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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #850 on: January 22, 2026, 07:47:39 pm »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #851 on: January 22, 2026, 07:50:09 pm »
Okay I have a question...What will be our targets if and when we...I'm guessing bomb Iran?
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #852 on: January 22, 2026, 07:52:08 pm »
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🚨 BREAKING | ISRAEL–IRAN

An attack on Iran could happen at any moment.
The IDF has already completed preparations for a possible American strike on the Islamic Republic.

The deployment of US forces across the Middle East is nearing completion, reports Times of Israel.

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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #855 on: January 22, 2026, 08:04:23 pm »
I sure hope Trump can get clearance from his Boss, Netanyahu! Right, @Right_in_Virginia ?  I know you always say it's up to Bibi, not Trump!
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #857 on: January 22, 2026, 08:10:51 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on January 22, 2026, 08:03:24 pm

https://twitter.com/Intel_Sky/status/2014387882824261900

Iran's hospitals are packed overflowing with the civilians they've been courageously murdering.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #858 on: January 22, 2026, 08:11:42 pm »
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« Reply #859 on: January 22, 2026, 08:43:35 pm »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #860 on: January 22, 2026, 08:51:14 pm »
Raising the Lion and Sun flag of Iran in Mashhad by the people, just hours before the massacre. For years, Khamenei tried to turn Mashhad into his private backyard by depriving its people of all their rights, but he failed—and as punishment for that failure, he massacred the people of his own birthplace.



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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #861 on: January 22, 2026, 09:06:12 pm »
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When the U.S. deploys an aircraft carrier like USS Abraham Lincoln, it’s not “sending a ship.”
It’s deploying a Carrier Strike Group -- a mobile, self-contained joint combat force.

What that actually includes as a minimum👇

• ~5,000 sailors on the carrier + air wing
• ~1,500–2,000 sailors across cruisers, destroyers & logistics ships
• The aircraft carrier (floating, nuclear-powered air base)
• 65–75 aircraft (fighters, EW, AEW, helicopters)
• 1 guided-missile cruiser, usually a Ticonderoga-class cruiser,  (air & missile defense commander)
• 2–3 guided-missile destroyers, usually Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, (Anti-submarine warfare, Ballistic missile defense, strike capability)
• Nuclear attack submarine (ISR & strike...unannounced locations)
• Logistics ships enabling months at sea

This means:

– Air dominance without host-nation bases.
– Immediate strike and escalation control.
– Layered defense against air, missile, surface, and subsurface threats.

A Carrier Strike Group is not symbolism. It is sovereign, mobile combat power....ready on arrival.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #862 on: January 22, 2026, 09:10:46 pm »
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🚨 IRAN | ALARMING REPORTS

Messages in blood calling for the death of Ali Khamenei and praising the monarchy have appeared in Isfahan.



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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #866 on: January 22, 2026, 09:23:23 pm »
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Ahmad Khosravani had become the best player in the Tehran basketball league this year and was a student at Sharif University.

The regime is slaughtering the brightest minds of our country.

He was 21 years old.



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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #867 on: January 23, 2026, 10:09:04 am »
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🚨 Islamic Republic is now in a state of war in Iran as Khamenei’s Friday prayers is cancelled

For the past few weeks, IRGC had managed to bring Khamenei out of his bunker for a few minutes for his public Friday prayers.

Today, he was a no-show as he remains in his bunker.
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« Reply #868 on: January 23, 2026, 11:54:33 am »
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« Reply #869 on: January 23, 2026, 11:58:13 am »
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #870 on: January 23, 2026, 11:58:43 am »
If the Iranians have any sense then after they overthrow the theocracy they'll expunge Islam from their country altogether. If they don't then they will be doomed to see this infection spread again.
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« Reply #872 on: January 23, 2026, 12:00:45 pm »
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« Reply #873 on: January 23, 2026, 12:02:19 pm »
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« Reply #874 on: January 23, 2026, 12:03:16 pm »
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ISRAEL-IRAN UPDATE:

IDF completes almost all prep for possible US strike on Iran.

Air Force and Intel Branch are on high alert.

Israel estimates: Trump aims for massive assault, hoping to trigger chain reaction that topples the regime.

via military journalist Amos Harel
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« Reply #875 on: January 23, 2026, 12:05:55 pm »
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Israel’s military has placed its Air Force and intelligence units on heightened alert as preparations near completion for a possible U.S. strike on Iran, Israeli sources say. Jerusalem officials estimate Washington may be considering a large‑scale assault designed to set off a chain reaction that could destabilize Tehran’s leadership, according to military journalist Amos Harel.
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« Reply #876 on: January 23, 2026, 12:07:48 pm »
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« Reply #878 on: January 23, 2026, 12:14:12 pm »
Something is about to happen...

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« Reply #879 on: January 23, 2026, 12:18:44 pm »
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There are new reports about the death count in Iran.

43,000 people have been murdered in Iran for protesting for their freedom over the last 3 weeks.

The killing has not stopped.
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« Reply #880 on: January 23, 2026, 12:41:26 pm »
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« Reply #881 on: January 23, 2026, 01:10:54 pm »
Odds on whether a nuclear device is set off?  Or attempted to be set off?
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« Reply #884 on: January 23, 2026, 01:56:26 pm »
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« Reply #885 on: January 23, 2026, 01:57:40 pm »
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« Reply #886 on: January 23, 2026, 02:03:47 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on January 23, 2026, 01:10:54 pm
Odds on whether a nuclear device is set off?  Or attempted to be set off?
90% on Attempt and it will be a suitcase one.
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« Reply #887 on: January 23, 2026, 02:11:41 pm »
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90% on Attempt and it will be a suitcase one.

In Iran proper?  I rather doubt there are any Iranian agents in Israel with a suitcase nuke by now.
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« Reply #888 on: January 23, 2026, 02:34:34 pm »
Didn't Bibi not want an Iran strike?
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« Reply #890 on: January 23, 2026, 02:55:27 pm »
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In Iran proper?  I rather doubt there are any Iranian agents in Israel with a suitcase nuke by now.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #891 on: January 23, 2026, 03:02:56 pm »
Quote from: verga on January 23, 2026, 02:55:27 pm
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Doubtful.  First I doubt that Iran has the technical ability to miniaturize an actual nuke to that extent - it takes a lot of skill - and second, more likely than not anything it tried to walk into Israel would be detectable.

More likely, they have made dirty bombs - conventional bombs that are designed to spread long-term radioactive material over a wide area.  Those could be more easily put into backpack form.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #892 on: January 23, 2026, 03:24:21 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on January 23, 2026, 03:02:56 pm
Doubtful.  First I doubt that Iran has the technical ability to miniaturize an actual nuke to that extent - it takes a lot of skill - and second, more likely than not anything it tried to walk into Israel would be detectable.

More likely, they have made dirty bombs - conventional bombs that are designed to spread long-term radioactive material over a wide area.  Those could be more easily put into backpack form.

Don't discount China. They may have taken nuclear material to China and brought it up to weapons grade. If they think they could get away with it they could have helped them build a bomb. I wouldn't underestimate the Iranians with this. It would be a big risk.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #893 on: January 23, 2026, 03:38:00 pm »
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By asking Trump to delay Iran attacks, Netanyahu exposes Israel's air defense holes - analysis
Jerusalem Post, Jan 18, 2026

The IDF sent out more than half a dozen messages about how ready it was and how strong
its air defense capabilities are, only for Netanyahu to privately express the opposite opinion to Trump.

The stunning revelation that part of why US President Donald Trump called off, or at least paused, any American attack on the Iranian regime was a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes a gaping, relatively new hole in Israel’s otherwise stellar multilayer air defense shield.

The IDF sent more than a dozen messages in a matter of days about how it was ready and how strong its air defense capabilities are, only for Netanyahu to privately tell Trump the opposite.

There were likely a variety of reasons that Trump canceled or postponed attacking the Iranian regime, and there were multiple reasons why Netanyahu also pushed him in that direction.

But with it strongly appearing that a significant reason was not being ready for a potential Iranian ballistic missile strike, the whole idea of what it means for the IDF air defense to be prepared needs to be revisited.

Put bluntly: Israel managed to defend itself against Iran three times in 2024-2025 because its technology is the best it’s been in decades.

Tehran’s ballistic missile capability is now weaker than it’s been in decades. Trump had an opportunity to possibly topple Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But then, Netanyahu was so worried about Israel getting hit that he asked Trump to call off an attack.

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During all of this discussion, most of Israel’s highly praised multilayer air defenses are irrelevant.  Generally, the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and the Iron Beam (laser defense) are unable to shoot down ballistic missiles. Rather, they are relegated to shooting down drones, lower-tech rockets, and cruise missiles.

Hopefully, the answer to why Netanyahu might be more confident in the future is that Israel can produce Arrow interceptors faster than Iran can produce ballistic missiles, and that, not too long from now, the Jewish state will have a better relative balance of aerial defenses to aerial threats, plus some additional American air defenses.

Or maybe the prime minister was just worried about the possibility of having to explain to the Israeli public why people died, were wounded, and lost their homes (even in small numbers) in January 2026 when the Iranian nuclear threat has been indefinitely pushed off, and the concrete gain for Israeli interests of an American attack on the Iranian regime at this point were questionable as compared to the clear gains in 2025.

In the meantime, Netanyahu’s request to Trump, and at least one of his reasons, has pierced the armor of Israeli defense officials who, since the June 2025 Iran war, have claimed that the defense establishment remained ready for any scenario.


https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-883698.







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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #894 on: January 23, 2026, 03:40:44 pm »
Quote from: bigheadfred on January 23, 2026, 03:24:21 pm
Don't discount China. They may have taken nuclear material to China and brought it up to weapons grade. If they think they could get away with it they could have helped them build a bomb. I wouldn't underestimate the Iranians with this. It would be a big risk.

Again, China may not have the technical ability to design and build a suitcase nuke, and if they did, I doubt they would give that tech away to Iran.

Folks toss around the idea of a “suitcase nuke” like any Tom, Dick, or Harry could throw one together if only they had weapons grade fissile material.  It ain’t that easy. 
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #895 on: January 23, 2026, 03:51:51 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on January 23, 2026, 03:40:44 pm
Again, China may not have the technical ability to design and build a suitcase nuke, and if they did, I doubt they would give that tech away to Iran.

Folks toss around the idea of a “suitcase nuke” like any Tom, Dick, or Harry could throw one together if only they had weapons grade fissile material.  It ain’t that easy.

I agree with you on this...it is far more likely Iran would launch missiles (plural) with "dirty bombs" to scatter radioactive debris over wide urban areas, than create a big mushroom cloud.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #896 on: January 23, 2026, 03:55:18 pm »
I believe it is nearly impossible to shield a very physically small nuke from being detected by radiation detectors. A larger nuke buried in an oil tanker using the oil around it as a shield would be much less likely to be detected.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #897 on: January 23, 2026, 04:09:21 pm »
Trump Says US 'Armada' Moving Towards Iran

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One after returning from meetings with world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said Washington was closely monitoring Iran as US naval assets moved into the region. "We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case," Trump said. "I'd rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-us-armada-moving-towards-iran
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
« Reply #898 on: January 23, 2026, 04:21:36 pm »
Quote from: rustynail on January 23, 2026, 04:09:21 pm
Trump Says US 'Armada' Moving Towards Iran

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One after returning from meetings with world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said Washington was closely monitoring Iran as US naval assets moved into the region. "We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case," Trump said. "I'd rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-us-armada-moving-towards-iran

AFAIK, the Lincoln Carrier Group is already in position.
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Re: Iran grinds to standstill as protesters take to the streets, crowds chant ‘Death to Khamenei’
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