One team, one flight🛩️ Green Berets from 1-10th Special... Forces Group (Airborne) partnered with the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, for an airborne freefall jump outside Ramstein Air Base, Germany. USSOCOM | NATO Allied SOF Command (SOFCOM) | Ramstein Air Base | USAFE-AFAFRICA | U.S. European Commandshow more

‼️‼️🇺🇲✈️ BREAKING - Trump is not joking – A... U.S. Navy E-6B “Mercury” Airborne Nuclear Command Post and Communications Relay, callsign COST43, has landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, following this morning’s nuclear exercise conducted by U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) over Northern Europe. See the latest updates with us: Visionershow more

🚨 IRAN STRIKES U.S. AIR BASE — HIGH-VALUE ASSETS... HIT This isn’t speculation anymore. U.S. forces at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia were struck by Iranian missiles and drones. American personnel were wounded. Aircraft were damaged. And among them… A U.S. E-3 AWACS — one of the most critical assets in modern warfare. This is not just another aircraft. It’s an airborne command centre. • Tracks threats across entire regions • Directs air operations in real time • Coordinates strikes, defence, and response Take that offline — even partially — and you blind the battlefield. Let’s be precise: There is no confirmed evidence it was destroyed. But it was reportedly hit. And that alone is significant. Because this tells us something far bigger: Iran can still reach — and hit — high-value U.S. military infrastructure. Even inside heavily defended zones. This is escalation. Not rhetoric. Not warnings. Real impact. The question now is no longer if this spreads… It’s how far. Watch this closely.show more

Iran-US war summary update - 21-22 July Updates starting... 11 PM Tehran time: • US attacked Kongavar (in Kermanshah province: likely targeting one of Iran’s smaller missile facilities) • US intensively shelled Behbahan with missiles from HIMARS systems • Governor of Hamedan confirmed several locations in Kabudarahang County (targeting IRIAF Noje Airbase) were struck by the US • Baneh city in Kurdistan Province was also targeted, targeting telecommunications systems (Tasnim) • Explosions were also reported in: Bushehr port, at a military center south of Tabriz, Ma’shahr, Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, • Air defenses were activated in eastern Tehran but there were no air attacks. One hostile drone was spotted which was shot down. • Note: Reports of air defense activity or explosions in Pakdasht are FALSE. — Iran’s Army (Artesh) targeted: 🇰🇼 With several drones, struck the ammunition and logistics-equipment depots belonging to the command center of the US Army’s ground forces at Camp Doha, in western Kuwait. 🇯🇴 With several drones, targeted the US military’s “accommodation and welfare facilities” & an “equipment depot” at Muwaffaq al Salti Air Base, in Jordan 🇧🇭 Arash drones targeted an “equipment warehouse and large storage hangars,” as well as a “maintenance and repair hangar for heavy aircraft” of the US military at Sheikh Isa Air Base, in Bahrain. — Inside the King Faisal & Prince Hassan Air Bases, the IRGC struck: 🇯🇴 An F-15 preparation hangar. 🇯🇴 A drone-preparation hangar with 8 brand-new MQ-9 drones still inside their packaging and not yet assembled for service, were completely destroyed. 🇯🇴 2 additional drones positioned outside the hangar sustained heavy damage. 🇯🇴 A helicopter-maintenance hangar: 2 heavy US helicopters sustained major damage. 🇯🇴 An accommodation facilities: Killing & injuring several. — Footage 1: Recorded by an American soldier with 5 minutes time to take shelter during an Iranian missile attack Images 2 & 3: Impacts at Jordan’s Aqaba region where King Hussein Airport is located Footage 4: Iranian Shahed-136 drone on its way to strike targets inside Kuwait / Bahrainshow more

Intense escalation last night between Iran-US Updates after 10... PM Tehran time: • The US targeted the barracks of the Iranian Army's 388th Brigade in Bampour specifically the conscript soldiers' dormitory, resulting several casualties. • The US targeted a mineral water production facility near a village in Ilam Province. • The US targeted 2 warehouses containing grains and wheat flour in Khuzestan province. • Gov Spox: More than 30 civilians were killed in the US attacks in south Iran. • The IRGC says it targeted: 🇧🇭 Several weapon storage, ship parts & aircraft parts warehouses at Sheikh Isa Airbase, in Bahrain 🇰🇼 Deployment site of MQ-9 drones at Ali Al-Salem base, in Kuwait 🇰🇼 Destroyed warehouse belonging to the Kuwait & Gulf Link Holding Company (KGL), which is the largest US Army support center in West Asia, in Mina Abdullah, Kuwait 🇰🇼 Destroyed the satellite communications center, a missile & air defense radar, a MIM-104 Patriot air defense system, logistics units, and M142 HIMARS missile launchers at a US base (likely Camp Buehring), in Kuwait 🇯🇴 Aircraft shelters hosting F-35A, F-15E & F-16C fighter jets, and MQ-9A Reaper UCAVs at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in Jordan 🇧🇭 The management center, C&C center, and ammunition & fuel storages at the US Navy 5th support base, in Bahrain —— IRGC also announcee that the US should expect the closure of oil & gas routes outside the Strait of Hormoz, in response to the US reinstating the blockade against Iran & charging its own tolls. 🇦🇪 Government sources claim Fujairah Port oil terminal was targeted with missiles in the UAE, halting operations 🇰🇼 The Kuwait Army says Iran hit one of its navy ships which injured 4 units of its armed forces —— • Footage 1 shows an Iranian Shahed-136 drone strike an industrial facility in Kuwait. • Footage 2 shows Patriot PAC-3 failing & missing 4 Iranian ballistic missiles that struck the King Faisal Air Base in Jordan • Footage 3: Plumes of smoke coming from a facility targeted by Iranian missiles in Kuwait • Image 4: NASA FIRMS satellite confirms large at warehouses of the KGL, used by the US Army support centre for logistics (h/t: AMK Mapping 🇳🇿)show more

Iran war, day 89! Trump keeps breaching the ceasefire!... Just how compromised is Oman? -4 American vessels, attempted to cross the SOH without coordinating with IRGC security forces -They were warned, and following their disregard, warning shots were fired at them, forcing them to turn back. -4 drones were fired as warning shots Meanwhile, Kosher media lies as usual and claims: -that IRGC fired 4 one-way drones at a U.S. commercial ship! -The U.S. military shot down all the drones and attacked another Iranian drone launching unit on the ground before it launched in Bandar Abbas, the official added -no mentions of the 4 invader vessels attempting to breach iran’s control of the SOH, and failing miserably! Per Reuters, the U.S. military has executed new strikes on an Iranian military facility that “posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz”. -no mention of the U.S. military invasion of a sovereign territory. However, -U.S. official told CBS News the Iran ceasefire holds following tonight's strikes. -interesting how no accusation was made against Iran breaching the ceasefire despite kosher media’s bs claims. Analysis: The U.S. is testing out Iran’s ability to strike U.S. ships with limited breaches to gauge where Iran is striking from each time. Iran isn’t providing a predictable pattern and is sticking to its protocol of warnings, warning shots, and then on standby to escalate. Ynet Hebrew news on Iran’s demand for compensation: Tehran sets new conditions - the US must pay $300 billion in compensation! -Trump/Israel keep raising the price for a peace deal How is Trump’s bs blockade working out? Per WSJ: Despite the naval blockade, Iran continues to sell its oil! -The ship-to-ship transfer of oil in the middle of the sea reveals Iran's main strength and the main reason for its ability to resist US pressure for a long time. -Per the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Tehran earned about $31 billion in oil revenues from China last year. -this is conservative figure as most of sales are unaccounted for -The Chinese government explicitly ordered local companies not to comply with US sanctions against five Chinese refineries. And now Iran is selling its oil and maximum capacity, at higher prices. Pre war oil was at $70/b. It’s around $100/b. Trump did that! Nobody fears Trump’s bs blockade, sanctions and tariffs! Trump keeps barking anyway! Trump reserved the right to now wipe out Oman and finish off Iran! -I thought Iran was already beat according to Trump! As for Oman: Oman can be considered the most staunch supporter of the U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf region. The first military agreement between the two countries was signed in 1980. Currently, 26,000 American air force units are stationed on the territory of this Arab state. In addition, U.S. military aviation units assigned the private security firm DynCorp International to guard various parts of the base, including aircraft hangars, fuel storage, ammunition depots, automobiles, and administrative buildings. Oman hosts multiple US military bases: -the bases of the Navy in Rycote, Sit Lahsa and Muscat. -the U.S. air force bases are in al-Hasib, Siba, Markaz Tamarid, and masir. -the air force base in masir and the port of Matra are permanent bases of the US armed forces. -Oman hosts the command post of the US air force. -From American air bases in Oman, drones (UAVs) are periodically flown over the territories of many countries, up to Afghanistan. Iran for whatever reason trusted Oman as a mediator state at one time. Trump said he is not sure the U.S. should sign a deal to end the war with Iran if Saudi Arabia and other gulf slave states don't agree to join the Abraham Accords! They owe it to us he says! Kosher media calls out Netanyahu’s bs! "Haaretz" quoting an Israeli field officer: Netanyahu's claim of killing 600 Hezbollah fighters in recent weeks is laughableshow more

🚨🇻🇪🇺🇸 TRUMP’S VENEZUELAN BLITZ: PRECISION, FIRE, AND FURY Trump... has officially kicked the door down in Venezuela. What started as a slow-motion “anti-narcotics” campaign has now turned into a fireworks display of targeted bombings across the Maduro regime’s military infrastructure. After months of maritime skirmishes and ambiguous drone kills, the gloves came off in spectacular fashion when U.S. forces lit up Caracas. Trump signed off. Drones flew low. Explosions followed. Venezuela screamed imperialism. The Pentagon nodded silently. Let’s rewind. The appetizer came on December 18, 2025, with a quiet but deliberate drone strike in the Alta Guajira region, near the Colombian border. The target? A remote shack allegedly used by Tren de Aragua’s drug runners - nothing but a glorified cocaine closet, depending on who you ask. The site went boom with textbook Hellfire precision. No bodies, no real infrastructure, but a message was clearly delivered: “We see you.” The U.S. stayed coy, but satellite images confirmed the crater. That was just the warm-up act. The real show started in the pre-dawn hours of today. Caracas residents awoke to the sound of low-flying aircraft and blasts echoing through the capital. The sky lit up, electricity went down, and Venezuela’s military command went dark - literally and figuratively. First on the hit list was Fuerte Tiuna, the crown jewel of Venezuelan military infrastructure and the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense. It's where the regime parks its helicopters, armored toys, and top brass. One well-placed missile reportedly took out enough hardware to cancel a parade. Lights out, communications scrambled, and panic fully activated. Next, the U.S. struck La Carlota Air Base. Known formally as Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda, it’s a compact but strategic base nestled in eastern Caracas, housing presidential jets, military transports, and - more recently - Russia’s favorite export: the Buk-M2E surface-to-air missile system. Satellite images had already shown those toys parked there late last year. Post-strike footage suggested ammo depots and maybe a few SAMs went up in flames. Call it a preemptive unboxing of Moscow’s latest shipment. Down by the coast, the Port of La Guaira caught its own taste of American firepower. It’s Venezuela’s second-busiest port, but also home to the Coast Guard Command and a few naval vessels, plus the nearby naval academy. Officially, it’s about cargo containers and cruise ships. Unofficially? It’s a convenient military logistics site that just got barbecued. The U.S. says it was used for drug trafficking. Venezuela says it was a civilian port. The smoldering wreckage says someone is lying. Further east, Higuerote Airport took a direct hit. On paper, it’s a sleepy airstrip for rich kids’ skydiving adventures and weekend charters to Los Roques. But secondary explosions and towering flames suggest it had become a convenient home for something a bit more explosive - fuel dumps, ammo, maybe a SAM system or two. Also hit: a radar or comms antenna near El Volcán. It's one of those strategic-but-forgotten installations that quietly makes the rest of the military function. After the strike, not so much. El Libertador Air Base, Venezuela’s biggest and baddest air hub, is where the Su-30MK2 fighters sleep - what’s left of them, anyway - and where Venezuela’s once-proud Air Force still pretends it has an air force. If the U.S. wanted to neuter Maduro’s wings, this was the jugular. All of this sits atop months of maritime operations, during which U.S. drones and patrol ships have shredded more than 100 drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. These strikes weren’t random - they were paving stones on the path to January’s open-air bombardment. Venezuelan military losses remain unclear, mostly because the Maduro regime has been too busy shouting about sovereignty to admit how badly they got smoked. But one thing is clear: what used to be covert is now undeniable, another full-blown regime change operation is now underway. Sources: CBS News, Reuters, The Guardian, ABC, APshow more

This is real gun camera footage from a P-51... Mustang, chasing a German Bf 109 down to the treetops until it goes down in flames. The American pilot flying it, Lt John Kirla, shot down five enemy planes in a single day, becoming an ace in one mission. This footage captures one of his victories over a Bf 109. This is his story.. From Trainee to the Yoxford Boys John Kirla was not a born fighter ace. He was an ordinary young American who had come up through flight training in Texas, graduating at the start of 1944. He learned his trade on trainers, moved up to fighters, and got just 15 hours in the P-51 Mustang before being sent to England as a replacement pilot. He joined the 362nd Fighter Squadron of the 357th Fighter Group, a unit based at Leiston that was already becoming a legend. The 357th was the first group in the Eighth Air Force fully equipped with the Mustang, and it would go on to produce more aces than any other fighter group in the Eighth, including Chuck Yeager and Bud Anderson. Kirla was the newest pilot in a squadron already filled with experienced aces. His job was to escort American bombers deep into Germany and protect them from the Luftwaffe. On November 27 1944, he got the day that would define him. Five Victories in One Mission That morning the 357th ran headlong into a massive swarm of German fighters trying to get at the bombers. Kirla's flight dropped their fuel tanks and dived straight into the middle of it. Almost immediately, the fight became a swirling, low-level brawl of Mustangs, Messerschmitts, and Focke-Wulfs twisting across the sky. Kirla picked out his first target and opened fire, and from that moment he did not stop hunting. In his own account, he spotted a Bf 109 that was attacking an American bomber. He went after it, closed to just 30 yards, and when the German threw his fighter into a tight barrel roll straight down toward the ground, Kirla stayed glued to his tail and, in his words, clobbered him all over until he went down. An Ace in a Day He kept finding more. Again and again through that wild, sprawling fight, Kirla latched onto an enemy aircraft and did not let go. At one point he watched a German fighter shoot down one of his fellow Mustang pilots right in front of him, and closed in for revenge. As he described it afterward, he opened fire, saw pieces start to fly off the enemy aircraft, and watched it fall out of the sky like a leaf drifting to the ground. Rather than breaking away and climbing back to safety, Kirla chased his targets down low, following them almost to the ground, the fighters weaving over villages and treetops until the enemy aircraft finally went down. By the time the fight was over, John Kirla had shot down five German aircraft in a single mission. He had become an ace in a day, one of the relatively few American fighter pilots to achieve that in a single mission. The Mustang That Changed the Air War The Mustang was the aircraft that made days like Kirla's possible. The P-51 combined long range, high speed, and deadly firepower, and it could follow the bombers all the way to their targets and fight the German fighters on equal or better terms. By the end of the war, P-51 groups had claimed close to 5,000 enemy aircraft shot down, about half of all American air-to-air kills in the European theater. Kirla's own group, the 357th, became the top-scoring Mustang group in the Eighth Air Force. Flying one of the finest escort fighters of the war, men like Kirla helped turn the tide of the air war over Germany. The gun-camera film rolling every time he pressed the trigger captured it all, including the footage you are watching. John Kirla's Legacy John Kirla flew on to the end of his combat tour and finished the war as a double ace, credited with 11 and a half enemy aircraft destroyed in the air. He was awarded the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his courage in the skies over Europe. He had gone from a trainee with a handful of hours in a Mustang to one of the deadliest fighter pilots in one of the deadliest fighter groups of the war, in the span of a single year. The footage of his Mustang chasing a Bf 109 down to the trees is only a few seconds long. But behind those few seconds is a young American who climbed into a fighter, dove into a swarm of the enemy, and shot down five of them before the day was out. This was the story of John Kirla. I post a story like this every single day. Most people never see them. Follow so you don't miss the next one.show more

AFP, U.S., Partner Nations Conduct Counter-Landing Live Fire Exercise... in Palawan The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), together with the United States Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force, and New Zealand Defence Force, conducted a Counter-Landing Live Fire Exercise (CLLFX-West) on April 27, 2026 at the Apurawan Beach Landing Site in Aborlan, Palawan, as part of Exercise Balikatan 41–2026. Led by the Philippine Marine Corps’ 3rd Marine Brigade, the exercise simulated a maritime threat involving an enemy amphibious landing along the coastline, showcasing combined forces’ capability to detect, disrupt, and deny hostile elements from establishing a beachhead. The activity demonstrated strong coordination and interoperability among participating forces in a complex littoral environment. The exercise highlighted a layered, multi-domain defense employing synchronized air, land, and indirect fire assets. The Philippine Air Force deployed FA-50 fighter jets for air interdiction, while U.S. forces provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) capabilities. Ground forces executed mid- to close-range engagements using artillery, mortars, light armored vehicles, anti-armor systems, heavy machine guns, and infantry weapons, supported by precision strikes and reconnaissance. In addition, a simulated Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) was conducted in Sitio Bubusawin and Sitio Long Point, alongside a community outreach activity in coordination with the local government of Aborlan and Barangay Apurawan, underscoring the AFP’s role in both defense and humanitarian operations. General Romeo S. Brawner Jr, AFP Chief of Staff witnessed the live fire exercise as one of the distinguished visitors together with Vice Admiral Alan M Javier, Commander of Western Command. Also present were Major General James Bartholomees, Commander of the 25th Infantry Division, US Army; Major General Thomas Savage, Commander of the U.S. JTF for Exercise Balikatan 2026; and Rear Admiral Brent DeVore, Commander of the Expeditionary Strike Group THREE, U.S. Navy. “The Counter-Landing Live Fire Exercise demonstrates our capability to defend our shores through coordinated, combined arms operations in a littoral environment. By integrating fires from land, air, and maritime forces, we are able to detect, engage, and neutralize potential threats approaching from the sea, ensuring that any attempt to breach our coastline is met with a swift and unified response,” said Marine Colonel Dennis Hernandez, PH Balikatan 41-2026 Spokesperson. “More importantly, this activity strengthens joint fire support coordination and interoperability among participating forces. Beach defense is not the responsibility of a single unit or domain, it requires seamless integration across services and with our allies. Exercises like this ensure that we are prepared to protect our coastal communities and territorial integrity with precision, speed, and overwhelming coordination,” Col Hernandez added./// Photos and Videos by: SSG Ambay PA/PAOAFP; 3rd Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps; and Staff Sgt. Brandon Rickert, 7th Infantry Division, US Army #AFPyoucanTRUST #OneAFPOnePhilippines #StrongAFPStrongPhilippines #OurSeasOurRightsOurFuture #MatatagNaSandigan 🫡🇵🇭 #Balikatan #ShoulderToShoulder #Philippines #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific #FriendsPartnersAllies #SaferTogetherUSPH #StrongerTogethershow more

4th Kōkūtai Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty" missing its port engine... falls into the sea just short of USS Lexington on February 20th 1942 during the action off Bougainville This was a naval and air engagement in the South Pacific Theater of World War II near Bougainville, Papua New Guinea where a United States Navy aircraft carrier task force centered around USS Lexington on its way to raid the Imperial Japanese military base at Rabaul was attacked by a force of land-based bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the ensuing engagement, the Japanese air group lost 15 of 17 bombers sent to attack the American carrier group. The United States lost only two fighters in defense, and no ships were damaged. As a result of the loss of surprise, however, the Americans retired without raiding Rabaul as originally planned. The aircraft visible in the clip is a G4M1 of 4th Kōkūtai's 1st Chûtai commanded by Lieutenant Commander Takuzo Ito, the group's commanding officer. Together with seven other "Betties" his formation was attacked by two Wildcats, flown by Lieutenant Edward "Butch" O'Hare and Lieutenant (junior grade) Marion Dufilho. During the first pass, Dufilho's guns jammed, leaving O'Hare to attack the bombers alone. O'Hare employed a high-side diving attack from the right side of the formation, accurately placing bursts of gunfire into the outside "Betty"'s right engine and wing fuel tanks. When the stricken craft, commanded by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryosuke Kogiku (3rd Shotai), lurched to starboard, O'Hare switched to the next plane up the line, that of Petty Officer 1st Class Koji Maeda (3rd Shotai leader). Maeda's plane caught fire, but his crew managed to put out the flames with "one single spurt of liquid...from the fire-extinguisher." Neither Maeda or Kogiku had sustained fatal damage, and would catch up with the group before bomb release. With two "Bettys" knocked out of formation, albeit temporarily, O'Hare initiated another firing pass, this time from the left side. His first target was the outside plane, flown by Petty Officer 1st Class Bin Mori (2nd Shotai). Aiming across to the far side of Mori's bomber, O'Hare's bullets damaged the right engine and left fuel tank, forcing Mori to dump his bombs and abort his mission. With Mori out of combat, O'Hare next targeted Ito's senior wingman, Petty Officer 1st Class Susumu Uchiyama (1st Shotai), whose plane did not recover from its dive. Having shot up four bombers, O'Hare returned to the left side for a third firing pass. By now, Ito was nearing the bomb release point, which left very little time to take action. The first plane to go down was Ito's deputy, Lieutenant (junior grade) Akira Mitani (2nd Shotai leader). Mitani's departure left Ito's command plane exposed, and O'Hare opened up on it. O'Hare's concentrated fire caused the plane's port engine nacelle to break free of the wing. The resulting explosion was so violent that the 1st Chûtai pilots were convinced that an AA burst had struck their commander's plane. With a gaping hole in its left wing, Ito's plane fell out of formation. As the surviving "Bettys" withdrew, Ito's command pilot, Warrant Officer Chuzo Watanabe, managed to regain enough control to level his plane. He tried to steer his damaged plane into Lexington, but missed and flew into the water near the carrier at 17:12. Maeda, witnessing the event, believed that both Ito and Mitani (who had gone down moments earlier) had crashed "bombs, crew and all" into the carrier. The crippled plane is seen barely remaining airborne while flying on one engine and does not survive the concentrated anti-aircraft fire coming from the carrier.show more

USAAF 14th PRS Spitfire PR Mk XI gunned down... at point blank range likely by a Luftwaffe Me 262 jet fighter in 1944 The incident pictured most likely involved Spitfire PR Mk XI PL782 flown by 2nd Lt Robert B Hilborn. The aircraft was intercepted over Lechfeld by Leutnant Alfred Schreiber of Erprobungskommando 262 in Me262 A-1a WerkNr. 110372 "White 3". This latter unit was the first to deploy the Messerschmitt jet and would later form Kommando Nowotny. Hilborn managed to bail out of his stricken aircraft and was taken prisoner. The USAAF insignia on the top of the port wing is clearly visible as the aircraft banks away and both the severe vibration on firing and size of the cannon shell impacts suggest 30mm gunfire consistent with the Me 262's MK 108 battery in the nose, and the jet aircraft would also have been able to comfortably keep up with the fast unarmed photoreconnaissance Spitfire variant at altitude. The 3cm Minengeschoss high-capacity shells were formidable projectiles each containing over 70 grams of high explosive and were designed to detonate within six or so inches of having penetrated the aircraft skin, destroying the aircraft structure in the process and rendering the aircraft unflyable after only a few hits. The amount of debris flying off the Spitfire after only three visible detonations is testament to the devastating effect of such fire. The US 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron began to train with British-made Supermarine Spitfire Mk V fighters in July 1943 before equipping with the photographic reconnaissance PR Mk XI variant later that year. The squadron flew combat reconnaissance missions in the European Theater of Operations from August 12th 1943 until April 25th 1945. The squadron's Spitfires flew the majority of the target photography missions, including the first Spitfire reconnaissance mission over Berlin in March 1944, while the other squadrons of the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) equipped with F-5 Lightnings concentrated on photographic mapping. Deep penetration missions included reconnaissance of oil refineries to determine when repairs had been performed that could justify returning them to Eighth Air Force's target list. The Squadron earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for reconnaissance missions flown over France between May 31st 1944 and the end of June. The squadron flew over 300 successful sorties to support Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy. It flew missions over the Netherlands to support Operation Market Garden in October 1944 and conducted damage assessment of Germany until July 23rd 1945. In late 1944, the Spitfires, flying solo missions and relying only on speed and altitude for defense, began to prove vulnerable to the jet powered Messerschmitt Me 262 fighters entering service with the Luftwaffe. A squadron aircraft lost on September 5th 1944 was probably the first Army Air Forces loss to a German jet fighter. Erprobungskommando 262 had been formed in April 1944 at Lechfeld just south of Augsburg, as a test unit (Jäger Erprobungskommando Thierfelder, commanded by Hauptmann Werner Thierfelder) to introduce the Me 262 into service and train a corps of pilots to fly it. This was not Leutnant Schreiber's first go at an Allied reconnaissance plane, while flying over Munich on July 26th he encountered a Mosquito PR Mark XVI of No. 540 Squadron RAF piloted by Fl. Lt. A.E. Wall. Schreiber attempted to shoot down the unarmed Mosquito, though Wall evaded Schreiber's three attack runs and was able land safely at Fermo in Italy after what was the first air to air interception by a jet fighter in history.show more

🇷🇺 RUSSIA'S "UNINTERCEPTABLE" HYPERSONIC MISSILE GOES LIVE IN BELARUS... - BY NEW YEAR'S Belarus just confirmed: the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile system will be on combat duty in December 2025. That means Putin will have nuclear-capable missiles that can hit anywhere in Europe, travel at Mach 10+, and evade existing European defenses - deployed roughly 60 km from Minsk by year’s end. What Oreshnik is: An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) derived from Russia’s RS-26 Rubezh ICBM. It carries multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) - six warheads, each dispersing submunitions, a capability previously associated almost exclusively with nuclear systems. Estimates go up to 36 submunitions per missile. The speed: Putin claims speeds up to Mach 10. Ukrainian military officials told CNN it reached Mach 11. Russian officials insist its warheads are effectively immune to interception. The range: Russia’s missile forces chief says Oreshnik can reach all of Europe. Russian state media claims: 11 minutes to Poland 17 minutes to NATO headquarters in Brussels First combat use: November 21, 2024 - strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. The missile reportedly carried inert or “dummy” warheads, but the kinetic energy alone caused significant damage. A CSIS director noted that even non-explosive hypersonic impacts can be devastating. Why it matters: Most European missile defenses are ineffective against Oreshnik. It flies above the engagement envelope of many systems and descends too quickly for terminal defenses like Patriot. Only Arrow 3 and SM-3 Block IIA have theoretical intercept capability - and inventories are limited. The conventional threat: In a NATO conflict, Russia could strike air bases, command centers, and missile sites with conventional Oreshniks, achieving strategic effects without using nuclear weapons. Foreign Policy notes it may take dozens of Iskanders to neutralize a major air base, but far fewer Oreshniks. Production status: August 1, 2025: Putin says Oreshnik entered service and first batch delivered November 4, 2025: Putin claims serial production underway The constraint: Zelensky claims Russia can produce only about six Oreshnik missiles per year. Ukrainian forces also claim one system was destroyed at Kapustin Yar, leaving two operational. The deployment: Belarusian President Lukashenko confirmed combat duty by December: “Oreshnik is a scary weapon. It will be put on combat duty in December.” Satellite imagery in late August 2025 showed launch-site preparation about 60 km south of Minsk. The strategic shift: Belarus already hosts Russian tactical nuclear weapons. Adding IRBMs places most European capitals within minutes of impact and shortens NATO reaction time dramatically. Expert assessment: Nonproliferation expert Jeffrey Lewis says Oreshnik combines existing technologies rather than introducing revolutionary ones. A University of Oslo defense expert estimates no more than 10% new components. However, analyst Mathieu Boulegue argues its real value is psychological - intimidating Western audiences rather than changing battlefield dynamics. Putin’s messaging: Putin warned Oreshnik could be used against NATO allies enabling Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. In December 2024, he said the missile brings Russia “close to having no need to use nuclear weapons.” The context: The November 2024 strike came days after Putin revised Russia’s nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for nuclear response to include certain conventional attacks supported by nuclear powers. What’s actually happening: Russia is deploying intermediate-range missiles banned under the INF Treaty until the U.S. withdrawal in 2019 - capable of delivering conventional or nuclear warheads along trajectories Europe struggles to intercept. Decades of NATO base consolidation mean airpower is concentrated in a few high-value sites, making them uniquely vulnerable to Oreshnik’s submunition dispersal. Bottom line: By December 31, 2025, Russia will have Oreshnik missiles on combat alert in Belarus - roughly 60 km from Minsk - aimed at NATO bases, command centers, and capitals. 11 minutes to Warsaw. 17 minutes to Brussels. Conventional or nuclear. You don’t know which until impact. The deterrence calculus has shifted. Russia can now threaten massive conventional damage without crossing the nuclear threshold - using missiles Europe largely cannot stop. And they’re going live in 2 weeks. Source: The Kyiv Independent, CNN, Defense Feeds, Foreign Policy, Business Standard, TASSshow more

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Trump announced he’d reached... an agreement with President Xi for the sale of the U.S version of TikTok: “It’s a great deal for our country. It’s a great deal for all of the young people in the country who wanted it.” 2.⁠ Three Russian MiG-31s violated Estonian airspace for 12 minutes before being intercepted by Italian F-35s. It’s the third Russian incursion into NATO airspace in 9 days, following similar breaches over Poland and Romania. 3.⁠ An armed man claiming to be law enforcement was detained after entering Arizona’s State Farm Stadium ahead of Charlie Kirk’s memorial tomorrow. He had at least one gun, one knife, and inactive law enforcement credentials, according to officials. 4.⁠ Trump will meet Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week, with Zelensky urging U.S support for a Europe-backed security framework for Ukraine. 5.⁠ Fires raged at the Saratov Oil Refinery in southern Russia after a Ukrainian drone attack. Several one-way drones reportedly hit the facility, sparking large explosions and visible fireballs. 6.⁠ Disney is taking heat from all sides after pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Protests erupted outside its studios, celebrities cut ties, and boycott calls spread across social media. Trump’s FCC chair threatened ABC affiliate licenses, while Ted Cruz blasted that as “dangerous as hell.” 7.⁠ Trump hit his highest approval yet, as the crime crackdown is becoming his core strength. 53% of U.S adults approve of his approach to crime, outpacing his ratings on immigration, the economy, and the Russia-Ukraine war. 8.⁠ Jeff Bezos shared stunning footage from Blue Origin’s latest New Shepard flight, captured by a new free-flying camera released into space. The system stitches together two 180° lenses, leaving a faint “bubble” seam but delivering a sweeping 360° view of Earth. 9.⁠ Microsoft told its H-1B and H-4 visa employees to get back to the U.S immediately, or risk getting locked out, after Trump's new policy slaps a $100,000 annual fee on the visa program, which is set to come into force tomorrow. 10.⁠ A critical third-party system, run by Collins Aerospace, has gone down - freezing check-in and boarding systems at airports across Europe. Brussels, Heathrow, and Berlin are among those impacted, now scrambling with manual check-ins.show 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

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Tyler Robinson, 22, the... trade school student accused of executing Charlie Kirk with a single rifle shot from a rooftop, is set to appear in court later today via video from jail. 2.⁠ FBI Director Kash Patel said the suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting had confessed to killing him: “After the shooting and assassination of Charlie Kirk, the suspect admitted to it.” 3.⁠ After striking over 850 Hamas targets, Israeli forces have begun a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza City. Thousands are fleeing south in what is now Gaza’s largest displacement wave since the assault began. 4.⁠ U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Doha just one week after an Israeli strike in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders mid-negotiation. Rubio says the U.S will still push Qatar to continue mediating the Gaza war - despite the attack taking place on its soil. 5.⁠ After a massive overnight assault across multiple regions, Zelensky said Ukraine is under relentless “aerial terror” and urged Europe to deploy a joint, multi-layered air defense system. 6.⁠ Trump ordered a second strike on a boat carrying drugs in the Caribbean: “The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics.” 7.⁠ American military officers made a surprise visit to huge war drills in Belarus, where Russia was showing off hypersonic missiles and even practicing with tactical nukes. Belarus’s defense minister told the U.S. team they could watch “whatever they want.” 8.⁠ A UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded Israel is committing genocide in Gaza - citing mass killings, forced displacement, aid blockages, and the destruction of a fertility clinic. 9.⁠ Trump is suing The New York Times for a jaw-dropping $15 billion, calling it a “virtual mouthpiece” for Democrats and accusing it of defamation over its Epstein coverage. 10.⁠ UK fighter jets are being sent to Poland as part of NATO’s Eastern Sentry mission, after Russian drones entered Polish airspace in what’s being called Putin’s most serious violation of NATO territory yet. The UK joins Denmark, France, and Germany in reinforcing NATO’s eastern flank with jets, Patriots, and refuelling support from RAF Brize Norton.show more

Iran war, day 137 | Trump hit another Iranian... hospital | Markets feeling the pain Trump is back to murdering Iranian kids! Trump struck the Ahvaz Children's cancer Hospital, which was previously damaged by the U.S. and Israel. Washington continues to target Iran's healthcare infrastructure, adding to a growing list of hospitals and medical centers struck across the country. Upon reflection, does Trump have regrets? He regrets not attacking Iran sooner. Trump believes Iran should have been attacked 47 years ago, and that it would have been much easier. I guess Trump forgot about the 8 year Iran/Iraq where the U.S. sided with Saddam to murder a million Iranians with conventional and chemical weapons! What other tricks does Trump have up his sleeve? Trump and his rogue regime created an illegal corridor south of the SOH, to smuggle oil, and they got caught -this is in violation of the MOU, when it mattered. -Trump toll substitute got filled with the sale of C-17 aircraft support services and equipment to Kuwait for an estimated value of $484 million -Saudi is getting $2 billion worth of precision guided missiles How does an American Journalist destined iran’s military? • Iran is capable of launching missiles • Iran is capable of launching drones • Iran triumphed tonight • The U.S. is in deep despair • Iran continues its field victories Has the U.S. been effective with its strikes? -Iran's underground missile cities are intact and operational. • The US is targeting Iran's Imam Ali base, but has not succeeded in any strikes so far. •Everything is underground, and the explosions are just loud noises. •There is no real impact. Are there still men among the U.S. military? Hegseth announced the Pentagon is going to check testosterone levels on service members aged 30 and older -are trump cabinet members going to be checked to? What has Iran struck so far? In the 10th phase of the army's Lightning operation: -US bases and centers in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain were targeted by army drone attacks -Iran targeted radars & ADS, fuel tanks, and communication systems -Iran hit US targets in Erbil, Iraq What did the U.S. strike besides another hospital and civilian infrastructure? US Central Command claims: “We targeted Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile capabilities, and surveillance facilities.” -they struck the Semnan province, Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Lorestan province, Hengam island, Shiraz Trump now seeks to give Julani the green light to strike Hezbollah! -Trump says he is thinking about giving Julani a green-light to attack Hezbollah inside Lebanon and finish the job for Israel The markets: -Brent crude is using at $85/barrel -Brent crude target is at $100/b -WTI sits at $80/barrel -can expect $200/barrel oil when bab al-Mandan straight is shut down -Iran has officially announced that as long as the US stays in the region, not a drop of oil and gas will be exported from the region. -only 17 ships crossed the SOH -US/Iran was cost >$100 billion -space x pump and dump now below IPO price of $135 -about trump coin scam launch -Blackrock now controls $15 t in assets -JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Vanguard, and NYSE are tokenizing US stocks and Treasuries. Left to right: Video 1: Trump on Iran attacks Image: space x dump Video: Hegseth on low t levels Video: Iran hit Kuwaiti KGL warehouseshow more

Leaks, Lies, and Lessons: Taliban, This One’s for You... Over the last week, the Taliban decided to run a ridiculous social media campaign accusing me of being a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy and by supporting other misinformation campaigns—a feeble attempt to distract from the fact that they still can’t figure out how I compromised their General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) and their Ministries of Interior and Defense. As most people know, I’m not one to get mad. I’m one to get even. So, if the Taliban are begging me to help Pakistan, for example, why not give them exactly what they’re asking for? Let’s do this, shall we? Honestly, I just do not want to see a military wasting perfectly good munitions made by great American companies on the wrong locations. That seems utterly foolish. What We Observed On November 27, 2025, we monitored the movements of American-made Navistar 7000 military trucks loaded with light and heavy weapons and ammunition departing the central depots of the Taliban’s three principal military and intelligence institutions: the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, and the GDI. Attached are videos so the Taliban understands that I am serious here. These trucks were ferrying weapons left behind by the United States, along with ammunition from Taliban-controlled depots in the Central and Eastern Zones, to newly constructed “classified” (oops, classified no longer) storage sites in Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand provinces. These locations were chosen due to the Taliban’s historic strongholds during their twenty-year insurgency, but they forget that some of us made friends there, too. Why They Moved the Arsenal The relocation plan began immediately after recent Pakistani Air Force strikes on terrorist camps belonging to designated foreign terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as well as on Taliban weapons stockpiles across Kabul, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Kunar, and Kandahar. The strikes rattled the Taliban’s leadership, and I enjoyed every second of the internal implosions, as they couldn’t find the source of the leak(s) that compromised their weapons depots. It finally hit them that their entire storage network had a massive vulnerability and was no longer safe or secure. The Order From Haibatullah The Taliban’s Supreme Leader Mullah Haibatullah personally ordered the redistribution of these weapons on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, during a meeting of the Taliban Cabinet’s Leadership Council at Mandigak Palace in Kandahar’s 2nd security district. While the meeting addressed other issues, including appointing a delegation led by Mullah Yaqoob for “peace” talks with Pakistan in Doha, Qatar, the core agenda was simple: secure the arsenal, move it far from Pakistan’s targeting reach, and hide it where outsiders (a reference to people like me) cannot locate it. They were so close to meeting all these objectives. The Transfer Plan Again, fearing that Pakistan had acquired precise coordinates for their long-standing depots, they devised a multi-layered, compartmented transfer system designed to eliminate tracking and shield the operation from internal leaks. Well, I guess there is no better time than now to leak it. The plan relied on three groups of drivers: let’s call them what the Taliban did—Group A, Group B, and Group C. Group A: These drivers transported the weapon-loaded trucks from Kabul’s central depots to the Salar area of Maidan Wardak, where the trucks were handed off to Group B. The drivers were not given each other’s identities and were barred from seeing each other’s physical features. The handover occurred only after Group B confirmed a rotating codeword issued directly by the Ministry of Defense and Haibatullah’s Leadership Council. You don’t really need to know this part, but it’s very important for the Taliban to understand that I know it. Group B: These drivers then moved the cargo to the end of Shah Joy also known as Shahr-e-Safa between Zabul and Kandahar, and onward to the entrance of Daman district. The first two videos are evidence from the Group B movement. There, another codeword-verified the handover and transfer of the weapons to Group C. It's just like the movies, isn't it?! Group C: These drivers were no ordinary unit. How could they be? They were supposed to be the only individuals who knew the final weapons storage locations. Video evidence from the Group C transport is the third attachment. This segment of the movement was carried out by Omari Lashkar, a special forces unit tasked with protecting Haibatullah. The unit also received transport support from the Al-Badr Force, a special forces unit under the command of Mullah Yaqoob. These fighters-turned-drivers were originally trained as suicide operatives who were never selected for missions (not the best look boys, you couldn’t even hack it as a suicide bomber) and have now been reorganized into parts of the Taliban’s special operations units. For this move, both units fell under the direct command of Mawlawi Abdul Ahad Talib, the current Taliban Police Chief in Kandahar. Group C’s overall mission was to deliver the U.S. weapons and ammunition into newly carved tunnel complexes in the remote, mountainous regions of Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Helmand. These tunnels were dug out after 2022 on Haibatullah’s verbal order and built by the Taliban’s Ministry of Defense as hardened, covert weapons depots. Their locations were meant to be isolated, inaccessible, and fortified—a model of next-generation strategic storage by terrorists. The Monitoring System Along the route, observation posts were established about every 60 miles on mountain tops and high ridges to monitor the entire process (see the last attached video showcasing one of these posts). Each post had three purposes: (1) To monitor the weapon-transporting trucks in real time and ensure they did not deviate from their assigned route; (2) To host liaison officers from the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, and GDI who monitored the trucks' movements when they entered their zone; and (3) To communicate and maintain constant contact with the truck drivers to solve any issues immediately. And here is the part the Taliban will really hate: every one of these movements was tracked. Every handoff. Every convoy. Every tunnel entrance. If you think you buried those locations so deep that no one knows where you’re hiding your arsenal now, you are sorely mistaken. A Final Message for the Taliban For My Dear Friends in the Taliban: You wanted a reaction. What you got was a lesson. I really hate having to make you move your weapons again, just kidding, I don't give a damn!show more

🚨12 HOUR NEWS RECAP 1.⁠ Trump is preparing for... direct talks with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro even as the U.S. labels him a terrorist kingpin and continues Operation Southern Spear’s missile strikes that have killed 83 people across 21 alleged narco-boat hits - a “drug mission” that increasingly looks like quiet regime-change pressure. 2.⁠ The DOJ has now asked two New York judges to unseal Epstein–Maxwell grand jury records under Trump’s new transparency law, kicking off a mid-December showdown over whether some of the most tightly guarded evidence in the case will finally see daylight. 3.⁠ U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll landed in Abu Dhabi for new Ukraine peace talks, despite Moscow already rejecting the slimmed-down 19-point proposal as diplomats try to salvage a deal while the war rages on. 4.⁠ Macron says that once a Ukraine peace deal is signed, a multinational “reassurance force” of British, French, Turkish, and other European troops will be stationed in places like Kyiv and Odesa - not to fight, but to train, secure, and backstop the post-war transition. 5.⁠ Zelensky urged urgent global action after Russia unleashed 22 missiles and more than 460 drones across Kyiv and multiple regions, killing six, wrecking ports and energy sites, and even sending drones into Moldova and Romania. 6.⁠ Ukraine blasted deep into Russia to hit Taganrog Air Base, reportedly destroying either an A-50U early-warning jet or one of only two A-60 laser aircraft ever built - sending Moscow a blunt message that if it keeps striking Kyiv, its rarest military assets aren’t safe even hundreds of kilometers from the front. 7.⁠ A top German business group just dropped its boycott of the surging AfD, saying “indignation has exhausted itself” and that with the party now polling first nationwide, refusing to speak to a quarter of the electorate is no longer a serious strategy. 8.⁠ ICE agent assaults have exploded 1,150% this year - from 19 to 238 - with officers facing shootings, Molotov attacks, rammings, and daily threats that DHS says are being fueled by politicians demonizing ICE as Nazis. 9.⁠ Trump signed an executive order launching a 45-day process to label key Muslim Brotherhood chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. 10.⁠ A volcano dormant for 12,000 years erupted in Ethiopia’s Afar region, blasting ash across villages and even the Red Sea, stranding locals and tourists and wiping out grazing land - a brutal reminder that the Rift Valley still runs the show.show more

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Eduardo fights his way toward the bow under incoming fire: an explosion bursts on his LEFT — he dodges away and is knocked down; he struggles back to his feet — a second explosion on his RIGHT — he ducks and shields behind debris; then he breaks into a sprint for the bow — the camera sweeps around ahead of him and settles OFF THE BOW, FRONTAL: he leaps over the bow rail TOWARD the camera, the ship filling the background behind him — and THE INSTANT he clears the rail, a COLOSSAL explosion consumes the ship behind him: the blast wall catches him MID-AIR and he VANISHES inside it — he never escapes. The cloud overtakes the camera; the frame floods to 100% smoke and dust. The shot ENDS inside the dust: no transition, no reveal — it holds to the end. ACTIVE REFERENCES >> — lean pirate captain, dark curly hair falling free from under a dusty mustard-yellow cloth bandana, a small white shark tooth pinned to the front of the bandana above his temple, thin moustache, gold hoop earrings, cream linen shirt under a worn brown leather waistcoat, cloth sash and leather belts. 100% matches the reference; the man fighting down the deck toward the bow. >> — Eduardo's galleon: pale square sails, tall wooden sterncastle. 100% matches the reference; controls the ship's exterior — sails, masts, rigging and hull; already battle-damaged in this shot — burst bulwark, smoldering rigging, debris on the deck. >> — the deck of the same galleon seen FROM THE RAISED STERN DECK LOOKING FORWARD TOWARD THE BOW: the great wheel and brass compass binnacle in the near foreground, an ornate lantern post, a carved balustrade, a staircase descending to the long MAIN deck — weathered planking, small cannons along both rails, black gratings, coiled ropes, the mainmast amidships, the forecastle and bow in the far depth, open sea on both sides. 100% matches the reference; controls the full on-deck geography, set dressing AND the shot's base viewing direction — from the stern toward the bow. >> — calm bright sea, glittering sun path, hazy horizon. Controls water and sky atmosphere only. >> — weathered pirate crewmen (bandanas, rough shirts, vests). 100% match the reference; TWO of them appear early in the shot, fleeing — one leaps overboard. LOCATION MAP The deck of >> aboard >> on >> — the raised stern deck (wheel, binnacle, balustrade) at the BACK, the staircase down, the long main deck with cannons, gratings and the mainmast running FORWARD to the distant BOW, exactly as on the reference — the main deck now a wrecked corridor of splintered planks, fallen spars, torn rigging and small fires. The camera sits at the forward edge of the raised stern deck, just past the wheel, LOOKING FORWARD along the whole deck toward the bow — the reference's own vantage; the wheel and binnacle may edge the near foreground. The bow rail and bowsprit are the destination, background-center, open sea beyond them. Sea and smoke beyond the broken side rails; seawater from near-miss columns rains down over the deck in the opening. FIRST FRAME / BLOCKING First frame: deck level, MS, camera facing down the wrecked deck toward the BOW in the background-center — the view of >>: from the stern-deck edge the long main deck runs away to the bow and bowsprit against open sea and sky, cannons along both rails, the mainmast mid-depth, smoke streaming across the frame, small fires burning left and right, seawater spray falling across the deck like rain, the deck listing, loose gear sliding; the wheel and binnacle just behind/beside the camera, edging the near foreground. Eduardo is NOT in the first frame; within the first half second he comes off that second level behind the camera — his body sweeping in OVER the lens from above and behind, boots crossing the top of the frame, flying FORWARD and DOWN one deck-height into the depth of the shot toward the bow. FORMAT MODE One continuous shot — the camera does not cut on its own. The shot ENDS inside the dust whiteout; there is NO location change and NO reveal after it. PHASE 1 — the landing and the gauntlet: >> comes FLYING IN from ABOVE AND BEHIND the camera — blown off the stern deck by a blast, his body sweeping in over the lens and arcing DOWN-AND-FORWARD one full deck-height onto the main deck below, arms out in front of him, back to camera — falling THROUGH a curtain of seawater raining down from a collapsed near-miss column; he SLAMS onto the wet MAIN-deck planks in the depth of the frame and rolls through a hard tumbling somersault AWAY from the lens, toward the bow, water bursting off him and the boards, scattering debris, coming up to a crouch facing the bow, soaked and shaken. TWO crewmen of >> bolt past him in panic — one sprints aft past the camera, the other vaults the side rail and LEAPS OVERBOARD, legs kicking. Eduardo starts working down the deck toward the bow, camera following behind. An incoming round EXPLODES on his LEFT — a burst of flame, planks and spray — he flinches away to the right and is knocked off his feet onto the deck. He struggles up, heavy and unsteady, one hand pushing off a fallen spar — and a second round EXPLODES on his RIGHT — he ducks hard, shielding his head behind a broken mast stump, debris raining over him. PHASE 2 — the sprint, the frontal jump, the blast, the dust: he shoves off and breaks into a desperate sprint at 12 km/h for the bow — and as he runs, the camera SWEEPS AROUND him in one continuous arc, ending positioned OFF THE BOW, out over the open water, FACING BACK at the ship: now Eduardo sprints STRAIGHT AT THE CAMERA, the burning ship towering behind him. He plants one boot on the bow rail and LEAPS OVERBOARD TOWARD THE CAMERA — body launching up and out over the water, frontal, face and reaching arms filling the frame — and THE INSTANT he clears the rail, mid-air, the ENTIRE SHIP EXPLODES behind him in full view: a colossal white flash silhouetting his flying body for two frames, the whole vessel going up in one blast — and the expanding wall of flame-lit smoke and debris CATCHES HIM IN THE AIR from behind, swallowing his silhouette whole before he can fall clear — he VANISHES inside the explosion, never escaping it — and the cloud overtakes the lens, the dust filling 100% of the frame. The dust churns, a deep orange glow pulsing inside it and fading. HOLD inside the full dust to the last frame — the generation ENDS here, inside the dust. He never reaches the water; the blast takes him mid-air. OPTICS 47° neutral through the landing, the gauntlet and the jump. No drift. Focus rides Eduardo throughout; in the final dust the frame is pure particulate with no fixed plane. CAMERA Handheld chase behind him for the entire shot, deck level, always looking TOWARD THE BOW — footstep energy visible, jolted by each explosion; in phase 2 it accelerates after his sprint, then arcs around him in one unbroken move and settles off the bow over the water, FRONTAL to Eduardo — he runs and leaps straight into the lens with the ship in the background of his jump. The final blast is the WHOLE SHIP exploding behind his airborne body — a colossal flash, then the wall of smoke bursting forward, swallowing him mid-air and then the lens — the camera stays buried, holding inside the churning dust until the end. ACTION Strict order of events: flying entry from above through falling seawater → hard landing roll (somersault over one shoulder, forward momentum carrying the roll toward the bow, ending in a crouch) → two crewmen flee past, one over the side → left explosion → dodge right → knocked down → a hard, clumsy struggle back to his feet → right explosion → duck and shield behind the mast stump → shove off → full sprint to the bow, camera arcing around to meet him head-on → one boot on the rail → LEAP overboard straight toward the camera → THE INSTANT he clears the rail, the ENTIRE SHIP EXPLODES behind him → the blast wall catches him MID-AIR and swallows him whole → the cloud overtakes the camera → dust to 100% → hold in the dust → END. He never escapes and never reaches the water. Each explosion visibly moves his body: the first throws him down, the second folds him behind cover. PERFORMANCE During the gauntlet: jaw clenched, eyes fixed forward, water streaming off his face after the landing. The fleeing crewmen are pure panic — arms pumping, one glance back, the vault over the rail desperate. In the final sprint: full commitment, arms reaching for the rail, eyes wide — in the jump: full commitment, arms reaching at the lens, eyes wide — and mid-air the world behind him turns white: his flying silhouette swallowed by the blast, reaching hands the last thing visible. PHYSICS The flying entry has true ballistic momentum: he arrives on an arc from above, and the landing roll absorbs it — impact compresses the body, the somersault carries the leftover energy, no weightless float. Falling seawater has real weight — it rains in heavy drops and sheets, splashing off planks, soaking cloth so it clings and darkens. The listing deck tilts his movement; debris has weight and stops his foot when hit. The two deck explosions throw real shockwaves — planks lift, flame flashes then roll into smoke, and Eduardo's falls carry true body weight, hard contact with the deck, no bounce. The overboard crewman drops with real gravity. The final whole-ship explosion obeys mass: the shockwave arrives first — cloth and hair snap flat, the deck bucks under his planted boot — then the fireball's light, then the wall of smoke and debris, heavy pieces falling short, fine dust travelling farthest and swallowing the frame. Dust churns with internal motion, dense, filling every corner of the frame. LIGHTING High sea daylight 5600K, hardened by fire-glow accents from the deck fires and smoke shadow sweeping the deck; falling water catches the sun as bright streaks; each of the two explosions throws a brief warm flash from its side of the frame. The final whole-ship blast: two frames of white-hot overexposure flooding from behind, then deep fire-orange glow inside the rolling dust, fading toward neutral grey-brown as the frame holds and ends. AUDIO Phase 1: a whistling whoosh as he drops in, heavy water raining on planks, a THUD and clatter of the landing roll, grunt, ragged breath; panicked boots of the fleeing crewmen, a yell and a distant splash as one goes over the side; then BOOM left, ringing ears, his grunt as he hits the deck; scrabbling boots; BOOM right, debris pattering down over him. Phase 2: sprinting boots hammering the deck, the wooden knock of his boot on the bow rail, half a beat of pure wind as he hangs in the air — then ONE colossal BOOM as the whole ship goes up behind him, the deepest sound of the film, cracking timber and folding masts inside the roar, everything collapsing into a muffled ring, sound buried with the picture — the ring and the churn of dust holding to the last frame. No music. STYLE Photoreal live-action, fine film grain, real pyrotechnic and particulate language, one unbroken take, 8K master. POSITIVE LOCKS One continuous shot; the camera stays at deck level, behind Eduardo, always looking TOWARD THE BOW. The shot OPENS with Eduardo NOT in frame; he flies in from ABOVE AND BEHIND the camera, over the lens, on a forward arc toward the bow, through falling seawater, and lands in a tumbling roll ahead of the camera — he does not walk into frame and never appears standing before the landing. Exactly TWO fleeing crewmen: one runs aft, one leaps overboard — they appear only in the opening beat. The deck explosions land in strict order after his landing: first LEFT of him (he dodges and falls), then RIGHT of him (he ducks behind cover), then the final blast — the ENTIRE SHIP exploding the INSTANT he clears the bow rail — three explosions total, no more. The jump is FRONTAL: the camera faces Eduardo from off the bow, he leaps toward the lens with the exploding ship behind him in frame. HE NEVER ESCAPES: the blast wall catches him MID-AIR and he vanishes inside the explosion before he can fall clear — no water contact, no landing, no survival beat; the dust swallows him and then the lens. The deck matches >> throughout the run — the shot holds the reference's vantage: from the stern deck forward to the bow, wheel and binnacle at the near edge of frame, never ahead of him; sails, masts and hull match >>. The dust reaches 100% frame coverage and the shot ENDS inside the dust: the frame stays fully dust-filled to the last frame, no clearing, no new location, no reveal. Eduardo's head: mustard-yellow bandana with the small white shark tooth at the front, hair loose." Made with Seedance 2.0 on Higgsfield AI. Full open-sourced prompts & assets below 👇show more

OFFICIAL: EASTER EGG GUIDE FOR TOTENREICH: Wonder Weapon: 1.... Head to The Drydocks and lower The Crane, this will allow you to wall jump and interact with the tip of the ship to pick up the Chain Link 2. Next, Head to Storm Bridge and pick up Chili Chunks behind the truck next to Deadshot 3. Place Chili Chunks on the table in the middle of the Skalen Market 4. Next, Head to Burial Grounds left-side door and interact with the keyhole. 5. Interact with the door again and hold it to open the door and to unlock the underground area. 6. This will spawn a Zursa Bear during a special round (starting the second special round) you need to kill him and he will drop The Lantern 7. Place The Lantern in the center of the Underground Room in Burial Grounds. 8. Constellations will appear around the wall. Interact with them as they’re shown on the table in this order: left, right, back, front. 9. Once completed, Astrid will appear and talk, she will then travel to different areas of the map. She will occasionally stop and you will need to kill frost zombies next to her. 10. Once all the Soulboxes are completed an Obstacle Course will form on the outside of The Lighthouse, climb to the top by Jumping / Wall Jumping up 11. Once you reach the top, Listen to the Astrid talk and pick up The Jotunn Star Wundersignal: 1. After completing Jotun Star Quest Head to The Lighthouse and inside on a shelf there will be a Crowbar 2. There are Multiple Wooden Boxes around the map with red IDs on the bottom right corner of the front of the box in red (for example III-6) use The Crowbar on the Wooden Box that has the Roboterteile ID (the IDs are on the shipping manifest in the War Factory Admin Room), this will give Flak Gun Round War Factory Core Foundry Fjord Road Dry Dock 3. Head to Turret Gun beside The Lighthouse and place Flak Gun Round then melee with Jotunn Star 4. Next, Head to The Robot Head in spawn and interact with it to search broken piece to get The Transmitter 5. Go to Tyr’s Head and place it inside the Wall Machine thingy at the top of the Ladder 6. Next, whilst inside of Tyr’s Head underneath the balcony there are 3 white lights, 2 of these lights will blink, count how many times it blinks -Both lights will remain on, There is the sound of a light turning on to indicate the start of a new light flashing cycle where both lights will flash at the same time to a certain count (for example left 2, right 5). Both lights will be on and then it will flash another set (for example left 6, right 4). (Unsure if these 2 combos have to be put into console in order but correct entry will give two different voicelines.) After entering one correctly you will be kicked out to hear voiceline and can re-enter console to input the 2nd shortly afterwards. 7. Now head to Core Foundry, and use a molotov to burn the ascender to access the consoles. 8. Ascend and interact with the consoles, The next part is timed and has a cooldown if you fail - you need to Calibrate the Amplitude and Frequency using the flashing light code. 9. Once this has been done head to the room Next to the Radio Tower and pick up The Wunderbarrage Controller Atomkraft Core 1. Find three uraniums: Uranium #1 Find the Fishing Rod (Olaf’s Personal Item) locations: - Dry Dock - Storm Bridge - Fishery Island - Beacon island Look for a Glowing Green Fish jumping around the water at each Fishing Location and use the Fishing Rod at that location once you see it Fishing Locations: Eidskallen Landing x2 Beacon Island x2 Eidskallen Square x2 Dry Dock (found one so far) Fishery Island x2 Tyr’s Foot (found one so far) Once the fish is caught it will spawn an Irradiated Ravager (HVT) that will disappear and respawn somewhere else, chase it down and kill it (check your map to see its location, it shows up as an HVT). It will drop a Uranium. Uranium #2 Next, Craft an ARC-XD (there is one for free in Eidskallen Square on top of a box near the flame trap, you can get it by fishing as well) and melee the vent at Core Foundry to the left of the zipline to open the Secret ARC-XD Course. Blow up the boat full of barrels. Once the course is completed the 935 Genetic Lab room will be open and another Uranium x2 will be inside a Prison Cell There are several Jars with Heads inside in this room, all labelled A,B,C,D,E Look down the Hallway inside the Lab and note which numbered rooms have Nuclear Symbols 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, 4 = D and 5 = E Take one Jar at a time that corresponds with the Numbers next to Nuclear Symbols and place them on the machine to the right of the cell door, once the correct jars are placed the Jar on the left side of the machine will glow purple and you can pick up acid There is a Big Chunk of Meat on a desk next to multiple drawings in the same Room, interact with it, then Pick up The Necrospike Once you have The Necrospike, use it on the Prison Cell Door, this will trigger a lockpick mini game. Spin the lockpick until the lock turns white 3x to unlock the cell, then pick up the second Uranium. Uranium #3 Next you need to craft or obtain the Glocke Drop, once you have one call it in, then shoot 20 mid-air zombies it throws up. This will drop the third and final Uranium. 2. At the Dry Dock, you need to call a WunderBarrage (unlocked by completing Wundersignal steps) in on the “02 Building” at Dry Dock (where there’s debris on the stairs), this will open the stairs to the Machine Workshop. 3. Inside The Workshop there is a Claw Machine which you can place all of The Uranium inside of and play a mini-game. -Have a big group of 7 cores and a small group of 2 cores. 4. Once you complete the Mini-game you will be able to pick up The Atomkraft Core (Note: you drop if you zipline, and cant sprint with it) 5. Head to Quick Revive and place The Atomkraft Core on generator next to quick revive. Go into the shed behind quick revive and turn on the generator. You must now defend the The Atomkraft Core until it’s charged. In interrupted you must turn on the generator again to continue. 6. Take the The Atomkraft Core to the barrel on the Storm Bridge and a Mini-Cutscene will play between the Giant and The Robot. Vegvisir 1. After the cutscene finishes, The Dravakar Shard will spawn at Tyr’s Foot, pick it up 2. Pick it up and place the Shard inside the Bloodheim Hall on the bonfire 3. Use WW range attack to light the fire 4. Use Disciple Injection (there should be a free one around the map) and throw zombies into the bonfire (I only had to throw four) 5. A lockdown will start. Kill the boss zombie and pick up the Sunstone from the bonfire 6. Put the Sunstone in the church and do a range WW attack on it. 7. Around the map, there will now be floating rocks and runes. Above the church there will now be a compass with runes and arrows. -Shoot the floating rune rocks with the ranged WW in the order of the arrow lines. If an arrow has 1 line, then that's the first one. If an arrow has 2 lines, that's the second one, etc. 8. Go into Tyr's Head and interact with the console to start the boss fight. Credit to Callum and the ZoneX discordshow more