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Grim day for lower courts in the US.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Coyote Block 2 Counter-UAS launchers on Burkes now? piece by @orca-oruka.bsky.social ttps://orca-oruka.hatenablog.com/entry/2025/06/26/232826

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

MDA FY26 procurement requests: 🔶 37 THAADs 🔶12 SM-3 IIAs According to recent work by @slair.bsky.social the US Army might have used 39ish THAADs in defense of Israel. So this figure might count for the replacements and gives some credibility to Sam's figures.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

New maps I finished today for an upcoming video project, higher quality: patreon.com/posts/maps-f... As I am now done with the writing, more stills and maps will be going up on the Patreon over the coming days and weeks. Since bsky is a bit more special, you guys get to see all the maps here.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The GBU-57 MOP inventory/figures stuff is a bit overblown. Prior production rate was 2/month, or 24 a year. They were working on expanding McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (completed in July 2024) to be able to produce fillings for 6-8 bombs a month (72 to 96/y).

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Seems like @bafriedman.bsky.social was right, Fordow might have been double tapped, which is insane. Two MOPs through the same hole.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

So 14 MOPs used and only 6 confirmed hits against Fordow. That would mean 8 expended on Natanz which makes sense as it poses a size problem vs Fordow.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

CJCS in briefing right now: The operation to strike Iran last night was "Operation Midnight Hammer" 7 B-2s struck targets and dropped 14 MOPs. The B-2 flights headed West were deception. The actual strike package came across the Atlantic.

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Legitimately done with this fucking DECADE.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Holy shit.

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

Given the rather flat budget, the US is already set to dip below 2.8-2.9% of GDP if supplemental weren't constantly temporarily inflating the number.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

"The type of SCUD is still classified and where we got the SCUDs from is classified" Willow Dune test of PAC-2/PAC-2 GEM against Scud.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

About 20-30 TBMs launched this morning, 3 impacts, no deaths being reported. Seems like IAF struck HAWK batteries last night.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

11th wave headed for Tel Aviv right now supposedly.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Supposedly IAF did a bunch of strikes earlier today and yesterday focused on hampering Iran's ability to generate BM raids (by striking launchers). The most recent wave launched from Iran compromised about 10~ BMs. While early, it seems that the IAF's efforts might have been successful.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Listen, If am an Iranian F-14/F-4 pilot, I am loading up on as much fuel tanks as possible and high tailing it out of there to another country. If I am an Iranian AD crew, I am hiding until this whole thing blows over.

submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

IRAF F-14s are no more.

submitted 11 days ago • 20 comments

The TPY-2 was facing Yemen in Dec, so they would have to turn it more recently so It could handle Iranian threats. THAAD has spent much of its time in Israel taking down Houthi BMs prior to the current events.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Google Earth updated imagery of the THAAD deployment site in Israel that I geolocated last year. This new imagery is from Dec, 2024. You can make out the system's AN/TPY-2 radar in the second image.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Well, uh, something happened.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments