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According to reports, the downed object may belong to the UAE.

I could be wrong, but based on the available footage, it appears to possibly be a Rafale fighter jet.

However, there is no official confirmation at this stage. https://t.co/SxDH8xuatQ pic.twitter.com/QTgF9uvv0X

— Defence Index (@Defence_Index) May 23, 2026 THIS BEARS WATCHING! I HAVE NOT BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE AIRMANSHIP OF UAE AVIATORS BUT TO BE SHOT DOWN BY A DRONE????

Instagram can be one huge joke but this one is verified. Wonder what else the Catholic Church is hiding? View this post on Instagram

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BREAKING:

• The IRGC is limiting authority: Araghchi and Ghalibaf can continue talks with the Americans — but without the power to commit or guarantee anything
• A rollback from previous understandings regarding 60% enriched uranium (450 kg)
• The message from Tehran: talks —… pic.twitter.com/Vwg9m1r7oI

— דרור בלאזאדה | Dror Balazada (@DBalazada) April 23, 2026 The difference between real estate and nation state diplomacy...especially in the Middle East. In real estate you're dealing with rationale people. In the Middle East you're dealing with religious zealots. Full stop. No debate. Having said that, all the bluffs and bluster did nothing but harden the hearts of the hardliners in Iran. In essence they're telling us to do it or shut up. Unfortunately Trump has placed our credibility on the line. We gotta make them "find out". Troops on the ground? I think we have to seize a couple of islands. Other than that no need to put people on the mainland except for Special Ops bubbas. The main effort will once again be our air power but smarter this time. Long range missiles from height...anything to minimize the threat to our air crews. Trump backed himself into a corner. Netanyahu is pushing to continue. I believe the Gulf States want Iran eradicated but most importantly we can't afford another black eyes from a country in the Middle East. We fight. We take whatever it is we want taken and we get the fuck out. No rebuilding. No pushing for Jeffersonian democracy. Just win the fight and leave the bar.

The US Army is training with MV-22s at JRTC, FT Polk LA. They're getting ready to induct the MV-75 into their ranks and most notably the 101st is leading the way. Want to talk some basic innovation that the Army is already talking about before they get their new rides? They're planning on using unmanned tankers to refuel their new birds in the air. You can bet that for the really long range stuff those tankers will be modified to be ISR platforms and maybe even flex into the attack role. Additionally if they follow the same trend that they have with the UH-60 then you'll see the MV-75 flex into the gunship role too. The total focus of Marine Corps leadership on Force Design 2030 has caused other necessary, damn near obvious solutions fall by the wayside.

一个视频讲清楚无人机与坦克的斗法。 pic.twitter.com/3O5PFOP7ww

— 乔华莘 (@qiaohuanxin) April 15, 2026

Oil Tanker Going To China Forced To Reverse Course Before Crossing Hormuz Under US Blockade https://t.co/kKgASjIRqA

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 13, 2026

https://t.co/YAFhMBm7hA

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) April 12, 2026

In recent days the ONLY people benefiting from Gulf transit were the Iranians...who were extracting exorbitant fees from whatever rogue nation was willing to risk a transit. With a blockade...their economy will be choked...and the US and our allies are no worse off than we were… pic.twitter.com/K9qvHTWyhO

— Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. (@stavridisj) April 12, 2026

Big Development:
If PM Shahbaz Sharif is travelling to KSA on emergency basis that likely means USA and Iran are agreed that Pakistan and KSA will be doing joint patrolling of the Strait of Hormuz: my sources in Washington DC confirm.

— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) April 11, 2026

#BREAKING: video of our technically superior and rapidly fieldable 155mm K9 Mobile Howitzer being put through its paces.

Welcome to the Unfair Fight.

More detail: https://t.co/1ZPZMwymgj#FIRESSymposium #KingOfBattle pic.twitter.com/jwa57lmJp0

— Hanwha Defense USA (@HanwhaDefenseUS) April 10, 2026

 

A Perseus Defense Harpe Missile System rocket is test fired during a 1st Cavalry Division led exercise of Golden Shield on Fort Hood, Texas, April 7, 2026. This event is the experimentation and testing phase of Project Golden Shield, where capability providers are testing out new counter-UAS technologies in a field environment for the first time, with the goal of improving their systems with feedback from the Troopers and Soldiers that would be implementing them on the modern battlefield. (Army photo by Spc. Julian Winston)

GREAT NEWS! Good job boys!

BREAKING: According to CENTCOM, the second U.S. Air Force CSAR team sent into Iran to rescue the crew of the downed F-15E of the 494th Fighter Squadron has successfully located and rescued the second crew member.

He ejected, survived the crash, and is now safe in Iraq.

This is… pic.twitter.com/BdpsMYA3fl

— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) April 3, 2026