Iran Crisis & the 2026 War between Iran and the United States, Gulf States, and Israel - Please focus on news and coverage, not argumentation.

[Mr. Racewar1488]

What did he mean by this?
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Kharg Island was important during the Tanker Wars back in the 80s, that's why he mentioned it. Watch this video about it.

 

[bookers]

So, this happened.
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lmao topical
so much for hassans 5 hour 'you cant just do that' diatribe i guess

 

[AndSothisIsChristmas]

USS Robert Smalls:

Why have we got ships named after ship-stealing slaves?

 

[Ghostse]

One thing the US military does really well is to have generally solid shit. Sure MRE's may not compare well to france's MRE's but we also have a way bigger military that, y'know, actually does shit.

>MRE's
>Solid shit
Accurate.

Some speculation that, rather than taking an island, the Marine unit could be involved in helping clear the Strait of drones and speedboats.
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Drones: Not so much; helos don't do well in air-to-air. But maybe. Strap those done-killer hydras on them.
Speedboats: Almost certainly.

Siri, Abu Musa and Tunb might be an option. Further away from the mainland, outside of artillery range most likely. But that would be more to clear it for shipping, and deny it for the enemy if they even have troops present.

Could be. The us might also just clear the islands and vamoose.

To be fair, Swiss neutrality is a pretty consistent position lmao

They also aren't in NATO so I am not mad at the swiss for being consistent.

Im surprised Macron hasn't sent Rafaels to redeem the jets reputation after they got raped by the Paki chink jets during the skirmish with India.

You assume putting Rafales in this operation would redeem them.

The IDF struck the headquarters of the Nepalese battalion operating within UNIFIL in Hay Al-Mufailha, Meiss El Jabal, southern Lebanon.

Let's be face it: The Nepalese had it coming.

Scared of facing elimination by the Israeli Air Force, the Basij paramilitary forces of the IRGC terrorist organization have set up their roadblocks inside the tunnels of Tehran. This footage, recorded by a citizen journalist, shows one of these roadblocks in Hakim Tunnel in Tehran tonight.

This is what winning looks like.

Military analyst Hasan Piker explains why it's impossible to take Kharg Island:

He's not wrong about needing to deny the Iranians the coast line
He is a fucking retard who has never heard of seaborne resupply because he is a moron.
Also even if we take the USN out of the equation, yes I'm certain the nation that ran the Berlin Airlift can't supply a couple battalions via airdrop.

And then we take it in a day or so

I feel like an island in the modern age is probably the easiest target to take depending on the size. Coastline is another issue entirely though.

Taking the island would be easy. Holding it will be hard.

What's the point of bombing Kharg Island and then announcing that you did so if you don't already have Marines or whatever swarming the place? Feels like it gives the IRGC time to prepare. Might it indicate that physical occupation is less likely?

Negotiation. Stop attacking shipping or we shut off your pumps, and wipes out the military installations to demonstrate ability. You re also putting China and any other nation on notice that Kharg is about to be a military target and now all those tankers have thier insurance policies canceled if they fill up there.

And why is directly shutting down Kharg Island the way to go compared to, say, blockading access to it through the Gulf of Oman? Is it because the latter would be considered a direct aggro against China when their ships are stopped?

Ships will run the blockade and the US, strictly speaking, has no legal right to stop Chinese ships from loading oil sold by the still legitimate government.

Blockading would also put the ships of the blockade at risk from shore-launched anti-ship missiles or speedboat swarms.

All of these issues are solved by dropping a couple 2000-lb bombs on the pumps.

 

[Mr. Racewar1488]

Why have we got ships named after ship-stealing slaves?

It was originally named USS Chancellorsville but then Biden ordered the name change after the niggers got uppity in 2020.

 

[aphaln]

Aftermath of American airstrikes earlier today on Kish Port

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The Iran Space Research Center in Tarasht was destroyed

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[AndSothisIsChristmas]

It was originally named USS Chancellorsville but then Biden ordered the name change after the niggers got uppity in 2020.

Trump can’t pull the same trick he did with Fort Bragg? Claim it’s named after the fine city of Chancellorsville, North Dakota or something?

 

[Point and Laugh]

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No 1 Rule of Trump

Nearly any thread involving Trump I can and do post this in, and it’s always 100% accurate.

 

[aphaln]

One person seriously injured after a piece of shrapnel landed in a Bedouin hut in the Negev, southern Israel

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1:20

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The moment another piece of shrapnel landed in the backyard of a school

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Meanwhile, joint Iranian-Hezbollah launches towards northern Israel, what appears to be a hit was spotted near Haifa

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[pooterino]

Josh would have to watch out for foreign agents trying to kill him.

True. But....

Spoiler: Boss!

If Jorsh ever needs a literal personal army, he needs to set up some kind of internet relay based out of one of these:

Don't know about anyone else but I'll lend my "right arm of the free world" to wander around Mother BaseNull Base and protect some server racks. Just... no CQC

edit: some spray paint and imagination... just saying

 

[Snekposter]

You don't see Christians naming 90% of their kids "Jesus"

Never been very far south of the US border, have you?

One thing the US military does really well is to have generally solid shit. Sure MRE's may not compare well to france's MRE's but we also have a way bigger military that, y'know, actually does shit. For a massive military that does shit all over the world the worst we equipment we have is still "It gets the job done" levels, bare minimum.
And it is gourmet compared to shit like china's. Just watch any of steve1989's videos on chinese rations. Half of the shit is inedible. Hell, he didn't do another chinese ration for *years* after his first one damn near killed him.

The man can swallow down WW2 MRE's that had a best-by date decades ago, but one Chinese ration and he was on the verge of death.

True. But....

Spoiler: Boss!

If Jorsh ever needs a literal personal army, he needs to set up some kind of internet relay based out of one of these:
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Don't know about anyone else but I'll lend my "right arm of the free world" to wander around Mother BaseNull Base and protect some server racks. Just... no CQC

Just remember that upvotes do not offer tactical advantage.

 

[NoStepOnSnake]

Iran War 2026 Report:

War started since February 28, 2026. Recent report of the Trump administration allegedly deploying the USS Tripoli into the middle east. I will be making reports and analysis on IRGC movements and overall operations on the IRGC. Traditional news media’s truth is getting more difficult to believe.

https://news.usni.org/2026/03/13/uss-tripoli-31st-meu-heading-to-the-middle-east

Please be careful on your sources and I will be doing info collection from now on and when I have something good I will post. Currently collecting data.

 

[Got Milk!]

True. But....

Spoiler: Boss!

If Jorsh ever needs a literal personal army, he needs to set up some kind of internet relay based out of one of these:
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Don't know about anyone else but I'll lend my "right arm of the free world" to wander around Mother BaseNull Base and protect some server racks. Just... no CQC

So your solution is Waterworld?

 

[Gay Sex Enjoyer]

Whatever you say broski

 

[ThisIsGonnaBeGood]

Never been very far south of the US border, have you?

It's pronounced differently, so it doesn't count.

 

[Riverfagg1599]

True. But....

Spoiler: Boss!

If Jorsh ever needs a literal personal army, he needs to set up some kind of internet relay based out of one of these:
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Don't know about anyone else but I'll lend my "right arm of the free world" to wander around Mother BaseNull Base and protect some server racks. Just... no CQC

There is a man who tried it.

 

[Ghostse]

kharg island is 8 square miles so its pretty small.
in comparison, the smallest state in USA - Rhode Island is 1,500 square miles

supposedly theres 1,000-2,000 iranian troops occupying kharg island
could be more or less. civilian population is something like 10,000 - again could be more or less these are general estimates
they also have a lot of defenses built up there because obviously.
so invasion would be difficult.

island is about 8 miles off the coast of iran so any occupying force (and coalition ships) would be threatened by mainland drone attacks

the US marine expeditionary force has something like 2,000 soldiers.
supposedly you'd probably need about twice that (maybe more) to take the island.
ideally something like 6,000-8,000 troops.. so we dont really have enough.

these could probably be land operations where they go in and fuck shit up and leave but seems risky.
also they will probably be targeted by artillery from the mainland.
granted it will be also risky for iran to fire on their own island, but they dont really have a reason not to if its under invasion

anyways thats what AI tells me lol

I'm only partly versed on Kharg island but

- I don't know where you are getting 8 miles. its like 20. 18 maybe?
That puts it at very edge of the range of conventional tube artillery which is about 15-20, gives about 5-10 miles on modern rocket-assisted shells (Excaliber), and easily in range of rocket artillery like HIMARS. That means Iran would be able to park howitzers on the shore at low tide and have at it., if they have russian/chicom knockoff shells, they would be able to park 5 miles inside the area around Bandar Ganaveh (small coastal town) or along the highways and shoot, and the whole coast would be available for rocket artillery and drones. It'd be nightmare to hold without also holding the coast.

I strongly disagree with the force needed to take it because of airsuperiority. You could very likely take the island with company of marines and airsupport. Holding it would be the issue.

 

[ThisIsGonnaBeGood]

What is their obsession with this ship?

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[Boney]

Taking the island would be easy. Holding it will be hard.

Probably not. The fun part about the island is assuming they are actually willing to bomb their own infrastructure, nice long trip for drones to make and they will be utterly incapable of artillery.

I'm not really sure what we get out of it, but I really, REALLY, want us too. So bad I want Marines on that island. We can come up with reasons later. Lmao

 

[Point and Laugh]

What is their obsession with this ship?
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Probably scheduled social posts out a few weeks and haven’t been bothered to edit. I do it at work all the time. Although when I say “haven’t been bothered” I don’t mean “my workplaces are all smoking craters filled with dismembered body parts.”