🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 #US Military Buildup in the Middle East

➡️ Air Mobility & Logistics:

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇮🇷At least five USTRANSCOM Boeing 747s have been deployed from the US to #Europe and subsequently to the Middle East from Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy bases.
🤍Aerial refueling tankers are accompanying F-35 fighters heading to the Middle East.


➡️Special Operations / CSAR Capablities:

🛰🇺🇸🇴🇲🇮🇷 Satellite imagery confirms three CMV-22B Osprey aircraft at Duqm Airport (#Oman). They arrived from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on January 26.

⚓️Naval Assets (5th Fleet Area of Operations):

Currently deployed in the region:

• 1 Aircraft Carrier (USS Abraham Lincoln)
• 8 Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers
• 3 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
• 2 Nuclear Submarines

📄Deployment Details:

🤍 Arabian Sea: USS Abraham Lincoln CSG + Strike Group 3.
🤍Persian Gulf: Destroyers USS McFaul and USS Mitscher, plus LCS units.
🤍Red Sea / Mediterranean: Destroyers USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), and USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119). All are Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA).

🚀 Strike Potential (Tomahawk Count):

• USS Georgia (SSGN-729): Ohio-class guided-missile submarine carrying 154 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles.

• USS South Dakota (SSN-790): Virginia-class (Block III) submarine carrying 12 Tomahawk missiles.

⏺Total Estimated Firepower: Analysts calculate approximately 422 Tomahawk cruise missiles currently in theater, ready to strike high-value targets.

➡️ 🇮🇷🇷🇺🇨🇳 #Iran, #Russia, and #China announced that they will hold joint naval exercises called "Maritime Security Belt" in the northern Indian Ocean in February, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.


⚡️⚡️UPD: MAJOR SHIFT

New Reports indicate the sudden CANCELLATION of joint naval exercises between Iran, Russia, and China.

• Analysis: The removal of these "allied" assets from the potential combat zone removes a significant geopolitical "shield" for Iran.

#MiddleEast

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NUCLEAR MONDAY NEWS

🌍 #Europe
🇸🇪☢️🇬🇧🇫🇷 #Sweden has been in talks with the #UK and #France regarding the development of its own nuclear weapons or their deployment on its territory — since 1968.

🌎 #USA #Middle_East
🇮🇷☢️ ⚔️🇺🇸#Iran is preparing to defend its key nuclear facilities, despite WSJ reports that US airstrikes on Iran are not expected in the immediate future.

However, according to the publication, "the US continues to deploy air defense systems to the region in case of an Iranian response."
This phrase itself sounds quite surreal — a "response" to an "unasked question"? Well, ok.

New imagery released by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) shows:

• Activity at a tunnel in Isfahan

• Renovations of surface buildings in Isfahan and Karaj
(details)

🇺🇸✈️ At least a pair of US Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft deployed to the Middle East on January 30 were equipped with the latest ALQ-249 jamming pods, developed under the Next Generation Jammer program.

The new electronic suppression system replaces the previous ALQ-99 jammers and reached operational capability at the turn of 2024-2025.

Like its predecessor, the cutting-edge ALQ-249 handles the suppression of air defense systems, radars, and communication channels, but with significantly greater efficiency and range. According to Venezuelan military testimonies, the new complexes were used, among other things, to provide aerial electronic cover during the US operation to capture Maduro on January 3.

‼️ #Russia #Kremlin_Gambit
🇷🇺☢️🇮🇷 On January 29, Reuters and other outlets reported (citing TASS and Interfax): "Russia is preparing its personnel at the Bushehr nuclear power plant for evacuation from #Iran."
State corporation Rosatom announced its readiness to evacuate up to 400 Russian specialists from the Bushehr NPP in Iran amid the threat of US military strikes — TRT.

Although this news from official Russian sources was deleted just as quickly as the "nuclear train" story on January 27, it had the effect of a bombshell. As a result, Trump quickly backpedaled, as we reported yesterday.

As is well known to everyone, Rosatom does not build nuclear power plants on credit around the world out of charity (especially in key locations and areas near American military bases, as was once the case in Egypt).

Previously, Likhachev unequivocally warned that "any attack on Bushehr could cause a catastrophe comparable to the Chernobyl accident in 1986."

Now, the CEO of Rosatom has added that a "ban on purchases of Russian nuclear fuel would 'jeopardize' Europe's nuclear safety."

🔴 The most surprising thing here is that on Sunday morning, February 1, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 occurred in the city of Asaluyeh in Bushehr province.

➡️According to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, citing IRNA, the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles); tremors were recorded 24 km (15 miles) from Asaluyeh, 32 km (20 miles) from Kushkrar in Hormozgan province, and 45 km (28 miles) from Galehdar in Fars province.

"Coincidence? We don't think so."

❗️🇷🇺☢️🇺🇸The last major nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia (New START / SNV-3) expires on February 5, 2026 — the new scheduled date for the final deal in Abu Dhabi.

Key provisions of the treaty included:
● A limit of 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
● A limit of 700 deployed delivery systems (ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers).

🇺🇸🇮🇷 WSJ: Official American sources have informed countries in the region that Trump has still not made a decision on whether to attack Iran.

#Russia issues Ultimatum
🇷🇺🇺🇸 "Russia has handed over proposals to the US to remove barriers to a full recovery of relations between Moscow and Washington" — Russian Foreign Ministry.

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#US vs. #IRAN #War
🔥Second phase of the war: neither oil nor water
ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE IN THE MIDDLE EAST · Part 3: #LOSSES

🗺 The first map shows the deployment of US Air Force strategic bombers for strikes on Iranian territory.

Math puzzles:
🇺🇸 According to US sources, more than 200 strikes were carried out on Iranian targets over the past 72 hours.
🇮🇱 As a reminder, Israel claims 300 targets were hit only in the last 24 hours alone.

⚡️💵The State Department approved an emergency $151.8 million deal to sell Israel 12,000 BLU-110 bombs.
According to the IDF, more than 6,500 various munitions have been dropped on Iran since the start of the military operation.

🇮🇶 Yesterday: US troops supported by AH-64 Apache attack helicopters engaged in combat with Iranian proxies in Mosul, Iraq, according to local sources (video).

⚡️🇬🇧 Today: US Air Force B-1B Lancer long-range bombers arrived at RAF Fairford in the UK en route to the Middle East.

❗️ 🇦🇪 Chinese satellite imagery shows visible damage from Iranian attacks on Al Dhafra Air Base in the #UAE, where US forces are stationed.

🛰 Planet Labs satellite imagery reveals at least 17 aircraft, most of them civilian, destroyed in yesterday's US and Israeli attacks on Mehrabad International Airport.

SUDDENLY:
‼️🇺🇸 The Pentagon has cancelled major exercises of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division.

Analysts believe one of the military's premier units, specializing in large-scale invasion operations, may be deployed to the Middle East.

➡️ Putin did the same thing back in the day: he committed his best troops in the first days of the war.

⚡️🇮🇱 🇦🇿 Israeli officials expressed confidence that #Azerbaijan will join the war against Iran "in the very near future."
➡️ Azerbaijan — a former Soviet republic — is under Turkey's umbrella and is increasingly distancing itself from Moscow.

🔴 KEY TAKEAWAY (map 2):

➡️ US financial losses (confirmed by the Pentagon) — at least $2.52B.

⏺ AN/FPS-132 air defense radar system worth $1.1 billion — Qatar;

⏺ AN/TPY-2 radar from the THAAD system worth $500 million — UAE;

⏺ At least three F-15E Strike Eagle fighters worth a combined $282 million — Kuwait (total losses: five F-15Es, 2 unconfirmed, plus one F-16 and possibly one F-35);

⏺ Three AN/GSC-52B satellite communication terminals worth a combined $30 million — Kuwait;

⏺ Two AN/GSC-52B satellite communication terminals worth a combined $20 million — Bahrain;

⏺ AN/TPY-2 radar from the THAAD system worth $500 million — Jordan;

⏺ Three MQ-9 Reaper drones worth a combined $90 million — in Iran.

💸🪖 NYT: The war against Iran cost the US at least $6B in the first week
About $4B of this amount was spent on munitions, primarily on missile interception systems.


➡️ 🇪🇺 #Europe under fire:
🔥🇳🇴 An explosion occurred on the grounds of the US Embassy in Oslo, #Norway (video).

🇵🇱 In Warsaw, #Poland, metro stations are being stocked with supplies to shelter the population in the event of a major war (video).
"Thanks," Trump!

⚡️⚡️UPD:
💀 Iran reported 104 sailors were killed and 32 wounded in U.S. Submarine Strike on Frigate Dena on March 4, 2026.

The vessel, carrying 136 crew members, was returning from the MILAN 2026 multinational naval exercise hosted by India.
20 crew members are missing; the wounded are in Sri Lanka.

The US confirmed the strike — The Global Eye

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#US vs #IRAN — is it REALLY over?

Trump: "We're done, but we're not done."
⚡️🇺🇸 The U.S. operation against Iran is over, Trump said in a Fox News interview.

"This morning we got a call from the right people, the right ones, and they want to make a deal."

According to Vance, "The U.S. has achieved its goals in Iran, which is why they're winding down the military operation" — Fox News


⚡️🇺🇸 The U.S. has fully blockaded Iranian ports and completely halted maritime trade with Iran in less than 36 hours — CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper

🇬🇧❌🇺🇸 The #UK did not join the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
🇪🇺🇫🇷🇬🇧 Europe is preparing a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the war, led by France and the UK, but without U.S. involvement — WSJ

⚡️🇮🇷 In the past 24 hours, 20 commercial vessels were allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz — Iran granted passage
Ships from Iran continue to cross Hormuz despite the U.S. blockade — Kpler Intelligence
Among them, a sanctioned Iranian VLCC supertanker capable of carrying up to 2 million barrels of crude oil passed through Hormuz

⚡️🇨🇳 Beijing called the US blockade dangerous and irresponsible
The U.S.-sanctioned Chinese tanker Rich Starry passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, carrying 250,000 barrels of methanol

🇮🇹❌🇮🇱 #Italy suspended the renewal of its defense cooperation agreement with #Israel

🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez:

"I firmly believe it is in the interest of both #Spain and #Europe to strengthen ties with #China."

🇸🇦❌🇺🇸 Saudi Arabia is urging the US to end the Hormuz blockade and resume negotiations, fearing escalation — WSJ
Iran could retaliate by blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait — a key oil export route.


➡️ The real reasons the war ended

🪖 LOSSES:
🇺🇸❌🚀U.S. Army spokesperson Jimmy Arter stated that the deployed artillery unit had exhausted its entire stock of Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) early in the war against Iran last month — Aviation Week

✈️ Following recent losses and damage to its tanker fleet, the U.S. Air Force was forced to return decommissioned KC-135 tankers to service, including a 68-year-old Stratotanker built in 1958 — Bild

🇮🇷🇨🇳 It has been revealed that Iran secretly acquired a Chinese-built spy satellite (TEE-01B) in late 2024 through the IRGC's aerospace division — FT
The satellite was used to monitor key U.S. military bases in the Middle East, providing real-time imagery and coordinates.
➡️ Compare this with U.S. and Israeli strikes based on 15-year-old Google Maps imagery (the strike on kid's school in Minab, carried out 2.5 hours before Trump's order)

⚡️Confirmed: U.S. Navy surveillance drone MQ-4C Triton crashed on April 9 over the Persian Gulf — TWZ
It suddenly descended and disappeared from radar
The drone, carrying critical reconnaissance technology, is valued at $238 million

🗺 Satellite imagery shows a U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter was hit by Iranian strikes at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, and a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter was damaged at Ali Al Salem Air Base

The losses don't end there
⏺ 399 U.S. service members have been wounded during the conflict with Iran

❗️The U.S. has lost 7 more MQ-9 Reaper drones, bringing the total number of destroyed MQ-9 Reapers to 24 — EGYOSINT

🚢 U.S. destroyers USS Michael Murphy and USS Frank E. Peterson narrowly avoided destruction in the Strait of Hormuz.

💸 Iran demands reparations
‼️🇮🇷🪙 🇧🇭🇸🇦🇶🇦🇦🇪🇯🇴 Iran has officially demanded compensation from #Bahrain, #Saudi_Arabia, #Qatar, the #UAE, and #Jordan, accusing them of facilitating U.S. and Israeli attacks by allowing the use of their airspace, bases, or territory.
Tehran is demanding full reparations of $270 billion.

➡️ UPD:
Trump lifted his own blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, saying he did so for the sake of China and the world.

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