Senator Ted Cruz on Iran:

Mossad’s intelligence penetration is extraordinary.

A U.S. warship fired its deck gun at an Iranian vessel that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in the Arabian Sea, but missed.

A U.S. helicopter then struck the vessel with two Hellfire missiles.

The status of the Iranian ship and crew is unknown.

Source: CBS

The United States is preparing a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, mainly including PAC-3 and NASAMS air-defense missiles.

The deal is reportedly ready for approval by Trump, but officials may wait until after his planned late-March trip to Beijing to meet China’s President Xi Jinping before announcing it.

If approved, it would be the largest U.S. weapons sale to Taiwan ever, with another $6 billion in additional defense systems possibly following.

Source: Reuters

Stephen Miller on Iran:

There has never in history been a more total, asymmetric, one-sided annihilation of the enemy than what is unfolding right now in Iran.

NATO's SACEUR General Alexus Grynkewich:

What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve.

US Representative Randy Fine:

We need more Islamophobia, not less.

Fear of Islam is rational.

Brazilian President Lula:

Here in South America, we place ourselves as a region of peace. Here no one has a nuclear bomb.

Here our drones are for agriculture, for science and technology, and not for war. So, we think of defense as deterrence.

But if we don't prepare ourselves on the issue of defense, one day someone will invade us.

📸 A USAF KC-135 Stratotanker involved in a mid-air collision over Iraq landed in Tel Aviv with nearly half of its vertical stabilizer missing.

Trump on Mojtaba Khamenei:

I think he is probably alive. I ​think he is damaged, but I think he's probably alive in some form, ‌you ⁠know.

Source: Fox News

Japan will not send Self-Defense Forces to remove mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament.

Two people were killed after drones crashed in Oman’s Sohar province.

A US Air Force refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a military operation, with at least five crew members on board, according to the US military. Officials said the incident was not caused by hostile or friendly fire, and rescue efforts are ongoing.

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Despite heavy U.S.–Israeli airstrikes, about 60% of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed, but the remaining mobile launchers continue operating, making them hard to target.

Iran’s missile and drone attacks have dropped by over 80%, though Tehran still retains significant strike capability.

Source: Bloomberg

The United States has issued a 30-day waiver allowing countries to buy Russian oil stranded at sea, aiming to ease soaring global energy prices caused by the Iran conflict and disruptions in Middle East oil shipping.

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French Military Base Targeted

A French soldier was killed and several others wounded in a drone attack on a joint Peshmerga-French military base in Mahmur, northern Iraq, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed.

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"Gravest Crime in History" Ghana Pushes UN Vote on Slavery Reparations

Ghana plans to submit a UN General Assembly resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime in history & calling for reparations, with support expected from African & Caribbean states despite opposition from some European governments.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was abruptly pulled from a live interview after being told “the President wants you right away.”

After returning, his voice was noticeably shaken.