Gaeilge said:
There are no credible reports on this and has been popping up for the last three days.
Well when you have proof of life give me a shout
It’s never too late
***Iran [Military Action Thread]***[See Staff Note in OP]
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Well when you have proof of life give me a shout
Something happening at Dubai airport. Planes are being diverted or circling
Dan Scott said:
Something happening at Dubai airport. Planes are being diverted or circling
Four Emirates A380s holding for a while now. They will likely have to divert if they can't head in to DXB soon.
Explosions in Dubai and Bahrain capitals.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/explosions-reported-in-dubai-and-bahraini-capital/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/explosions-reported-in-dubai-and-bahraini-capital/
Hezbohla and IDF clashing at Lebanon and Syria border.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-reports-clashes-with-israeli-forces-along-lebanon-syria-border/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-reports-clashes-with-israeli-forces-along-lebanon-syria-border/
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/treasury-secretary-bessent-forecasts-largest-bombing-campaign-yet-says-iran-attempting-economic-chaos
Bessent says largest Bombing campaign is tonight
Bessent says largest Bombing campaign is tonight
Fake and gay. Shockwave would have shoved glass into his face if that was real.
ErnestEndeavor said:Photos have now confirmed the destruction of a AN/TPY-2 Forward Based X-band Transportable Radar operated by the U.S. Army, following an Iranian drone attack earlier this week targeting Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. The AN/TPY-2 is the primary ground-based air surveillance… pic.twitter.com/54QyQCxNVW
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 7, 2026
Ouch
G Martin 87 said:Right. "Fueling speculation" by WaPo. Media is desperately trying to fuel FUD about "boots on the ground" in any way possible.Sid Farkas said:
"fueling speculation" from WaPo sounds a lot like the "unnamed sources" canard.
48hr rule activated.
I honestly don't see how this gets done right without some of our ground troops and heavy armor or Israels ground troops and heavy armor involved. We are the 2 armies that probably have the most experience fighting this type of war; unfortunately. It's going to turn into building to building door to door fighting. The IRGC will hide behind the civilians like terrorists do...
I don't think a lot of our ground troops need to be there for a long period of time, but long enough to help the Iranians themselves along with others willing to fight build a substantial enough force and train to do their own fighting. Then we would likely pull our troops out just leaving like spec Ops people to help them out and make sure this goes right.
If we were going to invade we would have needed to mobilize and transport those forces months ago. We didn't, and we aren't
Nvm, apparently a hoax
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Give me a little help in my thought process here. We are now just bludgeoning them and breaking their will. The theocracy it seems is and was just a facade for the ruling class to become rich. A real theocratic regime would have some staying power due to the majority of the populace having buy in to what they were doing.
It seems here that the vast majority of everyday Iranians are not the zealots or under educated peasants that we faced in Iraq or Afghanistan. Could a contingent of special forces orchestrate a popular uprising of which there already seems to have and be happening to allow for a regime change?
This for some reason feels different than Iraq and Afghanistan. It also seems that Iran was a catalyst for the insurgency in Iraq. As Pakistan was a facilitator for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Who is going to cultivate and sustain an insurgency in Iran?
Just trying to think about this logically with the facts at hand.
It seems here that the vast majority of everyday Iranians are not the zealots or under educated peasants that we faced in Iraq or Afghanistan. Could a contingent of special forces orchestrate a popular uprising of which there already seems to have and be happening to allow for a regime change?
This for some reason feels different than Iraq and Afghanistan. It also seems that Iran was a catalyst for the insurgency in Iraq. As Pakistan was a facilitator for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Who is going to cultivate and sustain an insurgency in Iran?
Just trying to think about this logically with the facts at hand.
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ErnestEndeavor said:Photos have now confirmed the destruction of a AN/TPY-2 Forward Based X-band Transportable Radar operated by the U.S. Army, following an Iranian drone attack earlier this week targeting Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. The AN/TPY-2 is the primary ground-based air surveillance… pic.twitter.com/54QyQCxNVW
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 7, 2026
That is impressive. The Iranians managed to hit a (semi) mobile radar using a drone? Using GPS?
akaggie05 said:Dan Scott said:
Something happening at Dubai airport. Planes are being diverted or circling
Four Emirates A380s holding for a while now. They will likely have to divert if they can't head in to DXB soon.
Yup probably an attack on the city. Sirens reported too.
Does not bode well for my flight through there on the 15th.
There is a ton of GPS spoofing in the area as well, but this does look like a legit holding pattern
According to the Saudi Ministry of Defense 4 Iranian drones were tracked and intercepted while heading towards the Shaybah Oil Field. So far, 20 Iranian drones have targeted the highly profitable facility. pic.twitter.com/C6eK5n2eLM
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 7, 2026
Iran determined the 12-Day War was a "strategic mistake" and "the most one-sided war they had ever fought," causing them to decide to change to a "mosaic strategy" where individual commanders were given the autonomy to keep striking, even if cut off from their superiors - WSJ
— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) March 7, 2026
docb said:
I'm mainly just comparing how hard it was for Israel to finally clear out Gaza and that is a small piece of land.
The populace in Gaza supported Hamas. I have no idea why, but they did and still do. The populace in Iran is fed up with this regime. Completely different situation.
Maybe true, maybe not.
I've read conflicting takes on this apparent attack on the radome at DXB. Apparently flights resumed since (this was a few hours ago?).
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that Iran will halt missile attacks on neighboring countries unless provoked, following temporary leadership council approval.https://t.co/mF7rwhuH0M
— Clash Report (@clashreport) March 7, 2026
I've read conflicting takes on this apparent attack on the radome at DXB. Apparently flights resumed since (this was a few hours ago?).
POV (25.2333276, 55.3769011) pic.twitter.com/006r64qQ55
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 7, 2026
US President Trump:
— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) March 7, 2026
Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. pic.twitter.com/OSS2pXK5fq
Putting this here because it indicates a shift in targeting. What that is? I dunno, but the guy has a way with words.
nortex97 said:US President Trump:
— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) March 7, 2026
Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time. pic.twitter.com/OSS2pXK5fq
Putting this here because it indicates a shift in targeting. What that is? I dunno, but the guy has a way with words.
Interesting, so Iran "promises" to not attack its neighbors, and Trump responds with an even heavier bombing? Tightening the noose on Iran, but that is not going to make the Arabs happy (not that they have a choice). The Emirates for sure is losing billions of dollars every day
Admiral Nelson said:docb said:
I'm mainly just comparing how hard it was for Israel to finally clear out Gaza and that is a small piece of land.
The populace in Gaza supported Hamas. I have no idea why, but they did and still do. The populace in Iran is fed up with this regime. Completely different situation.
Because they are Palestinian. They don't like anybody or anything. Seriously. They've been kicked out whereever they've gone.
Iran is far more modern, and there is a significant part of the populace that doesn't want it to be a theocratic state.
bonfarr said:Dan Scott said:
That's likely 50 year old airplane. Wonder if it was parked or something was trying to fly away
It was a 747 freighter delivered in the 1970s that the Iranians converted to a tanker for aerial refueling.BREAKING: The world’s last surviving KC-747 (Boeing 747-131F tanker) aircraft was just targeted and destroyed by the United States Air Force at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran. This footage shows the aircraft on fire.
— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) March 7, 2026
The aircraft type—originally delivered in the… pic.twitter.com/tXFehtl2W3
I won't lie, that's a little disappointing. Last of an era.
There is speculation that the Russian-sourced FindFace system Iran uses has been hacked by the Israeli's/CIA and this is how targeting/assassinations has been facilitated, by tracking the security teams assigned to key leaders.
That is an incomplete picture of the Iranian security state apparatus, imho. It would be surprising really if Mossad didn't hack into this system, given their penchant for getting into even the nuclear program software/data in Iran.
Reports that they did so surfaced a few days ago such as here.
The obvious implication is that the Israeli's are still gathering/collecting/analyzing data, as such.
Quote:
FindFace gradually spread through the Islamic Republic starting in 2020, according to contracts consulted by Forbidden Stories and its partners. One contract revealed that Kama granted a company called BPO a license for the facial recognition software on November 3, 2020, for an "unlimited period."
The tool, purchased for 4 billion rials, or approximately 80,000 at the time, could identify "100 million faces" from previously recorded images and videos later uploaded to the system "in less than 3 seconds." Furthermore, the "system has no intrinsic limit."
"Offline mode" is incredibly effective, according to Fatemi.
"They can save every possible video, download anything from social media, capture all kinds of data, and integrate it. Then they can process the images offline to identify each person, without deploying law enforcement officers on the streets. They can arrest people later, once the situation is calmer, and they have the necessary resources to arrest or interrogate that person."
BPO is not only "one of the largest suppliers of electronic, telecommunications and IT equipment in Iran," as the company's website states. It is also a shell company that the regime uses to conceal its confidential acquisitions. Signatures on a different contract link BPO to Iranian authorities. The contract, signed in 2021 for nearly 9 billion rials (approximately 180,000 at the time), focused on real-time identification from surveillance cameras, rather than running previously recorded footage or images through the technology.
The contract provided for 200 of these cameras, supported by a database of "300 million events" with "event" referring to the algorithm identifying a face. Again, there are no limits on the license duration or the number of faces that can be recorded.
That is an incomplete picture of the Iranian security state apparatus, imho. It would be surprising really if Mossad didn't hack into this system, given their penchant for getting into even the nuclear program software/data in Iran.
Reports that they did so surfaced a few days ago such as here.
Quote:
The people in the know said that the cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years. The cameras, ironically, are part of the regime's surveillance apparatus, which it uses to crack down on citizens and protesters. Sources told the outlet that the traffic footage from Tehran was scrambled and uploaded to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel.
The report claimed that one camera angle in particular was especially important. This is because it showed where the bodyguards and drivers of the late Ayatollah parked their personal cars. It also provided insight into the daily routines in the compound near Tehran's Pasteur Street what time they arrived and left and whom they escorted.
CNN quoted US and Israeli intelligence officials as saying they had intricately mapped out Khamenei's daily life, including "where he lived, whom he met with, how he communicated and where he might retreat under threat of attack."
The obvious implication is that the Israeli's are still gathering/collecting/analyzing data, as such.
deddog said:nortex97 said:
Putting this here because it indicates a shift in targeting. What that is? I dunno, but the guy has a way with words.
Interesting, so Iran "promises" to not attack its neighbors, and Trump responds with an even heavier bombing? Tightening the noose on Iran, but that is not going to make the Arabs happy (not that they have a choice). The Emirates for sure is losing billions of dollars every day
Dude, Trump said he wanted an unconditional surrender. A promise to stop firing at everything and everyone in the ME that moves IS NOT AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. Seems pretty simple to me.
And who cares if the Emirates are losing millions a day, its not billions. IF Trump sticks to is word this is over when IRAN truly surrenders .
I wish to god this was real
There have been many rumors circulating on social media claiming that IRGC Brigadier General Esmail Qaani was recently executed in Iran for allegedly spying for the Mossad.
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) March 7, 2026
Some reports say he was arrested.
Others say he was interrogated.
Some say he was executed.
Others insist… pic.twitter.com/wNdsVbd1C1
It...is.
David M Keyes is...pretty credible, fwiw.
Okay, wait! WHAT? I thought that was a running gag to get Iran to off one of their own. https://t.co/bg8ayhMz1L
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 6, 2026
Notice anything odd about Gen. Qaani's glasses? Since he's back in Israel, I can now reveal that Israel's Unit 81 in partnership with Snapchat developed this pair of AR glasses which secretly transmitted everything Qaani saw to Israel. Only pair ever made and helped win the war. pic.twitter.com/CEcvAriI7e
— David Keyes (@DavidMKeyes) March 7, 2026
David M Keyes is...pretty credible, fwiw.
Iranians "promising" to stop firing missiles at their neighbors is reminiscent of the Black Knight scene out of Monty Python's Holy Grail where the limbless knight offered to call it a draw. All this promise means is that their capabilities have been degraded to the point that they can't continue firing missiles at their neighbors and/or it's not working
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Sounds like Ground invasion starting in Lebanon. All Civilians in Souththern Lebanon told to evacuate.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-repeats-warning-for-civilians-to-evacuate-all-of-southern-lebanon/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-repeats-warning-for-civilians-to-evacuate-all-of-southern-lebanon/
Keyes is not credible on this. Look at his feed. It's lots of jokes.
No, this isn't true. It's satire from DavidMKeyes, who's been running a long-running prank series claiming IRGC Gen. Esmail Qaani is secretly an Israeli asset (twins, summer camp recruitment, F-35 rides, awards, etc.). Unit 81 is real IDF tech unit, but no AR glasses, Snapchat…
— Grok (@grok) March 7, 2026
I fell for this last night and posted it before doing more research and I ended up deleting the post. This Iranian guy has been an inside joke in Israel for years apparently because he seems to have nine lives always escaping death while others around him are toast.
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deddog said:Admiral Nelson said:docb said:
I'm mainly just comparing how hard it was for Israel to finally clear out Gaza and that is a small piece of land.
The populace in Gaza supported Hamas. I have no idea why, but they did and still do. The populace in Iran is fed up with this regime. Completely different situation.
Because they are Palestinian. They don't like anybody or anything. Seriously. They've been kicked out whereever they've gone.
Iran is far more modern, and there is a significant part of the populace that doesn't want it to be a theocratic state.
There is a massive gulf between wanting something and doing something.
Large Scale assault against Iran will not cause regime change US intelligence reports.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-us-intelligence-report-found-large-scale-iran-assault-unlikely-to-cause-regime-collapse/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-us-intelligence-report-found-large-scale-iran-assault-unlikely-to-cause-regime-collapse/
There are 90 million Iranians. Probably 20 million will never give up their identity. Even if we are able to overthrow the current government. The new regime will be under immediate attack by the believers. Trump needs to do maximum damage to the mullahs and goverments military. Then call it a win....victory and walk away.
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