An anti-aircraft missile from the American Patriot PAC-3 system, in an attempt to intercept an Iranian drone, clearly hits a BAPCO oil facility in Bahrain.

Source: Военный обозреватель
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Oh, first time around, I thought it was an Iranian missile. Whoops. 🤣

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❗️The US government has asked satellite companies to restrict the filming of the conflict in Iran - the company Planet Labs.

Source: СМОТРИ
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What has suddenly happened? They don't want the public to see how obliterated Iran is? 😏

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The USA has lost at least seven military aircraft since the beginning of the conflict over Iran, reports CNN, citing sources.

According to its data, in addition to the F-15 fighter jet that was shot down on Friday and the A-10 attack aircraft that crashed on the same day, losses of five more aircraft are known.

Source: TASS
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The Republic of Korea is considering the possibility of resuming the purchase of oil and other energy resources from Russia. This was stated to TASS by the President of the Korean-Russian Business Council, Park Jung-ho.

However, he noted that for now, the issue is "only being internally reviewed".

Source: TASS
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Via Lost Armour:

The "Elka" air defense drone carried out a kinetic interception of a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike UAV at a distance of about 1,300 m. During the collision, the charge on the enemy UAV detonated. It's worth noting the confident work of the "Elka" operator.

Source: @faceofwar

Statistics on the use of "Elkas": https://lostarmour.info/tags/elka
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Okay. I'm sold, where can I buy one?

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About 40 percent of all US Navy attack submarines are out of service due to maintenance delays, according to the US Naval Institute’s report.

In essence, nearly half of the Navy’s essential underwater strike capability has been sidelined during peacetime.

This isn’t caused by a major war, but by ongoing neglect from the US government toward America’s critical naval shipyards.

There is one main reason why nearly half of the Navy’s attack submarines are idle in port, awaiting maintenance: the United States currently has only four public shipyards. These shipyards are old, overloaded, and understaffed.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report showing how demand for work has exceeded capacity.

National Security Journal:

Indeed, labor shortages at America’s few naval shipyards have lasted for decades.

Even more concerning, the infrastructure for these shipyards dates to World War II designs. They haven’t been significantly updated or made more efficient in 80 years.

The US has faced labor shortages in its shipyards for years. But the CBO goes further, estimating that demand for workers will exceed supply over the next 25 years. This ongoing worker deficit amounts to hundreds of thousands of workdays each year.

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I was thinking of Pete Hegseth today.

I think he missed this one from the sermon on the mount.

Matthew 5:
“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 📞 On April 5th, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, S.V. Lavrov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, Wang Yi.

During the conversation, the situation in the Persian Gulf was discussed, as well as international efforts to quickly end the confrontation in this important region and launch a political-diplomatic dialogue.

In this context, ways to strengthen Russian-Chinese cooperation on various international platforms, and primarily in the UN, were discussed. Satisfaction was expressed with the coincidence of Russia and China's approaches on most issues of the global agenda, including the situation around Iran, related to the unprovoked aggression of the USA and Israel against this country.

It was agreed to continue close coordination on the entire range of issues of mutual interest, which are on the agenda of the UN Security Council, including through the Permanent Representations of Russia and China to the UN in New York.

Source: Russian MFA
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Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ghalibaf: This Easter, pray for Martyr Simonyan who was the first Iranian Christian martyred by Israel last month.

His sacrifice is a testament to the unity of all Iranians in defense of our homeland.

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The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament responded to Trump's threats.

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On Fox News, Donald Trump stated that he believes Iran could come to a peaceful agreement with the USA tomorrow.

Not bloody likely, asshole...

He also claimed that he tried to send pro Pahlavi protesters in Iran weapons through the Kurds, but that he believes the Kurds kept the weapons for themselves.

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