Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
The American blockade has limited effectiveness because ships can just travel along the coast into Pakistani and then Indian coastal waters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__UF5R0Dok
Was the navy secretary fired because he wasn’t hard enough on Senator Mark Kelly for stating what is the basic policy of the military on obeying illegal orders?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaf4vmgy_EQ
An army more vulnerable to the flu, in both training and war, is a weaker army compared to one less vulnerable to the flu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQoQdnERus
“Hundreds of Afghan refugees who helped the United States fight the Taliban may be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo after the Trump administration halted their U.S. resettlement, an advocacy group said.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo, a Central African country where the Afghans have no ties, is experiencing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with more than 600,000 refugees there already after decades of armed conflict.
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Trump has blocked virtually all paths to the U.S. for Afghan allies, more than 190,000 of whom were resettled in the U.S. from August 2021 until mid-2025. Afghan allies and their family members have been detained by U.S. immigration officials, with one of them dying last month after less than 24 hours in custody. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the death of Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, was being investigated.)”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-may-send-afghan-allies-081118731.html
The US is developing a variety of advanced drones that complicate the threat the US can pose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS7LzyPpfcM
How some Iranians feel about the Iran war and the regime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtUWFoSWCk
Thanks to Trump repeatedly going back on deals, lying about deals, and pulling out of previous agreements, other countries can’t trust the United States. If a deal requires the US to actually follow through, especially if the other country has to give something first, then that deal is now unlikely because Trump can’t be trusted. This limits the possible deals the US can make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRe2-0lMY38
Trump is ranting in fear of losing and of being Jimmy Carter and then talking tough. He’s acting like he’s losing it. He’s being left outside of the Situation Room because he’s so erratic that he may jeopardize missions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noMerkjiwbo
In tough diplomacy, the world came together to prevent Iran from getting a nuke. Even Israeli intelligence said Iran was in compliance. Trump blew all that up by leaving the agreement unilaterally, claiming he could get a better deal. Instead, he gave us war.
The Obama-Iran deal set back Iranian nuclear development by over a decade, and was intended to be the start of negotiations and the relationship, not the final say. They hoped the next president, Hillary Clinton, could push deals forward. Instead, Trump was elected and took a different path.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUF8JIkRMSo
“It is already in the hands of deployed forces preparing for real-world missions.
At its core, SMASH is built around automated target tracking and real-time ballistic computation. When a shooter brings the optic onto a target, the system identifies and locks onto it using onboard visual processing. From there, it continuously analyzes movement, range estimation cues, and the shooter’s own weapon stability.
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The optic calculates when a projectile from the rifle will intersect the moving target’s path, accounting for variables such as target velocity, angle change, and shooter-induced sway. Rather than relying purely on instinct and reaction time, the system shifts the hardest part of the engagement into computation. It’s a game changer.
In operational terms, the trigger mechanism is also governed by this solution.
The weapon will not release a shot unless the calculated hit probability meets a defined threshold, though operators can override the system if required. This introduces a hybrid firing model: human intent still initiates engagement, but the system determines optimal timing.”
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/science/articles/iranian-drone-problem-forced-radical-131553282.html