-track delivery before the war started.
More at the link to X -
https://tinyurl.com/sn22xs7s
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (Dv3i1)
My French may be rusty, but why are they sending milkshakes via drone to these bastards?
Posted by: red speck at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (Ve/HL)
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Good thing Trump is going there at the end of the month. He will help them sort it all out...
😂
Posted by: runner at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)
Fars news agency reported that at least 10 security and Basij personnel were killed in
attacks at several sites across Tehran.
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Not just ten, I would think. Although the resulting modification in the behavior of the security forces would of course, be disproportionately large.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (xPNeT)
https://tinyurl.com/yckepjpb
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (W2Pud)
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Are we talking Valerie Jarrett here?
/Both I and Roseanne denounce ourselves ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:11 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 12, 2026 01:09 PM (YsPj+)
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China was in decline 2 weeks ago before the first major practical application of its military hardware proved disastrous.
It's going to get a whole lot worse. The purges are probably just going to get worse, and nothing's fixing their sub 1.0 birth replacement rate for at least 50 years.
But, it's relatively cheap to pay for online bots and podcasters. They can keep doing that for a while.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:11 PM (RcOs3)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 01:11 PM (lU5os)
Posted by: 13times at March 12, 2026 01:12 PM (tAQG6)
@JinWooIQ
CHINA SECRETLY ARMED IRAN WITH $5 BILLION IN WEAPONS →EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED
A secret oil-for-weapons deal between China and Iran has been exposed by Reuters. Beijing raided its own People's Liberation Army inventory to fast-track delivery before the war started.
More at the link to X -
https://tinyurl.com/sn22xs7s
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (Dv3i1)
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Yes, this is what I was referencing.
Xi is probably...unhappy.
Also, he has a face to face meeting with Trump in like 2 weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:12 PM (RcOs3)
/I'm sure I'm not the only one who read that as "vulva" ...
;-) Always love your comments.
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:02 PM (xIFh6)
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Ah know I'm now entering crazy phase.
Thanks, love you, too. However, now I must fly around upstairs and clean closets. Sort. I can feel the roids kicking in my normally calm self. Who procrastinates and then gets caught. I HATE cleaning and sorting, by the way.
In years past a visit from my OCD MIL would send me into hyper drive. She's now gone and it's been three years since the need for prednisone. Lots to do!!! Two large dinner parties this spring, so it will be done!
I don't like this!!! At all!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 01:12 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 12, 2026 12:47 PM (Hx0tZ)
I could see Basij grabbing a handful of civilians to use human shields if they have to venture out, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 12, 2026 01:12 PM (8zz6B)
Iran calls off drone strikes in California as they've discovered that Gavin Newsome already destroyed it.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (vqA1l)
Yes, this is what I was referencing.
Xi is probably...unhappy.
Also, he has a face to face meeting with Trump in like 2 weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:12 PM (RcOs3)
Oye. That's gonna be a beauty.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (gG9I2)
I'm recalling a certain Red Dawn conversation around a campfire with the late great Powers Booth.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (EIYQ6)
Posted by: Taylor at March 12, 2026 12:38 PM (fpmUG)
Know what would stick it to the theocracy?
Boobs.
we're gonna need more velcro
Posted by: anachronda at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (5UTWB)
The Scottish Six Days Trial is an internationally recognised Motorcycle trials competition, which has been running since 1909
Posted by: 13times at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (tAQG6)
Disappointed I haven't seen the leaflet drop. A good leaflet drop is always a good show.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Drop hardcore pron magazines on them. mohammedans start fighting among themselves when they get access to pron. When we rotated out of Egypt back in '90, all of us soldiers started dumping our pron mags smuggled in from Israel. The Gyppo secret police officers that worked on base as maintenance guys found them in the trash and started having slap-fights, to our great amusement.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 12, 2026 01:14 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 12, 2026 01:14 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 12, 2026 01:13 PM (gG9I2)
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"I got tariffs in one pocket, and a superior military in another. All you have is my ire for derailing my presidency with covid."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:14 PM (RcOs3)
https://tinyurl.com/38jvzna4
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Great sleuthing!
Posted by: runner at March 12, 2026 01:14 PM (GD0B3)
297 via Instapundit -
@JinWooIQ
CHINA SECRETLY ARMED IRAN WITH $5 BILLION IN WEAPONS →EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED
A secret oil-for-weapons deal between China and Iran has been exposed by Reuters. Beijing raided its own People's Liberation Army inventory to fast-track delivery before the war started.
More at the link to X -
https://tinyurl.com/sn22xs7s
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (Dv3i1)
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There were all those foreign military cargo planes reported to be landing in Iran in the months before the war.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 12, 2026 01:15 PM (xPNeT)
Always the thirds. Wonder if there's a Khamanei grandson who gets to be the 23 year old Last Ayatollah.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 12, 2026 01:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:15 PM (mqcLc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2026 01:15 PM (8Xy/A)
Posted by: Im not hugh hefner at March 12, 2026 01:16 PM (duB6J)
297 via Instapundit -
@JinWooIQ
CHINA SECRETLY ARMED IRAN WITH $5 BILLION IN WEAPONS →EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED
A secret oil-for-weapons deal between China and Iran has been exposed by Reuters. Beijing raided its own People's Liberation Army inventory to fast-track delivery before the war started.
More at the link to X -
https://tinyurl.com/sn22xs7s
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 12, 2026 01:10 PM (Dv3i1)
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There were all those foreign military cargo planes reported to be landing in Iran in the months before the war.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 12, 2026 01:15 PM (xPNeT)
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Not just our geopolitical rival, but enemy. China just puts money in pockets to get people to look the other way.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: far cry at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (oDmoo)
Will Tucker volunteer to blow him?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (gKWVE)
"I got tariffs in one pocket, and a superior military in another. All you have is my ire for derailing my presidency with covid."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:14 PM (RcOs3)
Trump: do i have to show you my big American penis again?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (gG9I2)
Posted by: pudinhead at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VE6XX)
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[Inspired by The Babylon Bee:]
"Someone left the fake out in the rain ..."
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 01:18 PM (2zKgn)
I agree that most of the world is Indian Country for him right now. Makes me nervous when he goes overseas.
But here in the US we have plenty of losers looking to get famous.
Posted by: sifty boones at March 12, 2026 01:18 PM (EIYQ6)
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Not just money!
Posted by: Eric Swalwell at March 12, 2026 01:19 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 01:19 PM (2zKgn)
Selling cardboard cutout Supreme Leaders for target practice ...
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:19 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 12, 2026 01:20 PM (2zKgn)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
Crocs.
Posted by: Operator Error at March 12, 2026 01:20 PM (d5zIg)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 01:21 PM (eGgU9)
Yeah, the ayatollahs rolling out the cardboard supreme leader was basically surrendering like France. It's not a surprise that hours later the focus of the bombing shifted to IRGC assets.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 12, 2026 01:21 PM (2ocoG)
As you use weapons, and those weapons , you learn. You adapt.
The art of to anticipate and adapt ahead of the OPFOR. We are very good at this part.
The Chinese have not seen their weapons tested- until now. The next gen will be the real test.
And their weapons didn’t completely fail. They failed against hardened military targets.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (iFEms)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (gG9I2)
Or maybe your Big American Breasts?
Posted by: Yortuk Festrunk at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
When the closest animal you are hunting is 1000 meters across bare desert... Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 12:23 PM (eGgU9)
One of the villagers in Lone Survivor had a double barrel
Posted by: hurricane567 at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (+ayKE)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (eGgU9)
Posted by: far cry at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (oDmoo)
Will Tucker volunteer to blow him?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (gKWVE)
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I still can't believe the IRGC haven't offered Cucker the job of Supreme Leader. Hell, they could even throw in the $95 billion business empire!
NOOD Fraud (or another day that ends in "Y")
Posted by: ShainS at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (xIFh6)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (M9gjJ)
I was thinking it's only a matter of time until our enemies have and refine this capability - China, etc. But I hadn't yet thought about those within our own borders, seething to return to power, and who hate us more than any foreign enemy.
Posted by: RM at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (n/1Oj)
I wish Trump would not go to China. I worry about his safety there. Why can't they just talk over Zoom?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 12, 2026 01:15 PM (8Xy/A)
I rather suspect that even Xi isn't stupid enough to do anything to Trump while he's on a state visit.
The problem I have with this trip is that most of the world is primitive enough that they'll take the wrong lesson from this meeting, and see Trump as the supplicant being summoned to an audience with a superior.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 12, 2026 01:23 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ayatollah #723 at March 12, 2026 01:23 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: far cry at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (oDmoo)
Will Tucker volunteer to blow him?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 12, 2026 01:17 PM (gKWVE)
Pretty sure that is how he was inflettioed....
Posted by: Denny Crane - Boy, That Was a Tough One! at March 12, 2026 01:24 PM (dmDsy)
_"CM-302 has NO data link, NO satellite guidance, NO active terminal tracking"
That's not true. The missile uses BeiDou satellite navigation, with active radar terminal guidance._
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 12, 2026 01:24 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: DroneWarehouse at March 12, 2026 01:24 PM (wVcYX)
There is little sign, however, that any of this is leading towards a general collapse of the regime’s ability to govern. The regime, so far at least, appears to be maintaining the crucial loyalty of its own security personnel, and of the 20 per cent or so of the population that is generally reckoned to support it.
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If the population does not respond to Trump's call to revolt, and starts taking out the mullah's thugs, it's likely the regime survives though in very weak form. It'll fall, but that might take some time.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Ehshq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 12, 2026 01:06 PM (W2Pud)
I see it! Someone put braids on her head. This one has a better bite to her jaw.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 12, 2026 01:32 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 12, 2026 01:35 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: garrett at March 12, 2026 12:20 PM (erF49)
I just suddenly realized that if we were to take Canny Owens seriously for just five seconds -- or at least, take her quest to find The Real Killer seriously -- then the paranoid schizo with a weird fixation would be a top candidate. Could her whole schtick be the result of a guilty mind, crying for help? (Spoiler: No, she's nuts.)
Posted by: SciVo at March 12, 2026 01:37 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at March 12, 2026 01:37 PM
Murder She Wrote spoiler: Jessica Fletcher was the serial killer.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 01:39 PM (4NO2D)
The regime was already deeply unpopular before all of this. I would think the cardboard cut out of the new "Supreme Leader" would be the last straw.
Posted by: Leupold
Probably because it's only been a month since the regime mass-murdered protesters and all their relatives?
Give them a bit of time to internalize the idea that they can.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 12, 2026 12:26 PM (a+4eV)
Plus, Trump did tell them to stay in their homes and businesses until it's considered time to hit the streets.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 12, 2026 01:39 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 01:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 12, 2026 01:22 PM (iFEms)
Also it is common for military exports to be reduced in quality intentionally so you have a tech advantage on your customers if they try and use your stuff against your.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 01:46 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 12, 2026 01:47 PM (NFX2v)
Xi is probably...unhappy.
Also, he has a face to face meeting with Trump in like 2 weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:12 PM (RcOs3)
Thanks Reuters for the news that the sun rose on schedule every day the last 6 months. Of course Iran and China were exchanging oil for weapons. What else does Iran have to sell.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: SciVo at March 12, 2026 01:37 PM
Murder She Wrote spoiler: Jessica Fletcher was the serial killer.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 12, 2026 01:39 PM (4NO2D)
I always suspected this, but it was pretty common IIRC that she would be called out by her sister's son or something getting implicated in a murder that she has to clear. That would take lots of work to set that up but be able to take that emergency call in days before cell phones.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)
We'll still get Chinese and Russian versions, but Iran's billions towards that? Gone? Including the focus on Israel and Palestine?
Could be interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 12, 2026 01:03 PM (RcOs3)
The dominant money comes from the US Taxpayer, either directly or through universities.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 01:56 PM (8avO+)
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If the population does not respond to Trump's call to revolt, and starts taking out the mullah's thugs, it's likely the regime survives though in very weak form. It'll fall, but that might take some time.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 12, 2026 01:25 PM (Ehshq)
"govern" and "maintain loyalty of the troops" are two very different things. If the thugs are forted up in bunkers or only come out to shoot up things they aren't governing much at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 01:58 PM (8avO+)
I wonder if these are the under $2k drones like Ukraine has been using effectively. Of course they have to be within ? a couple miles to operate theirs. Plus Ukraine's operators had to be on the move, since Russkie artillery would zone in on their signal and direct fire at them.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 12, 2026 12:49 PM (vbXSk)
The low cost drones were usually used for low level action - for infantry to scout the near area, perhaps drop a grenade on a strong point. More serious systems with more complex missions are more expensive.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 02:03 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 12, 2026 12:41 PM (YVqyP)
Oh brother
Posted by: It's me donna at March 12, 2026 12:42 PM (VE6XX)
That ship was just jumping out of the water because it was so happy to be alive.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 12, 2026 12:44 PM (Ot/FD)
Iran isn't asking for a cease fire since Trump has already said unconditional surrender is the only terms available.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 02:06 PM (8avO+)
Message from Israel to Jordan and Iraq: "Ya know, those bombs and missiles don't have to go all the way to Iran."
Posted by: Oddbob at March 12, 2026 01:08 PM (Fs0KI)
I think i heard that Jordan is actually helping with the missile defense of the region, which of course includes their nation.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 12, 2026 02:09 PM (8avO+)
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Message from Israel to Jordan and Iraq: "Ya know, those bombs and missiles don't have to go all the way to Iran."
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I think i heard that Jordan is actually helping with the missile defense of the region, which of course includes their nation.
Terrorist without their LIB sponsors and enablers would be a Greater Danger to themselves and neighbors who shouldn't have tolerated them in the first place.
That's the POINT!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrueFaceOfLIBTerrorism
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-OBAMA-theBirdie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-BotchmenRollOUT
And where is DrMcSocialism now?
"to leave now we would send a message to terrorists and other potential adversaries around the world that they can change our policies by killing our people. It would be open season on Americans."
-- Bill Clinton '93
To abandon this area now -- and to rely only on efforts against alQaeda from a distance -- would significantly hamper our ability to keep the pressure on al Qaeda, and create an UNACCEPTABLE RISK of additional attacks on our homeland and our allies.
-- OBAMA'09
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at March 12, 2026 03:05 PM (uYp5e)
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