Blastoff! A #LongMarch2C rocket carrying the Space Variable Objects... Monitor 🇨🇳📷(#SVOM)Satellite, has been launched from the #Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. CNES European Space Agency @NMK_ZeroG IRAP / @[email protected] CNRS 🌍 IAF James Carpenter Aarti Holla （Video：Xu Lihao）show more

China successfully launched the Yaogan-50 02 remote sensing satellite... into space at 21:22 on Sunday aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite entered its planned orbit smoothly and will be used for land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation, according to CCTV News.show more

We’re investing £20M into Orbex Space’s Prime rocket to... become the first UK-manufactured and launched orbital rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport UK🚀 This will help strengthen our position as a major player in the space sector & become a leading small satellite launch provider in Europe.show more

🚨Two major space launch failures! A South Korean rocket... exploded after a failed launch at Brazil’s Alcântara Space Center, ending the mission shortly after liftoff Japan’s H3 rocket also failed to deploy its navigation satellite after the second-stage engine shut down prematurely. The satellite was meant for the Quasi-Zenith system that works with GPS These back-to-back setbacks show how unforgiving space missions remain, even for advanced nations From India’s perspective, ISRO's consistent success may make achievements look routine.. but in reality, every successful launch is still a major milestone ⭐️show more

🇵🇰🚀 Pakistan Completes EO-3 Launch, Accelerating Its Satellite Constellation... Drive Pakistan has successfully placed its PRSC EO-3 Earth Observation Satellite into orbit, marking a significant step in the country’s expanding space programme. The satellite, developed domestically by SUPARCO, was launched from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, underscoring a model of local manufacturing supported by external launch capability. EO-3 completes a three satellite Earth Observation series: ◽EO-1 (2025) ◽EO-2 (February 2026) ◽EO-3 (latest launch) Together, they form the backbone of a planned integrated Earth Observation system aimed at improving data availability and coverage. Pakistan now operates 5+ Earth observation satellites, with most deployed in the last two years, highlighting a noticeable acceleration in activity. Officials describe the programme as part of a broader shift: 📡 From isolated missions → to a coordinated satellite network From external reliance → to increasing data independence 🚀 From slow launches → to a structured rollout strategy The EO-3 mission also reflects continued technical cooperation with China, particularly in launch services. With additional satellites expected in the coming years, Pakistan appears to be moving toward a multi satellite constellation designed for regular, wide area monitoring. The direction is clear: a steady build up rather than a one off achievement.show more

🚨 BIG: 🇮🇳 India to soon join the global... race for SpaceX-like reusable rockets Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos has announced Mission-02, a bold plan to attempt India's first recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster by a private company. The mission aims to safely recover the booster for refurbishment and reuse, while repurposing the upper stage into a functional in-orbit platform instead of letting it become debris. This is a major step toward reusable launch vehicles that can significantly reduce costs and make satellite launches more affordable and sustainable. Agnikul is already a leader in 3D-printed rocket engines that can be produced rapidly. It is now advancing reusability technologies, backed by multiple patents from 🇮🇳 India, the 🇺🇸 US, and 🇪🇺 Europe. With support from ISRO and IN-SPACe, this progress highlights the rapid growth of India's private space sector. Alongside recent private orbital launches like Skyroot’s Vikram-1, the country is building strong self-reliance in space technology. A proud leap forward for Made in India innovation. 🇮🇳show more

🇺🇸🇨🇳 The U.S. and China are rehearsing space combat,... and neither side is saying it out loud. 36,000km above Earth, a U.S. satellite travelling at 10,900 km/h adjusts its orbit and closes in on 2 Chinese satellites until the 3 are almost moving in sync. It passes within 12km. What looks like a gentle dance could be a rehearsal for war. China's military textbooks map out exactly what comes next: deterrence, space blockade, offensive strikes. At a certain rung of the ladder, nothing is off limits: attacks on nuclear sites and energy infrastructure on Earth, launched from orbit, at extremely short notice. Nobody has ever fought a war up there, and nobody knows where the lines are. Source: Financial Timesshow more

Starlink just launched its first European satellite-to-phone service. Today.... Virgin Media O2 switched on O2 Satellite on February 26. It is the first commercial satellite-to-smartphone data service in the UK and in all of Europe. Powered by Starlink Direct to Cell. What it does: If you're an O2 customer with a Samsung Galaxy S25, your phone automatically connects to Starlink satellites when you move beyond traditional cell coverage. No special hardware. No satellite phone. Your regular smartphone connects directly to space. O2's UK landmass coverage jumped overnight from 89% to 95%. That's new connectivity across an area roughly two-thirds the size of Wales, according to Virgin Media O2. At launch, the service supports text messaging and a limited set of apps including WhatsApp, Google Maps, Facebook Messenger, and X. Standard voice calls are not yet supported. Speeds are estimated around 4Mbps. More devices and apps are expected to follow. 650+ Starlink satellites now support Direct to Cell. SpaceX has signed 11 carrier partnerships to date, with similar services already live in the U.S. through T-Mobile. £3 per month. That's what O2 is charging to keep you connected in places where there was zero signal yesterday. Starlink is becoming the invisible backup layer for phone networks worldwideshow more

🚨 A FORMER NASA ENGINEER CLAIMS HE’S DISCOVERED A... “NEW FORCE” THAT CAN OVERCOME EARTH’S GRAVITY WITHOUT ANY PROPELLANT. Charles Buhler, who spent years leading NASA’s Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center, says his private company Exodus Propulsion Technologies has found a way to generate thrust using only electric fields. In vacuum chamber tests, their device reportedly produced enough force to counteract Earth’s gravity a claim that would completely rewrite the rules of propulsion. Why this matters: For over a century, every rocket we’ve ever launched has had to carry massive amounts of fuel. If this “New Force” is real, spacecraft could one day maneuver indefinitely without expelling mass potentially making deep space travel, satellite station-keeping, and even atmospheric flight dramatically cheaper and more efficient. The deeper implication is staggering: We may be looking at the first real breakthrough in propellantless propulsion since the invention of the rocket. If verified, this wouldn’t just change space travel it could reshape how we think about energy, momentum, and the fundamental laws of physics. Of course, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. As of now, the work is still awaiting independent replication by outside laboratories. But if this holds up… What changes first space travel, energy production, or something we haven’t even imagined yet? Follow for more frontier physics and emerging technologies.show more

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Russia pushed back against... accusations they interfered in the recent Georgian elections, saying, "There are attempts to interfere, but not from Russia's side." 2.⁠ The U.S is running out of air-defense missiles as conflicts intensify in the Middle East and Ukraine, raising concerns about its readiness for a potential Pacific conflict. 3.⁠ A man died after a Hezbollah rocket struck the northern Israeli town of Ma'alot-Tarshiha. 4.⁠ Steve Bannon was released from prison one week before the U.S election. 5.⁠ The Houthis claimed responsibility for a drone that exploded in an open area in the southern coastal city of Ashkelon. There were no injuries in the attack. 6.⁠ Following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in September, Hezbollah has appointed his deputy, Naim Qassem, as their new leader. 7.⁠ The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) released the latest design for the spacesuit their astronauts will wear on a mission to the Moon, scheduled to take place by 2030. 8.⁠ After it appeared that YouTube was shadow-banning Joe Rogan's interview with Trump, making it difficult for people to search for it, Joe uploaded it to X. Within a few hours, it racked up millions of views. 9.⁠ As Kim Jong Un's relationship with Putin strengthens, North Korea is preparing to launch another military satellite with technological help from Russia. 10.⁠ Biden cast his ballot early, showing his ID before voting, which led people to question why the Dems are so against voter ID checks.show more

$ASTS My Massive Misunderstanding About BlueBird 6 Mea Culpa:... I thought BlueBird 6 unfolded immediately. I was completely wrong. Here is the REAL timeline. 🛰️🤯 Like many excited investors, when I saw the notification that AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 6 (BB6) successfully reached orbit, I imagined an immediate, dramatic transformation. I thought: "Rocket separates, boom, giant antenna pops open, let's start beaming 5G!" I couldn't have been more wrong. I just got a crash course in orbital mechanics, and here is my "aha!" moment. Unfolding a 2,400 sq ft array (the size of a tennis court!) immediately after ejection from a rocket is suicidal for a satellite. It would be like trying to open a massive parachute while tumbling out of a car on the highway. It would rip apart or spin out of control. The Reality: The "Space Origami" Wait The process is much slower, more deliberate, and nerve-wracking. Here is the actual, realistic timeline we need to watch over the next few months: Phase 1: The Deep Breath (Current Status - Next ~7 Days)Right now, BB6 is likely stabilizing its tumble, deploying solar panels for power, and undergoing full system "health checks." Ground control is ensuring the launch didn't break anything. No unfolding happens yet. Phase 2: The Great Unfold (Estimated Week 2-3)Once stable, the "space origami" begins. This is the most critical physical step. The massive array will slowly, methodically unfold and lock into place over several days. We wait for official confirmation that the array is fully deployed and rigid. Phase 3: Lighting Up the ASIC (Q1 2026)Only after a perfect unfold do they turn on the revolutionary AST5000 ASIC chips. The next few months are dedicated to end-to-end connectivity tests with partners like AT&T and Verizon. We are looking for data on real-world speeds (120 Mbps target) and stability. Space is hard, and patience is a requirement. The launch was just the commute to work; now the real job begins. 😊There is too much misinformation out there on $ASTS. If this thread helped clarify the reality, please RT to help others find quality due diligence #ASTS #ASTSpaceMobile #BlueBird6 #SpaceTech #OrbitalMechanics #SatelliteDeployment #5G #Telecom #Investing #LearningCurve #ASICshow more

AI just hit a wall that no amount of... money can move. The planet itself. There is not enough power, water, or land on Earth to build the data centers the AI race now demands. So the most valuable bet in artificial intelligence is no longer a chip company or a model. It is a rocket company. The plan is to leave. In January, SpaceX filed with the FCC to launch up to 1 million solar-powered data center satellites into orbit. In February it bought xAI, the maker of Grok, folding an entire frontier AI lab into a rocket company in the largest corporate merger ever recorded. On June 8 it unveiled the AI1, a compute satellite with a 70-meter wingspan, wider than a Boeing 747, powered by the sun, cooled by the vacuum of space, and wired to the ground through Starlink. Four days later it went public in the largest IPO in history, near 1.77 trillion dollars, touched 2.1 trillion on its first day, raised close to 86 billion, and made one man the first trillionaire alive. Now read the direction of that merger, because it is the whole story. A rocket company bought the AI lab. Not the reverse. For three years everyone assumed the constraint on AI was chips, or data, or talent. It is none of them anymore. It is energy and heat and dirt. The head of Anthropic said his company grew faster than the exponential, 80 times in a single year, and that is exactly why it ran out of compute. The answer was not to build more data centers in Virginia. It was to leave the atmosphere, where the sun never sets and a solar panel does five times the work. The moat in artificial intelligence is no longer the model. It is the launch. And the first rent is already being paid. A rival lab, Anthropic, is reported to be sending roughly 1.25 billion dollars a month to Musk for compute. Google near 920 million. If intelligence moves to orbit, the company that owns the only affordable road there becomes the landlord of the next layer of the internet, the way one bookstore became the landlord of the cloud. The merger is the proof of concept. The IPO is the war chest. Those monthly checks are the lease. Here is the part the price tag does not want you to read. Close to a trillion dollars of that valuation rests on orbital data centers that do not yet exist, and on a chip factory, Terafab, that SpaceX's own public filing calls a general framework with no binding deal, one that may not achieve commercial viability. Musk said it on camera. This is not a promise. The largest IPO ever written is priced on a future the filing itself cannot verify. The other side is just as real. Compute in orbit costs about four times what it costs on the ground today, and the curve may not cross for fifteen years. The machines that print the chips are backordered for years. Shedding heat in a vacuum at this scale has never been done. Musk's timelines have a long history of meaning later. And Bezos is racing the same orbit with a constellation of 51,600 satellites of his own. But strip it all away and the trade underneath is one sentence. Earth has run out of room for intelligence, and whoever owns the road off the planet owns whatever gets built next. Call it the most expensive science fiction ever sold, or the first time the map of the internet pointed up.show more

$ASTS: AST SPACEMOBILE CATALYST SEASON A review of what... has been and what is to come Upcoming Catalysts: ☑️BB7 Launch on Blue Origin New Glenn-3 ☑️BB8 - BB10 Delivery to Florida and Launch on Falcon 9 or NG5/6 ☑️BB11 - BB13 Delivery to Florida and Launch on Falcon 9 or NG5/6 ☑️Block-2 Launches in Batches of 3-4x or 6-8x satellites every 1-2 months ☑️FCC Approval for Full US SCS Commercial Service ☑️Execution of more Definitive Commercial Agmts w/ Prepaid Revenue and/or Investment w/ More than 50 global MNOs ☑️FirstNet Investment and Definitive Commercial Agreement ☑️Golden Dome (SHIELD Awarded, NOBLE Up Next) ☑️Unlocking portion of $20M, $25M, and $65M in Revenue Prepayments from AT&T, Vodafone and Verizon upon completion of milestones ☑️Beta Testing w/ AT&T and FirstNet in 1H 2026 ☑️Updates on Google Services Agmt Partnership ☑️Initiation of Research Coverage by JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, others ☑️Expansion of 11x contracts w/ Department of Defense, Space Development Agency, Defense Innovation Unit, Missile Defense Agency and more ☑️FCC 5G Fund grant ☑️Progress on 8 to 25x Block-2 BlueBirds in currently in Production ☑️Confirmation of Production Ramp to 6x satellites a Month ☑️Acquisition of New Manufacturing Space in Midland, TX focused exclusively on Micron production ☑️Proposal for PNT Service Accepted by FCC as Alternative to GPS ☑️Initial Commercial Service w/ AT&T, Rakuten, Verizon, Vodafone in late 2026 ☑️Securing +$500M of EXIM and IFC non-dilutive Funding ☑️Pursuit of L- and S-Band Spectrum Licenses Globally ☑️EU Allocation of 2GHz MSS Spectrum to SatCo JV ☑️Commercial agreements ☑️Strategic Partnerships and Investments to Focus on AI Data Center Opportunity ☑️Catalysts the SpaceMob have yet to Contemplate Recently Completed Milestones: ✅Telus Definitive Commercial Agreement w Strategic Investment and $200M Committed Revenue (speculated) ✅Partnership with Orange ✅Partnership with Taiwan Mobile ✅Partnership with AXIAN Telecom ✅Satellite Connect Europe Partnership (“SCE”) with Telefonica ✅SCE Partnership with Orange ✅SCE Partnership with CK Hutchinson ✅SCE Partnership with Sunrise Switzerland ✅SCE Partnership with Vodafone Romania ✅SCE Partnership with VodafoneThree UK ✅SCE Partnership with Vodafone Ireland ✅AST Awarded $30M Prime Contract by US SDA for Halo Europa Program ✅$63M to 71M of 2H 2026 Revenue ✅Development of AI Engine to Dynamically Manage Satellite Capacity and Spectrum Efficiency = Seeking 3-10x Capacity Improvement ✅Disclosed over $1.2 billion in Aggregate Contracted Revenue Commitments from Commercial Partners ✅Raised $1.08B 2.25% Convertible Note resulting in $4B of Pro Forma Cash ✅BB6 Unfolding Phased Array ✅AST Awarded Prime Contract Position on US Missile Defense Agency SHIELD Program ✅Filed w/ FCC to modify Existing License to use S-Band spectrum outside of the US ✅$175M Saudi Telecom prepayment to be made by 2025YE ✅BB6 Launched from India on ISRO LVM3 ✅Micron Production to Support 6x a Month by End of Q3 2025 ✅Expanded Manufacturing Floor Space to 500,000 Square Feet ✅1,800 Global Workforce ✅Established Germany as SatCo JV operations center, filed constellation with ITU ✅Closed $420M bridge financing to support Ligado spectrum transaction ✅Saudi Telecom 10-Year Definitive Commercial Agreement w/ $175M prepayment and over $1.8B value ✅Confirmed L- and S- band Spectrum to be Incorporated into Next 3GPP release ✅Verizon Definitive Commercial Agreement ✅Raised $1.15B 2.0% Convertible Note resulting in $3.2B of Pro Forma Cash and Liquidity ✅Successful Video and Voice Testing with Bell Canada ✅US Bankruptcy Court confirms AST and Ligado L-band spectrum transaction transaction, deal now only subject to FCC appoval ✅Acquired Global S-Band Spectrum Priority Rights held Under International Telecommunication Union ✅Successfully Completed the First-ever Native Voice Call (VoLTE) and Rext (SMS) with a Standard Cell Phone using AT&T Spectrum and Core Network ✅Hired JR Wilson as Chief of Networks and Spectrum, formerly AT&T VP of Tower Strategy, Roaming & In-Building Solutions ✅Raised $575M 2.375% Convertible Note w/ Capped Call struck at $120, resulting in $1.5B of Pro Forma Cash on Balance Sheet ✅Repurchased $360M of $460M 4.25% Convertible Note ✅Entered into $550M of Non-Recourse Senior Secured Term Loan to fund Ligado Transaction ✅Secured $100M Equipment Loan Facility ✅Moved to Russell 1000 from Russell 2000 Index ✅Demonstrated World's First Tactical NTN Connectivity over Standard Mobile Devices with Defense Prime Fairwinds Technologies ✅Announced Latest MNO Partnership with Vodafone Idea of India ✅Hired Jennifer Manner as SVP of Regulatory Affairs and International Strategy, Former NTIA Senior Advisor of Space and Policy and EchoStar SVP of Regulatory Affairs ✅FCC Accepts AST’s Application for US Commercial Service ✅FCC Chair Brendan Carr and Senator Ted Cruz visit HQ in support of AST ✅Verizon and AT&T Spectrum Lease Agreements filed w/ FCC ✅FCC grants STA for beta testing w/ AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Bell Canada, and Rakuten ✅FCC grants STA for Firstnet Evaluation on Public Safety Band 14 ✅AST SpaceMobile Forms SatCo Joint Venture w/ Vodafone to Better Serve European market, Selects Luxembourg as HQ and Germany for NOC ✅Secured $43M and $20M Contracts w/ US Space Development Agency and Defense Innovation Unit ✅AST5000 ASIC Development Finished and Integration into Block-2 Sats in Q1 2026 ✅Successful Video Calls Completed w/ AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone and Rakuten ✅Exercised Multi-launch Agmts w/ SpaceX, Blue Origin and ISRO ✅Reached +3,800 Patent & Patent pending Claims ✅Initiation of Research Coverage by Bank of America, Clear Street, Roth Capital, Cantor Fitzgerald, Oppenheimer and William Blair ✅Established Coordination Agmt w/ US National Science Foundation Covering Satellite and Ground-based Astronomy Operations ✅Closed $460M 4.25% Convertible Debt Funding ✅Signed 2-3x Additional Global MNOs, Bringing the Total to +53x Covering +3.2B Subscribers ✅Opened European Research Center w/ Vodafone and University of Malaga in Spain ✅Signed Deal w/ Singapore’s Defense Science and Technology Agency ✅Joined 5G Automotive Association, which Develops and Promotes 5G-based Solutions for Connected Autonomous Vehiclesshow more

🚨SCIENCE NEWS🚨: An electron doesn’t spit out photons like... a gun — it simply strums the cosmic sea like a guitar string.🧨 For decades we have been told that when an electron accelerates it “emits” a photon, as if it magically spits out a separate particle. The process is left mysterious, probabilistic, and disconnected from everyday experience. Uniphics gives a clear, mechanical picture that anyone who has ever dropped a pebble into a pond or plucked a guitar string can understand. An electron is not a little ball or a point particle. It is a gyrotron — a stable spinning structure made of three counterclockwise spin quanta bound together. When this gyrotron accelerates (changes speed or direction), its motion disturbs the surrounding ξM-field sea of unbound energy that fills all space. The disturbance creates transverse spin waves that propagate outward at the local speed of light. Think of it exactly like dropping your finger into a still pond. The ripples that spread out are not separate “water particles” you fired from your finger. They are waves in the water itself. The electron does the same thing. It does not create and launch a separate photon. Its acceleration plucks the ξM-field sea, sending coherent spin waves rippling away. These waves carry the frequency, polarization, and intensity we detect as light. The frequency depends on how rapidly the electron is accelerated, and the polarization depends on the direction of the acceleration relative to the electron’s spin orientation. The same sea that carries these waves also determines how they propagate. In regions of higher energy density the waves slow down (exactly like light slowing when it enters water or glass), which is why light bends around masses and why lenses work. Electric and magnetic fields are simply the cosmic whirlpools created by these spin waves in the sea — transverse disturbances that push and pull other gyrotrons according to their phase alignments. Maxwell’s equations emerge naturally from the mechanics of these spin waves in the ξM-field, with no separate fundamental force required. The fine-structure constant, gauge invariance, and all optical phenomena are direct consequences of how spin waves interfere and propagate through the energy sea. The universe doesn’t need mysterious photon creation rules. It just needs electrons to move through the sea, and the sea responds with ripples. Light is not something the electron “emits.” Light is what the sea sings when an electron plucks it. The same three pillars that explain gravity as a simple push into low-density voids and galactic rotations flat at 220 km/s also turn the production of light into a straightforward wave-mechanics process in flat space. How would quantum electrodynamics and our entire understanding of light change if we stopped saying electrons emit photons and started saying they simply make the cosmic sea sing? A Theory of Everything should be able to answer everything. Uniphics Explained Simply PDF: Chapters 1–10 free: Grokipedia: Grok xAI NASA European Space Agency Brian Cox Sean Carroll Katie Mack Elon Musk #Uniphics #Electromagnetism #SpinWaves #Light #TheoryOfEverythingshow more

PRESS RELEASE 🚨 Title: Pakistani Activist State-Led Intimidation After... Criticizing Punjab Leadership [Gujrat ,Pakistan 20-07-2025] A Pakistani social media activist Aladeen and political commentator is facing state-backed harassment, threats, and surveillance in response to public criticism of Punjab’s Chief Minister, Maryam Nawaz, and the provincial administration's handling of corruption, governance, and human rights concerns. In the past two weeks, the activist, who is choosing to remain temporarily anonymous due to ongoing death threats, has been vocal on digital platforms about: • Multi-billion rupee corruption scandals under the current Punjab government, • Administrative failure during recent monsoon flooding in the province, • And the alleged abduction of a political figure known as Sajid Chacha, raising concerns of enforced disappearances. As retaliation, the following events have taken place: • A fake First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against the activist by Punjab Police under vague allegations of "spreading social media unrest". • 20-07-2025 around 1:30 to 2:00, three police vehicles and one unmarked car carrying approximately 20 officers stormed the activist’s family residence in Gujrat. • The activist’s father was harassed, his national ID and mobile phone were confiscated, and he was ordered to appear before officials in Gujranwala. • The family continues to face psychological and physical intimidation from Pakistani intelligence services (ISI) in both Kharian and Gujranwala. • The activist reports receiving direct and indirect death threats and warns of a deliberate campaign to silence dissent using fear, coercion, and legal manipulation. “This is not just about me. This is about the increasing use of state power to silence voices that question corruption, abuse of power, or enforced disappearances. I will not be silenced by fear. I intend to pursue legal action in Europe and raise this matter before international human rights bodies,” the activist stated. The activist alleges that Pakistan’s powerful intelligence agency, the ISI, is being misused to shield politicians and suppress lawful criticism. This raises serious questions about press freedom, civil liberties, and the rule of law in Pakistan. The activist has begun collecting legal documentation and has pledged to pursue international legal action against all involved officials and institutions, both in Pakistan and in European jurisdictions, where relevant laws allow legal recourse against torture, threats, and persecution. This case is part of a larger pattern of digital repression in Pakistan, where journalists, critics, and civil society members face threats, enforced silence, and exile for speaking truth to power. The activist calls upon: • The international community, • Human rights defenders, • Journalistic and legal networks, to closely monitor the situation in Punjab, demand accountability, and ensure protection of democratic rights and freedom of speech in Pakistan. Media Contact: Aladeen Cc Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office Steve Hanke Ilhan Omar Claudia Webbe Mike Benz UN Human Rights Human Rights Watch Derek J. Grossman Jared Genser Sadiq Amini - صادق امینی Ben Linden PEN America Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) Greg Casar Rep. Jimmy Panetta Rep. Johnny Olszewski Richard Medhurst Mario Nawfal Kasim Khan Jemima Goldsmith Darren J. Beattie 🌐 Larry Brilliant MD MPH FACPM 💛💙 Jeffrey Skoll Volker Türk Piers Morgan Mehdi Hasanshow more

🚨OPERATIONAL UPDATE: ISRAEL U.S. WAR WITH THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC... - Reporting Window: 3/11 to 3/12 • Iran widened pressure on the Gulf energy system, with tankers hit near Basra, a container vessel struck near the UAE, and fuel infrastructure targeted in Bahrain and Oman, sending oil back above $100. • Israel expanded its campaign inside Iran, striking IRGC command infrastructure, missile production sites, and drone launch networks in and around Tehran. • Hezbollah launched one of its largest rocket barrages of the war, triggering heavy Israeli strikes on command centers and weapons infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs. • Iranian proxies and aligned forces continued attacks on U.S. positions across the region, bringing the total number of incidents targeting American sites or personnel to at least 25 since the war began. The central story of the last 24 hours is that the conflict is increasingly moving beyond the battlefield and into the systems that keep the region functioning. Iran continues to pressure shipping, energy infrastructure, and U.S. positions across the Middle East, while Israel is pushing deeper into the regime’s military and security architecture. The result is a war that now looks less like a contained exchange of strikes and more like a widening struggle over the region’s economic stability, military balance, and internal political control. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ *⃣ PERSIAN GULF: IRAN CONTINUES TO PRESSURE THE ENERGY SYSTEM The Persian Gulf remained the most strategically significant theater over the last 24 hours. Multiple reports confirmed additional attacks affecting shipping and energy infrastructure across the region. Two oil tankers were reported burning in Iraqi waters near Basra after earlier strikes on vessels in the Gulf, while another container ship was reportedly hit near the UAE. Fuel and logistics infrastructure also came under pressure. Bahraini authorities reported that Iranian aggression targeted fuel tanks at a facility in Muharraq near Bahrain International Airport, while additional reports indicated that oil storage facilities at Oman’s Port of Salalah were struck. These attacks reinforce a clear pattern: Iran may not be able to fully close the Strait of Hormuz, but it is demonstrating that it can disrupt the broader logistical network surrounding the Gulf’s energy system. The market reaction was immediate. Oil prices moved back above $100 despite coordinated moves by the United States and its partners to release large volumes from strategic petroleum reserves. The International Energy Agency and several governments have moved to inject supply into the market, but these measures are temporary buffers. As long as shipping through the Gulf remains at risk, the global energy market will continue to price in disruption. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ *⃣ TEHRAN: THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW HITTING THE REGIME’S CORE SECURITY NETWORK The latest strike waves inside Iran appear to be moving beyond general bombardment and toward a systematic dismantling of the regime’s security infrastructure. Israeli strikes reportedly targeted the IRGC Air Force headquarters in Tehran, ballistic missile storage and production facilities, Basij paramilitary command centers, and a compound at Imam Hossein University that functions as an operational hub for the Revolutionary Guards. Additional strikes were reported against Iranian intelligence ministry facilities and internal security infrastructure, indicating that the campaign is beginning to focus not only on missile capability but on the regime’s ability to control events inside the country. Separate strikes in western Iran reportedly hit drone launch teams preparing attacks toward Israel, suggesting that launch infrastructure is now being targeted dynamically as it emerges rather than only through preplanned strikes against fixed installations. Satellite imagery also confirmed damage to Iranian F-14 fighter aircraft at Isfahan’s 8th Tactical Air Base, further degrading an already aging Iranian air force that has struggled to contest Israeli and U.S. air superiority throughout the conflict. Taken together, the targeting pattern suggests that the coalition is increasingly focusing on the regime’s operational nervous system: command networks, launch infrastructure, and internal security forces that allow the government to coordinate and sustain military operations. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ *⃣ LEBANON: ISRAEL IS NOW TARGETING HEZBOLLAH’S OPERATIONAL COMMAND STRUCTURE The northern front also escalated sharply over the last 24 hours. Hezbollah launched one of its largest barrages of the war, firing large numbers of rockets and drones toward northern Israel in coordinated strikes linked to Iran’s broader regional campaign. Israel’s response focused heavily on Hezbollah’s command and operational infrastructure rather than simply retaliating against launch sites. Israeli aircraft struck multiple facilities in Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahieh), including command centers, operational headquarters, and weapons storage sites linked to Hezbollah’s Radwan forces, the elite unit responsible for cross-border operations against Israel. Additional strikes targeted missile launch infrastructure and militant positions across southern Lebanon, as well as logistical sites used to support ongoing rocket attacks. The concentration of strikes in Dahieh is significant. The area functions as Hezbollah’s central military and intelligence hub, and repeated attacks there suggest Israel is attempting to disrupt the group’s command-and-control structure rather than merely suppress individual launch cells. This shift indicates that the northern theater may be entering a new phase where Israel seeks to systematically degrade Hezbollah’s operational leadership and coordination networks, not just reduce the immediate rocket threat. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ *⃣ REGIONAL SPILLOVER: U.S. POSITIONS AND GLOBAL SECURITY CONCERNS Regional spillover continues to grow. Iranian proxies and aligned groups have carried out repeated attacks targeting American facilities or sites hosting U.S. personnel across the Middle East. Analysts now count at least 25 attacks targeting U.S. sites or locations housing American personnel since the war began. One of the most significant recent incidents involved a drone strike on a large U.S. diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport. The attack caused damage but did not produce casualties, and U.S. officials suspect it was carried out by Iranian-aligned militias operating in Iraq. Beyond the Middle East itself, intelligence warnings suggest the conflict could reach further. U.S. authorities have warned about potential Iranian retaliation targeting American interests abroad, including scenarios involving drone launches from maritime platforms. Cyber activity linked to Iran has also been detected in Europe, including an attempted attack on a nuclear research facility in Poland that officials say bears multiple indicators of Iranian involvement. These developments show that while the war’s kinetic center remains in the Middle East, the broader confrontation between Iran and its adversaries is beginning to manifest across multiple domains: military, cyber, and economic. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ *⃣ WHAT MATTERS MOST RIGHT NOW The key takeaway from the past 24 hours is that the war is continuing to widen in practice even as some political messaging suggests it could be nearing a conclusion. Iran is still capable of imposing meaningful costs through attacks on shipping, energy infrastructure, and proxy operations across the region. Israel, meanwhile, is expanding its strike campaign into deeper layers of Iran’s military and security architecture while escalating pressure on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Neither side appears close to a decisive breakthrough. Iran’s leadership structure remains intact despite heavy strikes, and its network of proxies continues to generate pressure across multiple fronts. At the same time, Israel and the United States retain overwhelming military superiority and appear committed to degrading Iran’s ability to sustain a prolonged conflict. For now, the trajectory remains clear: the war is evolving from a direct exchange of strikes into a broader contest over the region’s economic stability, military balance, and political future. --------------------------------- END REPORTshow more

Israel Has Hit Nearly Everything It Planned To. Now... What?... 🚨 OPERATIONAL UPDATE: ISRAEL U.S. WAR WITH IRAN - Reporting Window: Last 24 Hours Israel has now largely completed its preplanned strategic strike package inside Iran, while Iran’s response continues to degrade in scale but not in intent. At the same time, the northern front is heating back up, and regional actors are positioning for what comes next rather than what comes now. ✈️ STRATEGIC AIR CAMPAIGN OVER IRAN Israel has effectively finished its target list. The IDF now confirms that nearly all “vital and strategic” targets have been struck. Over the past 24 hours, operations focused on depth and completeness rather than expansion. Strikes hit a wide geographic spread including Tehran, Shiraz, Kermanshah, and Ahvaz, with particular emphasis on military-industrial infrastructure. Key targets included: *⃣ Approximately 20 weapons production and R&D fa cilities in Tehran *⃣ Mehrabad Airport and adjacent regime-linked infrastructure *⃣ A chemical supply node tied to SPND, Iran’s weapons development apparatus At the same time, Israel continued its shift into economic warfare. The destruction of major components of Mobarakeh Steel, Iran’s largest industrial complex, is not tactical. It is strategic degradation of long-term national capacity. What changed here is straightforward. This is no longer a shaping campaign. This is a completion phase. Israel has moved from identifying targets to executing them, and now toward locking in the strategic outcome. 🚀 IRANIAN MISSILE ACTIVITY Iran is still responding, but the character of that response has changed. In the latest barrage, roughly 10 ballistic missiles were launched in the opening wave. That makes it one of the larger salvos in recent weeks, but still far below earlier peak volumes. Most were intercepted, and physical damage was limited, though civilian impact remains real, particularly through panic, injuries, and indirect casualties. The important distinction is this: Iran still has the stockpile, but not the operational tempo. Its retaliation doctrine remains intact. It continues to mirror categories of targets struck inside Iran, expanding at times to civilian and economic infrastructure in Israel and across the Gulf. But the scale is no longer overwhelming. It is calibrated. 🔥 NORTHERN FRONT: LEBANON ESCALATION While Iran slows, the northern front is doing the opposite. Hezbollah resumed intense rocket fire into northern Israel, including a direct hit in Kiryat Shmona that caused multiple injuries. In response, Israeli operations intensified significantly. In the last 24 hours: *⃣ Over 40 Hezbollah fighters were killed *⃣ A senior Hezbollah commander was eliminated in Beirut *⃣ The IDF began systematically destroying homes used for launch positions and surveillance This marks a clear doctrinal shift. Israel is no longer just responding to fire. It is shaping the battlefield, likely toward a buffer-zone model similar to early phases of Gaza operations. 🌍 REGIONAL AND GLOBAL DIPLOMATIC MOVEMENT Diplomatic activity is accelerating for one reason. The military phase is stabilizing. President Trump again stated that the war is nearing completion, though notably without offering a clear timeline or exit structure. That ambiguity is now a central feature of the conflict’s political layer. At the same time: *⃣ Pakistan has emerged as a potential mediator between the U.S. and Iran *⃣ Gulf and European states are pushing for de-escalation frameworks *⃣ Discussions are increasingly focused on maritime security and the Strait of Hormuz The UAE, in particular, has highlighted the scale of Iranian regional attacks, reporting hundreds of intercepted missiles and drones while framing Iran’s actions as violations of sovereignty and international law. This is no longer just about the battlefield. It is about shaping the post-war order. ⚠️ INTERNAL IRAN PRESSURE Inside Iran, pressure is building across multiple fronts. The economy is entering a wartime shock phase, with inflation rising sharply and essential goods becoming harder to access. At the same time, the regime continues internal crackdowns, including executions tied to earlier protests. There are also signs of instability at higher levels. The reported assassination attempt on former foreign minister Kamal Kharazi adds another layer of uncertainty, whether internal or externally driven. Public trust is eroding. Information control is weakening. The internal environment is becoming more volatile, not less. 🧭 THE BIG PICTURE What changed in the last 24 hours is not the scale of the war. It is the clarity of its trajectory. Israel has largely completed its strategic objectives inside Iran. Iran continues to respond, but at a reduced and more controlled pace. The center of gravity is shifting away from large-scale strikes and toward political positioning. At the same time, the Lebanon front is emerging as the most active and unpredictable theater. 🧠 MY ASSESSMENT This is the phase most observers misread. The war is not ending because Iran has collapsed or because stability has been achieved. It is moving toward an endpoint because the core objectives have been demonstrated. Israel and the United States have shown that they can penetrate Iran at will, dismantle critical infrastructure, and do so without being pulled into a prolonged ground conflict. That changes the strategic equation. Even if the regime remains in place, the message is now unmistakable. Military dominance does not require occupation. Deterrence no longer depends on long wars. And that lesson will not be lost on Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or any actor watching how this conflict unfolded.show more

Iran built a military designed to fight without a... head. Now it cannot stop fighting because the head is gone. The Mosaic Doctrine divides the IRGC into 31 autonomous provincial commands, one per province, each with pre-delegated authority, local weapons stockpiles, independent decision-making, and sealed orders that activate upon central command failure. The doctrine was formalised after the Iran-Iraq War for one purpose: ensure that the decapitation of Iranian leadership does not stop the Iranian military from fighting. It was designed to survive exactly what happened on 28 February. The Supreme Leader is dead. His successor cannot stand. The defence industrial base is rubble. The communication infrastructure that would transmit a ceasefire has been degraded by 15,000 strikes. And the 31 commands are still firing. Not because someone is ordering them to fire. Because the doctrine orders them to fire until someone orders them to stop, and the someone who would order them to stop is in a hospital bed issuing written statements through a television anchor. The Quds Force overlays the Mosaic with a second network: the proxy architecture. Hezbollah in Lebanon launches hundreds of rockets at Israel. The Houthis in Yemen attack Red Sea shipping and fire at Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Iraqi PMF militias, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, strike American bases in Iraq and Syria. The coordination flows through secure fibre-optic lines, satellite backups, encrypted applications, and physical couriers carrying cash and operational directives. Funding: $100 to $350 million annually through tunnel smuggling, cryptocurrency wallets, and Hezbollah intermediaries. The proxies have hit American diplomatic facilities. A missile struck the US Embassy helipad in Baghdad. Two Iranian drones hit the US Embassy compound in Riyadh, starting fires. A drone struck near the US Consulate in Dubai. The Kuwait Embassy closed under threat. Three to four verified diplomatic incidents across the region, each producing limited damage but each crossing a line that has governed international conflict since the 1961 Vienna Convention: you do not strike embassies. And then Hamas, the proxy Iran armed and funded for seventeen years, issued a public statement asking Iran to stop targeting neighbouring countries. The organisation that started the war the Mosaic Doctrine is now perpetuating told its patron to stand down. The Axis of Resistance is arguing in public for the first time since its creation. The fracture reveals the Mosaic Doctrine’s fatal design flaw. The system was built for survival, not termination. It ensures that 31 commands continue fighting after decapitation. It does not contain a mechanism for 31 commands to simultaneously stop. Each command fires under sealed orders with local authority. No central node can broadcast a ceasefire because the central node was the target of the first strike. The doctrine that makes Iran impossible to defeat also makes Iran impossible to negotiate with because the entity that would accept terms does not control the entities that would implement them. Hezbollah fires because its orders predate the ceasefire that does not exist. The Houthis fire because their funding pipeline operates independently of any command they would obey. The Iraqi PMF fires because the militias answer to local commanders who answer to a Quds Force whose leader is in a bunker. And the 31 provincial commands fire because the doctrine says fire and nobody with authority has said stop. The war’s most dangerous feature is not what Iran can still launch. It is what Iran can no longer recall. The machine was built to run without an operator. The operator is gone. The machine is running. And the off switch was never installed because the doctrine’s designers believed the machine should never be turned off.show more