BenFiasco14 said:
Did Iran actually send missiles towards Cyprus? That's gonna piss off the Turks AND the Greeks

K2-HMFIC said:LMCane said:K2-HMFIC said:LMCane said:
Do fighter pilots punch out when the threat warning starts beeping
or wait until there is damage to the aircraft?
that must be an insane 2 seconds.
Actual damage.
Yikes. that must take nerves of steel as you see an incoming missile towards your aircraft!
that female fighter pilot is one of just a handful of living aircrew that have successfully ejected in combat.
I mean there can't be that many Vietnam pilots still around who ejected.
They are typically stuck w/back issues after this...spinal compression aint no joke.
The Fall Guy said:BenFiasco14 said:
Did Iran actually send missiles towards Cyprus? That's gonna piss off the Turks AND the Greeks
I saw one drone from Hezbohla hit a British base there but nothing of a large scale attack
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:GAC06 said:
We've sunk stuff more recently than that. That "carrier" is a cargo ship with a ramp on it. Or it was.
This is nothing new. A good number of the Japanese aircraft carriers that we put on the bottom of the Pacific began their lives as battle cruisers, freighters, or similar vessels.

חיל-האוויר השלים לפני זמן קצר שלושה גלי תקיפה נוספים במערב איראן לפגיעה במערכי האש של משטר הטרור האיראני והעמקת השליטה האווירית של צה"ל במרחב.
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) March 2, 2026
במסגרת גלי התקיפות, חיל-האוויר הטיל מאות חימושים לעבר עשרות משגרי טילים, מערכות הגנה ומערכי אש נוספים שהיו בשימוש משטר הטרור האיראני.… pic.twitter.com/UIO9nWx2Vq

bonfarr said:
Some good reports on what is going on inside Iran between regular Army and the IRGC.Here is the current situation in and around Iran.
— Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@rshereme) March 2, 2026
I won’t go over the scale of the strikes on Iranian infrastructure — you can read about that yourselves. I will only note that Israeli and U.S. air forces fully control Iranian airspace, and in that sense the war increasingly… pic.twitter.com/h5noGLrPhD

The Fall Guy said:BenFiasco14 said:
Did Iran actually send missiles towards Cyprus? That's gonna piss off the Turks AND the Greeks
I saw one drone from Hezbohla hit a British base there but nothing of a large scale attack
Air raid sirens are sounding in Kuwait, Al Jazeera reports.
— ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) March 2, 2026
🚨Sirens are sounding in Bahrain
— ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) March 2, 2026
TAMUallen said:Air raid sirens are sounding in Kuwait, Al Jazeera reports.
— ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) March 2, 2026🚨Sirens are sounding in Bahrain
— ILRedAlert (@ILRedAlert) March 2, 2026
Pesky Iranians


The Saudi oil facility Ras Tanura oil facility has suffered significant damages after today’s Iranian drone strikes pic.twitter.com/0UDNpiwWLh
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 2, 2026

The Fall Guy said:
US says all Iranian naval assets destroyed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-military-says-it-destroyed-irans-naval-fleet-in-the-gulf-of-oman/
According to the Geoview Conflict Tracker, 14 countries are now directly involved.
— Geoview (@theGeoView) March 2, 2026
This is rapidly becoming one of the largest regional escalations in decades. pic.twitter.com/f5zmYZQSrQ
NEW: Israeli jets have begun striking border guard positions along the Iraq-Iran frontier in what appears to be an effort to weaken Iranian control over the region and potentially clear a path for armed Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq to move back into Iran. pic.twitter.com/srj7CWrGWr
— Levent Kemal (@leventkemaI) March 2, 2026
The Fall Guy said:
Iraq said it downed drone trying to hit Mosul dam.
4 said:The Fall Guy said:
US says all Iranian naval assets destroyed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-military-says-it-destroyed-irans-naval-fleet-in-the-gulf-of-oman/
Lol, 48 hours in, and their entire Navy is underwater.
Literally and figuratively.

The Fall Guy said:
US says all Iranian naval assets destroyed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-military-says-it-destroyed-irans-naval-fleet-in-the-gulf-of-oman/
LMCane said:The Fall Guy said:
Iraq said it downed drone trying to hit Mosul dam.
so now the Iranians are trying their best to murder tens of thousands of fellow Muslims in Iraq

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 2, 2026
Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO. The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over. Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global… pic.twitter.com/nzdkMVMqZC
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026

Quote:
Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. US forces will continue to defend it,
bonfarr said:The Fall Guy said:BenFiasco14 said:
Did Iran actually send missiles towards Cyprus? That's gonna piss off the Turks AND the Greeks
I saw one drone from Hezbohla hit a British base there but nothing of a large scale attack
The Greeks sent their newest warship in response.
Who else had Greeks launching a warship to defeat the Persians on their Bingo Card after 480 B.C.

LMCane said:The Fall Guy said:
Iraq said it downed drone trying to hit Mosul dam.
so now the Iranians are trying their best to murder tens of thousands of fellow Muslims in Iraq
K2-HMFIC said:LMCane said:The Fall Guy said:
Iraq said it downed drone trying to hit Mosul dam.
so now the Iranians are trying their best to murder tens of thousands of fellow Muslims in Iraq
The Mosul dam break scenario aint a great one...Saddam literally built that into chalk.
🚨 REMARKABLE VIDEO: A newly released video shows an Israeli fighter jet pilot maneuvering to avoid Iranian surface-to-air missiles during strike operations over Tehran. pic.twitter.com/jqxQA3fUVH
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 2, 2026
K2-HMFIC said:LMCane said:The Fall Guy said:
Iraq said it downed drone trying to hit Mosul dam.
so now the Iranians are trying their best to murder tens of thousands of fellow Muslims in Iraq
The Mosul dam break scenario aint a great one...Saddam literally built that into chalk.
Brigadier General Ebrahim Jabbari, speaking on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned that “any ship that seeks to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will be set on fire."
— GMI (@Global_Mil_Info) March 2, 2026
He also stated that Iran will attack oil pipeline infrastructure and will not permit oil to…