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Mark Wauck's avatar

Cool. This is the Russian Su-35 that Iran is getting.

https://x.com/IranMilitaryNet/status/1808456672655913344

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Mark Wauck's avatar

The IOF did this without telling Netanyahu:

Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2 Jul 1

Israel releases Shifa hospital's Director, Mohammed Abu Salmiya, after 7 months of kidnapping & detention.

Releasing him without any charges or trial destroys Israel's claim of al-Shifa being used as a Hamas headquarters for tunnels, weapons, hostage keeping & hiding leaders.

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Alfred Nassim's avatar

I fear that the war in that fake country, Ukraine, and the war in the fake country, Israel, will merge into one big war. I hope I am wrong. 😔

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SMH's avatar

Am I just being overly cynical or are we actively trying to get one of our carriers turned into an man made reef?

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History Lass's avatar

We still don't know what really happened to the Ike. Except it left the Red Sea in stealth and shadows. SOMETHING happened to it.

Be very interesting to see if CDR Chowda gets another command or is summarily retired.

I think the rarefied air of Command just doesn't believe the Houthis or Russia/Iran/ China would hit/ sink a US Carrier. More fools they. They are playing with hundreds if innocent lives on that ship

The Grand Chess Master Putin is making good on his red line pronouncements and moving his chess pieces into motion.

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SMH's avatar

Well at least we’ve got Laurel and Hardy keeping a watchful eye on things, so we got that going for us. 🙄

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History Lass's avatar

MK Bhdrakumar of Indian Punchline has a reports on X the Houthis being supplied with advanced weaponry by Russia

Sputnik via X released a video by the Houthis in which they claim the Theodore Roosevelt will be targeted if it enters the Red Sea.

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Mark Wauck's avatar

I heard someone talking along those lines today, LJ? The Houthis have definitely said they'd target any carrier that came there.

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History Lass's avatar

If true that Putin has given the Houthis advanced weaponry, it makes it all the more possible.

Putin did say he would be giving allies ( his not ours 😁) advanced weapons to in essence be used against the Empire.

Also it appears the Ike *may* in Crete getting a paint job on the starboard side. This from the X account of the CDR of the Ike Strike group. His X handle is ChowdahHill

Chowdah posted a photo of the carrier in port..

The reason I say may be in Crete, is because commentators seemed to recognize the landscape as being Souda Bay, Crete

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Steghorn21's avatar

I can foresee many crew members of the Theodore Roosevelt applying for compassionate leave or getting pregnant over the next few weeks.

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Brother Ass's avatar

“getting pregnant”

Speaks volumes about the state of the U.S. Navy.

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