Live Thread: Israel, US launch attack on Iran

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2028865877144182903

[Wingnut]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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France has deployed Dassault Rafale fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its naval and air bases against Iranian attacks, with one base already having been targeted by a drone, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced Tuesday.

I'll sleep soundly now knowing the French AF is on the job. 

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/VividProwess/status/2028847437641667033

[BobfromWB]

That is a tough sell in this country.  OTOH.... Realistically,  I do think we need to set up 24/7 camera surveillance at every entrance to any form of an Islamic Center or Mosque.  And I'd be willing to bet that 90% of adjacent land owners would be willing participants in allowing those cameras.  I know I would.

Arrival of AC-130J Ghostriders will go a long way towards solving that problem.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028867934530027912

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hegseth: ‘We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump we are going to finish it’
By Atlas Shrugs - on March 2, 2026

 

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/2028857575131795835

[Hoodat]

The White House
@WhiteHouse
OPERATION EPIC FURY:

1.  Destroy the Iranian regime's missiles
2.  Annihilate their Navy
3.  Ensure their terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the world
4.  Ensure Iran can NEVER obtain a nuclear weapon

1.  Crush your enemies.
2.  See them driven before you.
3.  Hear the lamentation of the women.

[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2028706282429891062

and more were requested, but never came. According to CBS’s sources, T-walls, shown below, were the only form of protection around the operations center. According to one source, while Kuwaiti batteries were in the vicinity, no U.S. counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) or counter-rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) had been dedicated to the vicinity, and its unclear if Kuwaiti batteries engaged the incoming threats.

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But they did engage 3 US F-18s

[Free Vulcan]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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🚨🇮🇷 The IRGC threatening: "The gates of hell will open wider and wider for the United States and Israel"

From a regime that just lost its Supreme Leader, half its missile launchers, its entire military leadership, and 6 of the 9 countries it attacked are now aligned against it.

The gates aren't opening wider.

They're actually closing.

@clashreport

We will launch a full measure of death, destruction, and ramashamalamadingdong from our elementary schools and buses!!

[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/NiohBerg/status/2028789704418566204

That was a Sunni sentiment. Iranians 12ers want to kill as many as possible and die martyrs.

[rangerrebew]

Six dead, 18 service members injured in Iran operation
By Patricia Kime
 Mar 2, 2026, 04:13 PM
 
This is a developing story. It will be updated as news unfolds.

The number of American personnel killed and injured in Operation Epic Fury rose Monday as the United States continued its assault on Iran, U.S. Central Command officials confirmed.


In a statement on X, Central Command said a service member who had been “seriously wounded” in the initial assault had succumbed to their injuries. Two others, who were previously unaccounted for, have been recovered — bringing the total number of military personnel killed in action to six.

Pentagon officials did not provide specifics on the circumstances that lead to the deaths, but during a press conference Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a projectile had made it through air defenses and struck a fortified U.S. military position.

Hegseth did not disclose the facility’s location, but reporting by the Washington Post indicated the casualties occurred in Kuwait.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/02/six-dead-18-service-members-injured-in-iran-operation/

[Hoodat]

A Captain is the leader of the county, for crying out loud. At least Qaddafi was a colonel.

Hitler was a Corporal.

[Smokin Joe]

 

https://twitter.com/NiohBerg/status/2028841700202782722

Maybe they could take a page from their Democrat buddies and try mail-in ballots?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2028875984519205384

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028879291237196213

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/SenMullin/status/2028865651545186535

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028877518325830134

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/NiohBerg/status/2028867507260473422

[Wingnut]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028877518325830134

Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Leader of the pack, and now he's gone
-The Shangri-Las

[SZonian]

https://twitter.com/BuzzPatterson/status/2028630203786989721

 
That's how we felt on 17-18 Jan '91.
Thanks for all the updates and work Myst.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028880803401241089

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028880086619840607

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028883646585663986

[PeteS in CA]

https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2028568980605293026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqLkRaGNqk&t=303s

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/SenMullin/status/2028865651545186535

🔥🔥🔥

[bigheadfred]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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First confirmation by CENTCOM that B-52s have been used in strikes on Iran.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/2028876456999162254

[DCPatriot]

How is that big lumbering plane still battle worthy, given advances in technology of "painting" targets for missiles?

[PeteS in CA]

Iranian sub

https://twitter.com/JimFergusonUK/status/2028762482320322920

Wolf-crier Ferguson sure loves to beat that "escalation" drum. Per W'pedia, the Fateh class submarine is 527 tons and capable of 11 Kn surfaced (14 Kn submerged). It can carry 6 torpedoes or missiles. Iran has, errr, had 1. How sinking it is an escalation eludes me. Iranian naval bases and ships have been targets and hit since Day 1 of this campaign, and eliminating the Iranian navy is one of the primary goals of the campaign.

[Wingnut]

How is that big lumbering plane still battle worthy, given advances in technology of "painting" targets for missiles?

It's Alien technology based.  Adapted from crashed spaceships held at area 51.

[bigheadfred]

علی شریفی زارچی
@SharifiZarchi
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In the past few hours, hundreds of Iranian university professors and tech experts have signed a statement declaring the Constitution of the Islamic Republic illegitimate and calling for the immediate transfer of power to the people, while endorsing Prince Reza Pahlavi’s democratic transition plan. Signatures are increasing by the minute. Link to read and sign: https://forms.gle/7mxUq4DcHiWCPi2D6

[PeteS in CA]

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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Burkina Faso is ready to assist militarily if Iran should ask for it.

The days of the Americans acting with impunity are over,

says the dictator of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. 🇧🇫🇮🇷

Burkina Faso is a small land-locked country in western Africa, but maybe dromedary and Bactrian camels would work well together.

[BobfromWB]

How is that big lumbering plane still battle worthy, given advances in technology of "painting" targets for missiles?

The B-52H has undergone extensive modernization to maintain its relevance as a long-range strategic bomber, now carrying a diverse mix of precision-guided conventional and nuclear weapons. Its current loadout includes:

  1. AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM): Nuclear-tipped, with 20 total capacity (8 on a Conventional Rotary Launcher (CRL) in the bomb bay and 12 on underwing pylons). 

2. AGM-158B JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile): Precision-guided, non-nuclear standoff missile; the CEM upgrade allows internal carriage on CRLs, increasing capacity from 12 to 20.

3. Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM): GPS/INS-guided bombs in 500-pound and 2,000-pound variants; up to 20 can be carried, often in mixed configurations.

4. Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMD): Precision-guided cluster munitions.

5. AGM-142 Raptor, AGM-84 Harpoon, and AGM-154 JSOW glide bombs for anti-ship and standoff strike roles.

6. ADM-160 MALD (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy): Electronic warfare decoy to confuse enemy air defenses.

7. Quickstrike naval mines (with JDAM-ER guidance kits) for maritime interdiction.

8. Psychological warfare payloads like the PDU-5/B leaflet dispenser.

The B-52 is also being upgraded with Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT), enabling Link 16, real-time targeting, and machine-to-machine tasking. Future upgrades include the Radar Modernization Program (AESA radar by 2026), Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) - replacing engines with Rolls-Royce F130-200s to create the B-52J - and integration of the Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile.

[DCPatriot]

The B-52H has undergone extensive modernization to maintain its relevance as a long-range strategic bomber, now carrying a diverse mix of precision-guided conventional and nuclear weapons. Its current loadout includes:

  1. AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM): Nuclear-tipped, with 20 total capacity (8 on a Conventional Rotary Launcher (CRL) in the bomb bay and 12 on underwing pylons). 

2. AGM-158B JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile): Precision-guided, non-nuclear standoff missile; the CEM upgrade allows internal carriage on CRLs, increasing capacity from 12 to 20.

3. Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM): GPS/INS-guided bombs in 500-pound and 2,000-pound variants; up to 20 can be carried, often in mixed configurations.

4. Wind-Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMD): Precision-guided cluster munitions.

5. AGM-142 Raptor, AGM-84 Harpoon, and AGM-154 JSOW glide bombs for anti-ship and standoff strike roles.

6. ADM-160 MALD (Miniature Air-Launched Decoy): Electronic warfare decoy to confuse enemy air defenses.

7. Quickstrike naval mines (with JDAM-ER guidance kits) for maritime interdiction.

8. Psychological warfare payloads like the PDU-5/B leaflet dispenser.

The B-52 is also being upgraded with Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT), enabling Link 16, real-time targeting, and machine-to-machine tasking. Future upgrades include the Radar Modernization Program (AESA radar by 2026), Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) - replacing engines with Rolls-Royce F130-200s to create the B-52J - and integration of the Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile.

Thanks, @BobfromWB !!   

[bigheadfred]

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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Unlike in the IRGC, the lower ranks of Iran’s regular army, the Artesh, are made up of regular Iranians.

Many of them hate the Islamic regime and are now declaring that they are defecting or will defect once the moment to overthrow the regime comes 🦁☀️

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/2028899842961887627

[bigheadfred]

Niyak Ghorbani (نیاک)
@GhorbaniiNiyak
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1h
The terrorist Islamic Republic regime has mounted machine guns on a mosque.

[bigheadfred]

Hen Mazzig
@HenMazzig
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BREAKING: The Lebanese 🇱🇧 army just arrested 12 armed Hezbollah terrorists on their way to southern Lebanon.

With the regime in Iran weaker than ever, Lebanon is finally starting to crack down on Hezbollah, the Iranian regime proxy that challenged its sovereignty for decades.

[bigheadfred]

. ماجد محمد الأنصاري Dr. Majed Al Ansari
@majedalansari
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2h
Qatar has not been part of the campaign targeting Iran. We are exercising our right in self defense and deterring Iranian attacks against our country.

We urge media outlets to use credible Qataris sources when reporting on Qatar.

[Bigun]

How is that big lumbering plane still battle worthy, given advances in technology of "painting" targets for missiles?

I'm pretty sure its effectiveness is being demonstrated as we speak.

[Idiot]

Pakistan

Globe Eye News
@GlobeEyeNews
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2h
BREAKING: US consulate Lahore now under attack by protesters.

https://twitter.com/GlobeEyeNews/status/2028747113694363965

As they do in NYC....  Send in the social workers! lololol

[DCPatriot]

I'm pretty sure its effectiveness is being demonstrated as we speak.

    

[Idiot]

https://twitter.com/WarMonitor3/status/2028768261861474612

I heard the B-1 afterburners this morning at 3 am.  I have no idea how many took off but it was quite a few.

[PeteS in CA]

Don't celebrate just yet. Iran was not using those assets to challenge shipping - they were meant to challenge the US Navy for control of the Strait. For shipping and against US Navy, they built hundreds of go-fast boats with mounted heavy machine guns and anti-ship missiles, plus, along the many islands of the Strait, there are many, many anti-ship missiles and drone bases.

Until those are taken out, shipping is still in danger of being set on fire and sunk.

Ghadir class submarines are ~120 ton boats, capable of about 10 Kn, with 2 torpedo tubes. They are not sea-worthy enough and probably lack the range/endurance to operate outside of the Persian Gulf or the Gul of Oman near Iran. Iran had about 20 of the things. Large USN ships won't steam into those waters because the waters are cramped and large ships can't maneuver in them very well. The Ghadir class are largely useful for coastal defense, observation, and commerce raiding/piracy.

The USN and USAF are showing the Iranian navy "respect" in the form of targeting and destroying it piece by piece.

[bigheadfred]

Israel Defense Forces
@IDF
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🚨Hezbollah has continued to join Iran’s terror campaign and has launched projectiles toward Israel.

[bigheadfred]

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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19m
BREAKING:

The Israeli army announced the killing of the commander of the Lebanese Corps of the Quds Force, a special unit of the IRGC.

The IDF said the Israeli Air Force carried out a strike in Tehran, killing Daoud Ali Zadeh, the acting commander of Iran’s Lebanese Quds Force Corps.

According to the Israeli military, Zadeh was the highest-ranking Iranian commander responsible for Lebanon.

The corps served as the link between Hezbollah and the Iranian regime authorities.

[mystery-ak]

Zelensky Worried World Could Forget About Ukraine, Stop Donating Missiles, Because of Iran Operation

President Volodymyr Zelensky is worried deliveries of missiles will dry up as they’re needed to flight Iran, he told an Italian newspaper.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/03/zelensky-worried-world-could-forget-about-ukraine-because-of-iran/

[Free Vulcan]

Zelensky Worried World Could Forget About Ukraine, Stop Donating Missiles, Because of Iran Operation

President Volodymyr Zelensky is worried deliveries of missiles will dry up as they’re needed to flight Iran, he told an Italian newspaper.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/03/03/zelensky-worried-world-could-forget-about-ukraine-because-of-iran/

Z: "I'm no longer the darling princess of the spring ball!'

It's not about you dude.

[PeteS in CA]

 

https://twitter.com/NiohBerg/status/2028841700202782722

Between the first-day attack in Tehran and this attack in Qom, on the order of 130-140 national-level leaders have involuntarily assumed sand temperature. I doubt that Iran has 3-deep leadership for every position as they have claimed. Back-ups for some is more likely, and some of those back-ups are probably sand temperature. Whether those remaining can act and command on a national level is another question, as the country is pretty disrupted.

[PeteS in CA]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2028880803401241089

The Napa Valley might miss their supply of Spanish cork.

[MeganC]

Niyak Ghorbani (نیاک)
@GhorbaniiNiyak
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1h
The terrorist Islamic Republic regime has mounted machine guns on a mosque.

This is appropriate since for some of these mutts the sound of gunfire is their call to prayer.

[PeteS in CA]

How is that big lumbering plane still battle worthy, given advances in technology of "painting" targets for missiles?

The USAF continues to update what munitions the plane can support.

There's a couple of interesting patterns in the use of the heavy bomber fleet. The first used were the B-2s, which Iranian air defenses would have trouble detecting, if at all. The next wave, after Iranian air defenses had been plastered, were the B-1s, which can carry ~3X the B-2s' payload. Now comes the B-52s, a third "layer". The workload is being spread across three sets of squadrons, planes and crew. I've read that with Iranian air defenses heavily attrited, payloads have shifted from stand-off munitions to munitions dropped over targets.