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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷Which air defense can actually stop cluster munitions? Short answer: none, once they do what they’re designed to do. Interception was tested with GMLRS M30 rockets, fast, heavy, and easy enough to track at first. But right before impact, they split mid-air and scatter dozens of submunitions, turning one... show more

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⚡🇮🇷 Iran’s use of cluster munition warheads is creating a serious challenge for Israel’s air defense network. These weapons split mid-air into multiple submunitions, turning a single incoming missile into dozens of smaller threats. This complicates interception. Systems like Iron Dome are optimized to stop individual rockets or missiles, but once a cluster payload disperses, each bomblet becomes a separate target. Recent reports indicate that this tactic is not about a single breakthrough, but about saturation and complexity. Even with high interception rates overall, a small number of missiles or submunitions getting through can still cause damage. The result is not a complete failure of the system, but a growing pressure point. Cluster munitions increase the burden on interceptors, force earlier engagement decisions, and expose limits in any layered defense.

⚡🇮🇷 Iran’s use of cluster munition warheads is creating a serious challenge for Israel’s air defense network. These weapons split mid-air into multiple submunitions, turning a single incoming missile into dozens of smaller threats. This complicates interception. Systems like Iron Dome are optimized to stop individual rockets or missiles, but once a cluster payload disperses, each bomblet becomes a separate target. Recent reports indicate that this tactic is not about a single breakthrough, but about saturation and complexity. Even with high interception rates overall, a small number of missiles or submunitions getting through can still cause damage. The result is not a complete failure of the system, but a growing pressure point. Cluster munitions increase the burden on interceptors, force earlier engagement decisions, and expose limits in any layered defense.

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Why cluster bombs are a key part of the Iran war Cluster munitions break open in mid air and scatter dozens of smaller explosives over a wide area instead of hitting a single target. Reports say Iran has used them in recent missile barrages toward Israel, a tactic that spreads damage and makes interception and cleanup far more difficult. Even when the strike is over, unexploded bomblets can remain on the ground for years, turning battlefields into long term hazards. Source: AiTelly - YT

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Why cluster bombs are a key part of the Iran war Cluster munitions break open in mid air and scatter dozens of smaller explosives over a wide area instead of hitting a single target. Reports say Iran has used them in recent missile barrages toward Israel, a tactic that spreads damage and makes interception and cleanup far more difficult. Even when the strike is over, unexploded bomblets can remain on the ground for years, turning battlefields into long term hazards. Source: AiTelly - YT

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⚡🇮🇷Iran is using new battlefield tactics by deploying cluster bombs that hit multiple targets and make it harder for air defenses to intercept them effectively. This reflects the idea that cluster munitions spread bomblets over a wide area and can be more difficult for some air defense systems to track and stop than single large missiles. Air defense interceptors often struggle when faced with many small, fast-moving sub‑munitions instead of one big threat.

⚡🇮🇷Iran is using new battlefield tactics by deploying cluster bombs that hit multiple targets and make it harder for air defenses to intercept them effectively. This reflects the idea that cluster munitions spread bomblets over a wide area and can be more difficult for some air defense systems to track and stop than single large missiles. Air defense interceptors often struggle when faced with many small, fast-moving sub‑munitions instead of one big threat.

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‘The US has no right to watch us being killed and do nothing’ – Zelensky. ‘The US is one of the few countries that can put Russia in its place. Yes, maybe the Americans don’t want to give us weapons. But they have an obligation to stop Russia’s weapons. They have the right not to help us with electronic warfare or not to provide air defense systems. They can say that they have Patriot systems, but they don’t give them to us. However, they have no right not to react when missiles are flying at us and killing us.’ - SK

‘The US has no right to watch us being killed and do nothing’ – Zelensky. ‘The US is one of the few countries that can put Russia in its place. Yes, maybe the Americans don’t want to give us weapons. But they have an obligation to stop Russia’s weapons. They have the right not to help us with electronic warfare or not to provide air defense systems. They can say that they have Patriot systems, but they don’t give them to us. However, they have no right not to react when missiles are flying at us and killing us.’ - SK

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🇮🇷🇮🇱 Why Iran chose cluster bombs over conventional warheads Simple math. Israel's Arrow system is built to kill one big warhead. So Iran sends one missile that splits into 80 bomblets at 23,000 feet. That single radar track suddenly becomes dozens of small falling objects scattering across six miles, and no air defense system on earth can chase them all. Over 100 countries banned these weapons because of what they do to civilians. Iran, the U.S., and Israel never signed. Now Israeli neighborhoods are learning why. Source: AI Telly

🇮🇷🇮🇱 Why Iran chose cluster bombs over conventional warheads Simple math. Israel's Arrow system is built to kill one big warhead. So Iran sends one missile that splits into 80 bomblets at 23,000 feet. That single radar track suddenly becomes dozens of small falling objects scattering across six miles, and no air defense system on earth can chase them all. Over 100 countries banned these weapons because of what they do to civilians. Iran, the U.S., and Israel never signed. Now Israeli neighborhoods are learning why. Source: AI Telly

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 For years, Hezbollah's threat to Israel came with a simple mental image: a warehouse full of rockets and a finger hovering over the “launch everything” button. Crude, overwhelming, and terrifying in a very blunt-force way. That version of the problem hasn’t disappeared, it's been upgraded. Hezbollah is estimated to still have thousands of rockets and missiles, even after a war that chewed through stockpiles and an Israeli campaign that made a sport out of blowing them up. Short-range rockets for saturation, medium-range systems that can reach deep into Israel, anti-tank missiles waiting for any ground incursion, and anti-ship weapons. That alone is enough to keep northern Israel on edge, but rockets are yesterday’s nightmare. Today’s headache comes with wings, a camera, and just enough intelligence to make Israel's multi-billion-dollar defense system sweat. Enter Iran’s favorite export: drones. The kind that loiter, watch, wait, and then slam into something expensive. Hezbollah isn’t just receiving these systems anymore. It’s learning how to build them, tweak them, and mass-produce them locally. Which means this isn’t a supply problem Israel can bomb away. It’s a manufacturing problem that regenerates. Here’s how the future fight looks: Rockets go up first; loud, messy, designed to overwhelm and distract. Air defenses light up, radars turn on, and interceptors launch. Then the drones come in. Some scout, some jam, some just wait patiently for something valuable to reveal itself, and then they dive. It’s not brute force anymore, it’s layered harassment with a brain. Israel still holds the technological edge. Its air defenses are among the best on the planet, its intelligence is deep, and its ability to strike back is unmatched in the region. But even the best systems have limits, especially when they’re forced to play whack-a-mole against something cheap, persistent, and increasingly local. That’s the shift. Hezbollah is no longer just a rocket army. It’s becoming a hybrid force that blends old-school saturation with modern, Iranian-designed precision nuisance. Not powerful enough to win a war outright, but clever enough to make every day of one painfully expensive and unpredictably dangerous.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 For years, Hezbollah's threat to Israel came with a simple mental image: a warehouse full of rockets and a finger hovering over the “launch everything” button. Crude, overwhelming, and terrifying in a very blunt-force way. That version of the problem hasn’t disappeared, it's been upgraded. Hezbollah is estimated to still have thousands of rockets and missiles, even after a war that chewed through stockpiles and an Israeli campaign that made a sport out of blowing them up. Short-range rockets for saturation, medium-range systems that can reach deep into Israel, anti-tank missiles waiting for any ground incursion, and anti-ship weapons. That alone is enough to keep northern Israel on edge, but rockets are yesterday’s nightmare. Today’s headache comes with wings, a camera, and just enough intelligence to make Israel's multi-billion-dollar defense system sweat. Enter Iran’s favorite export: drones. The kind that loiter, watch, wait, and then slam into something expensive. Hezbollah isn’t just receiving these systems anymore. It’s learning how to build them, tweak them, and mass-produce them locally. Which means this isn’t a supply problem Israel can bomb away. It’s a manufacturing problem that regenerates. Here’s how the future fight looks: Rockets go up first; loud, messy, designed to overwhelm and distract. Air defenses light up, radars turn on, and interceptors launch. Then the drones come in. Some scout, some jam, some just wait patiently for something valuable to reveal itself, and then they dive. It’s not brute force anymore, it’s layered harassment with a brain. Israel still holds the technological edge. Its air defenses are among the best on the planet, its intelligence is deep, and its ability to strike back is unmatched in the region. But even the best systems have limits, especially when they’re forced to play whack-a-mole against something cheap, persistent, and increasingly local. That’s the shift. Hezbollah is no longer just a rocket army. It’s becoming a hybrid force that blends old-school saturation with modern, Iranian-designed precision nuisance. Not powerful enough to win a war outright, but clever enough to make every day of one painfully expensive and unpredictably dangerous.

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“Charles nor William can stop them from doing it. They’re not out of control, but they’re out of the control of Charles and William. They’re doing what they want to do, and nobody can tell them otherwise” For this young woman to be such a lame sycophant is jarring. What is Willy going to do? He’s going to tell Prince Harry and Meghan that: Charity is mine to pretend to do, you can’t go out and do real charity, and on your terms? What’s wrong with royalist? I applaud this logical thinking man, for stopping the propaganda train at once.

“Charles nor William can stop them from doing it. They’re not out of control, but they’re out of the control of Charles and William. They’re doing what they want to do, and nobody can tell them otherwise” For this young woman to be such a lame sycophant is jarring. What is Willy going to do? He’s going to tell Prince Harry and Meghan that: Charity is mine to pretend to do, you can’t go out and do real charity, and on your terms? What’s wrong with royalist? I applaud this logical thinking man, for stopping the propaganda train at once.

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WATCH: Very newsy exchange at the White House Tuesday afternoon between President Trump and CBS’s Ed O'Keefe about Iran, revealing the U.S. was gifted “a present” from whatever remains of the new/old Iranian regime that is “oil and gas related”.... President Trump: “Do you have another question? You haven’t been here in a while.” O’Keefe: “Well, on Iran, can you give us any more sense of who exactly in Iran it is, either Witkoff or Kushner you’re speaking with?” Trump: “Yeah. We had — I hate to say this in front of these young people — they’re not children. I spoke to most of them. They sound like adults to me. Even though they are sort of children, right? They’ll always be your children. But I hate to say it, but we killed all their leadership. And then they met to choose new leaders, and we killed all of them. And now, we have a new group and we can easily do that. But let’s see how they turn out. It’s — we have, really, regime change. You know, this is a change in the regime because the leaders are all very different than the ones that we started off with that created all those problems. So this was — I think we can say, Jason, this is regime change, right?” O’Keefe: “What makes you trust them?” Trump: “I don’t trust anybody. I don’t trust you. I mean, that’s only because I know you, but if I didn’t know you, I’d probably have more trust. But I don’t trust anyone.” O’Keefe: “Why bother talking to them?” Trump: “Why do you — why do you say that? Why do you say what makes you — do you think I trust them? I don’t trust them.” O’Keefe: “Then why bother talking to them?” Trump: “Because they’re going to make a deal. They’re going to make a deal. They did something yesterday that was amazing. Actually. They gave us a present. And the president arrived today and it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. And I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to us, and they said they were going to give it, so that meant one thing to me. We’re dealing with the right people —” O’Keefe: “Was it nuclear related.” Trump: “No, it wasn’t nuclear related. It was oil and gas related. And it was a very nice thing they did. But what it showed me is that we’re dealing with the right people because, you know, you don’t know because the leadership was killed, all gone. Khamenei, all gone. As the expression goes, the past Supreme Leader and then the new Supreme Leader was racked up at a minimum, racked up pretty good, and everyone else was gone. And then many of the people in the third tier are gone. But we’re dealing with a group of people that I think turn out and the — the present, the gift they made to us was very significant. And they said they were going to do it and it happened. And they’re the only ones that could have done it.”

WATCH: Very newsy exchange at the White House Tuesday afternoon between President Trump and CBS’s Ed O'Keefe about Iran, revealing the U.S. was gifted “a present” from whatever remains of the new/old Iranian regime that is “oil and gas related”.... President Trump: “Do you have another question? You haven’t been here in a while.” O’Keefe: “Well, on Iran, can you give us any more sense of who exactly in Iran it is, either Witkoff or Kushner you’re speaking with?” Trump: “Yeah. We had — I hate to say this in front of these young people — they’re not children. I spoke to most of them. They sound like adults to me. Even though they are sort of children, right? They’ll always be your children. But I hate to say it, but we killed all their leadership. And then they met to choose new leaders, and we killed all of them. And now, we have a new group and we can easily do that. But let’s see how they turn out. It’s — we have, really, regime change. You know, this is a change in the regime because the leaders are all very different than the ones that we started off with that created all those problems. So this was — I think we can say, Jason, this is regime change, right?” O’Keefe: “What makes you trust them?” Trump: “I don’t trust anybody. I don’t trust you. I mean, that’s only because I know you, but if I didn’t know you, I’d probably have more trust. But I don’t trust anyone.” O’Keefe: “Why bother talking to them?” Trump: “Why do you — why do you say that? Why do you say what makes you — do you think I trust them? I don’t trust them.” O’Keefe: “Then why bother talking to them?” Trump: “Because they’re going to make a deal. They’re going to make a deal. They did something yesterday that was amazing. Actually. They gave us a present. And the president arrived today and it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. And I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to us, and they said they were going to give it, so that meant one thing to me. We’re dealing with the right people —” O’Keefe: “Was it nuclear related.” Trump: “No, it wasn’t nuclear related. It was oil and gas related. And it was a very nice thing they did. But what it showed me is that we’re dealing with the right people because, you know, you don’t know because the leadership was killed, all gone. Khamenei, all gone. As the expression goes, the past Supreme Leader and then the new Supreme Leader was racked up at a minimum, racked up pretty good, and everyone else was gone. And then many of the people in the third tier are gone. But we’re dealing with a group of people that I think turn out and the — the present, the gift they made to us was very significant. And they said they were going to do it and it happened. And they’re the only ones that could have done it.”

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Rory McIlroy was asked if he’s okay with/understands that they may water between waves on Thursday and Friday. Provided an interesting nugget about Shinnecock watering every day at 2 p.m. for members. “It’s a unique golf course,” McIlroy said. “The members at Shinnecock will tell you they do that every single day—every single day at this course the members play they put water on the course at 2 p.m. So, it’s a unique golf course and it seems like it’s just something they have to do. “For me it’s more... my concern was you don’t want it to look as if you’ve lost the golf course, and you’re starting to put water on it, which I don’t think is what they’re going to do. I think, especially with the heaviness of the wind on Thursday, it’s probably prudent to do that. “Friday doesn’t look as windy, but I think just for, again, fairness and competitive integrity, they do it on Friday, too. But I think they’ve got enough bandwith on the weekend that they probably don’t need to do it. So, I understand it. When I first heard of it my first reaction was ‘that’s stupid, why are they doing that?’ But then once you actually listened and you let them break it down to you, you’re like, yeah, that makes sense.”

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🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 The defining element of the strike that killed Ayatollah Khamenei wasn’t the timing, the intelligence, or even the target cluster; it was the missile technology itself. The Blue Sparrow, launched from Israeli F-15s, follows a trajectory few systems on Earth can defend against. It climbs to the Kármán line, the edge of space, to gain speed and altitude before beginning a near-vertical descent. That profile gives it extraordinary velocity and almost no interception window. By the time it drops back into the atmosphere, it is moving at a rate that renders air-defense systems effectively useless. Intercepting it would require hitting a hypersonic object falling from near-space with perfect precision, something no current Iranian system is designed to do. The missile’s guidance system allows for accuracy within a couple of feet. Not “close enough.” Not “general vicinity.” Actual pinpoint, high-confidence, small-area targeting. That combination, trajectory, speed, altitude, and precision, is what made the strike decisive. Iranian leadership was not just caught off guard; they were up against a weapon specifically engineered to make countermeasures irrelevant. Source: NY Post

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🇷🇺 Russia launched an Oreshnik hypersonic missile carrying no explosive warhead. The missile split into 36 inert projectiles traveling at extreme speeds, and the message was impossible to miss. This was a live demonstration of penetration capability in front of the entire world: "We can reach our target if we choose to." At those speeds, kinetic energy alone can be devastating. But the real point was psychological. The footage showed dozens of warheads completing their flight path while Western air defenses failed to stop them. Every defense system is invincible until it isn't. Source: DefenceDec (Youtube)

🇷🇺 Russia launched an Oreshnik hypersonic missile carrying no explosive warhead. The missile split into 36 inert projectiles traveling at extreme speeds, and the message was impossible to miss. This was a live demonstration of penetration capability in front of the entire world: "We can reach our target if we choose to." At those speeds, kinetic energy alone can be devastating. But the real point was psychological. The footage showed dozens of warheads completing their flight path while Western air defenses failed to stop them. Every defense system is invincible until it isn't. Source: DefenceDec (Youtube)

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M51 Skysweeper Radar-Guided Jet Killer of the Early Cold War wasn’t just another gun. It was the first anti-aircraft weapon to put a gun-laying radar, analog fire-control computer, and high-speed autoloader all on a single towed carriage. The goal? Fill the critical gap between older heavy AA guns and the still-immature surface-to-air missiles of the era. Developed starting in 1948 and entering service in the early 1950s, the Skysweeper was designed to handle fast, low-to-medium altitude jet threats that older systems struggled with. It could detect targets over 20 miles away and put a high volume of fire on them quickly—roughly double the sustained rate of many contemporary heavy AA guns. It saw service with the U.S. forces (including deployments for airbase and key-site defense) and was also used by Japan, Greece, and Turkey. But its time in the spotlight was relatively short. By the late 1950s, improving surface-to-air missiles (like Nike) began closing the range and reaction-time gaps the Skysweeper was meant to cover. Most U.S. units were phased out by the early 1970s, though some foreign operators kept them longer. The M51 remains a fascinating transitional weapon—one of the last pure gun systems designed to fight jets before missiles fully took over the medium-altitude role. A true piece of early Cold War engineering ingenuity.

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Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer

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It’s 1969, and Paulette Marron somehow makes the words “You can’t eat an air conditioner” sound like they mean something entirely different. The scene comes from Putney Swope, Robert Downey Sr.’s wild satire of Madison Avenue, advertising, race and consumer culture. On paper, the line makes sense. You can sell people comfort, status and all the things they’re told they need, but none of it matters much if you can’t put food on the table. Then you watch Marron deliver it. The dance is slow and seductive, and suddenly a line about an air conditioner doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with an air conditioner.👀 Maybe that was the joke. Maybe we’re reading something into it that was never there. What do you think?

It’s 1969, and Paulette Marron somehow makes the words “You can’t eat an air conditioner” sound like they mean something entirely different. The scene comes from Putney Swope, Robert Downey Sr.’s wild satire of Madison Avenue, advertising, race and consumer culture. On paper, the line makes sense. You can sell people comfort, status and all the things they’re told they need, but none of it matters much if you can’t put food on the table. Then you watch Marron deliver it. The dance is slow and seductive, and suddenly a line about an air conditioner doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with an air conditioner.👀 Maybe that was the joke. Maybe we’re reading something into it that was never there. What do you think?

fOx

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THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT WAR War is terrible. But sometimes, the alternative is worse. I walk through the core question: when is war justified? Start with self-defense. If a nation—or a people—is under threat, do they have the right to fight back? Of course they do. I break down the moral and practical framework—what matters isn’t just war itself, but who is fighting, why they’re fighting, and what they’re trying to achieve. That’s the distinction too many people ignore. I also explain how these principles aren’t new. The idea of self-defense—even lethal force in defense of life—is rooted in biblical teaching, just as concepts like justice and punishment are. So how can anyone take the position that all war is unjustified, no matter the circumstances? This isn’t about glorifying war—it’s about understanding when it becomes necessary. To watch the entire episode: Rumble: YouTube:

THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT WAR War is terrible. But sometimes, the alternative is worse. I walk through the core question: when is war justified? Start with self-defense. If a nation—or a people—is under threat, do they have the right to fight back? Of course they do. I break down the moral and practical framework—what matters isn’t just war itself, but who is fighting, why they’re fighting, and what they’re trying to achieve. That’s the distinction too many people ignore. I also explain how these principles aren’t new. The idea of self-defense—even lethal force in defense of life—is rooted in biblical teaching, just as concepts like justice and punishment are. So how can anyone take the position that all war is unjustified, no matter the circumstances? This isn’t about glorifying war—it’s about understanding when it becomes necessary. To watch the entire episode: Rumble: YouTube:

Mark R. Levin

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