- An Iraqi security source said they think it was an Iranian boat rigged with explosives.
If Iran does have underwater explosive drones, why would they boast about it and invite attacks upon that weapon and its deployment systems?
by cermicelli
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- I don't understand why is everyone at war, I don't understand anything, I really just feel depressed. Don't feel like anyone cares what you think whether you live in US, EU, or somewhere else. It's all bomb this guy, bomb that guy these days.
I don't really have anything constructive to add, but hope folks in US realize just how insane all this is. Like can we just not have wars, like pretty please anything but more bombs and killing...
Like what happened to the walls folks in US were building a while ago, can we fund another, I will donate a 100$ if we wrap up all this shit this week. Heck if Russia and other countries pack it up I will add another 100$ to it...
Does that work, does anything work? ._.
Let's do something productive, honestly AI slop is more productive than this. I still can't wrap my head around this nonsense.
I am 25 I don't wanna know a world at war, just a few hundred more years of peace please, then you folks can feel free to go to war with Zurgs or something with your AGI drones...
by steveBK123
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- This boondoggle is going to make Iraq 2003 look well planned.
by JumpCrisscross
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- A week ago we saw Iranian and Greek vessels plying the Strait [1]. I guess Tehran is now establishing its monopoly.
[1] https://gcaptain.com/iranian-shadow-fleet-and-greek-affiliat...
- It was my understanding the the tankers could not be insured or it was prohibitively high cost without the margin cost covered and therefore could not pass through.
https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news...
Either way for sure this will cause further backlog. And for what.
- Iran is so near to everything in Middle East: Saudi Arabia/UAE, Hormuz, Israel. And all these are direct enemies of Iran or friends with the USA. It's unavoidable to be targeted. Whoever approaches these will be affected. Just for reference, Iranian missiled can reach southern Italy.
by science4sail
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- This is all about Hormuz, isn't it? Even though the attack itself was in Basra, Iraq, the intention seems to be to terrify any companies thinking of sailing through the Persian Gulf.
I wonder how many more caches of drones Iran has lying around. Days? Weeks? Years?
There's also the question of how to resupply any anti-drone systems in the area - maybe we'll see convoys carrying interceptors crossing the Arabian desert.
- Why did we have to go through all this pain. Was that really necessary? And given we mostly talk about technology here, let me put this through that lens:
With all the technology advancement and improvement with access to information in the last 30 years, why does it feel that all of this culminates to more disinformation, more pain, and less understanding?
- One of the self-owns of all time. Triggering a global supply chain crisis right before midterms is bottom of the barrel strategy. But then again, who expects competency from any recent American administration, most especially this one?
by whynotmaybe
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- I still don't know whether a drone attack is less worse than a suicide attack.
I guess that's another war to end all wars to add to the list
- This is amazing news! I've just gotten my seafarers medical and my C-1/D visa for a job in shipping. Perfect timing!
by EtienneDeLyon
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- While some naysayers might claim the US has entered the FO stage after the commencement of FA, I have full faith in the ability of great minds like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth to navigate the sea of uncertainty and achieve strategic victory!
by intrasight
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- https://archive.ph/ms992
- He may still wriggle out of it but it is increasingly looking like Trump has stepped into something that he won't be able to reverse his way out of easily, a one way decision.
by bootsmann
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- Noone could’ve seen this coming, how were they supposed to know that the strait of hormuz is so important!
by sschueller
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- These tankers aren't easily replaceable are they? As in it takes significant time to build them.
Even if Trump's claims that the war will end shortly were true. Oil prices are guaranteed not coming down if many more of these ships are sunk.
- This should go into dictionary as definition for "fuck around and find out"
by intrasight
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- I get a blank page with that link
by moralestapia
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- I’ll laugh whenever someone comes along and says "This is definitely an act of war" despite everything we’ve all seen that has been done to Iran lately.
by OutOfHere
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- Trump has given a surprise gift to renewable energy worldwide, one that the sector should not fail to use.
by dominicrose
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- The USA and Israel should've went after the Iranian regime a long time ago. What we're seing now is the price of procrastination and weak past presidents.
Imagine if multiple Western countries allied early to correct this regime (and not just with sanctions).
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- Only more reason to finally get rid of the current Iranian regime and any and all of their military capabilities.
- Why did they attempt to pass the closed Strait of Hormuz?
by hereme888
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- The US will make a LOT of money from selling their oil at premium.
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2032091651422720197
*Edit: Now I understand that some companies may make more money, but the economy overall may suffer.
*Seems like I hit a nerve with stereotypical people groups.
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