This too. Besides for terror attacks don't forsee much threat to the embassies in the middle east being in direct military threat from Iran. Their missiles are not that 'precise' and Iran is quite far away from everyone but Iraq really. Drones are a issue. But think the drones will be used on Israel or US bases, not embassies.
Oh we can help.
Help the Alatollah terrorist leadership to their next life. 
Killing the leadership is rarely helpful. They have their own sort of government and it is not changing course overnight like a true dictatorship can.Oh we can help.
It's just unfortunate we will see yet again a terrorist state commit national suicide against its own innocent people. Alatollah will bring every last Iranian citizen down with them if they can. The Alatollah are true terrorist scumbags and can NEVER be aloud to have nuclear weapons.
Lets say my comment was in regards to my gutt feeling things will go sideways. *IF* they do. I'm sure Israel or US knows exactly where those cowardly scumbags are hiding in which hole in the ground and snuff them out.
Getting flash-backs of the night right before Russia invaded Ukraine. None stop intense cargo flights.
Military transport aircraft with the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC), most originally coming from Osan Air Base in South Korea, are continuing to arrive today in the Middle East, this includes a C-5M “Super Galaxy” currently crossing Turkey. Over two dozens flights originating from Osan have arrived at Isa Air Base in Bahrain, as well as other U.S. and allied air bases in the region over the last week, believed to likely be carrying air-defense systems, such as the U.S. Army’s MIM-104 “Patriot” surface-to-air missile system and/or the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile defense system.
It has been nonstop for a month. The media has just picked up on it. (Or I suppose, just now choose to report on it.)Getting flash-backs of the night right before Russia invaded Ukraine. None stop intense cargo flights.
I mean over 2 dozen (known) flights in just little over a day? I don't think so.
I have said my piece. It and you are not at odds or mutually exclusive.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Russia and China only have small contingency of 3-5 ships and both seem married to their port interest in the gulf and Djebouti.
Taken solely as an airlift of air and air defence it seems to be the largest lift in the Mideast since the Iraqi invasion.
Needs to stay that way, for a while. That said the last time we were pounding the snot out of the Iranian navy there was a Russian ship that sailed right through the combat and said they were just here to take notes. (That was back in the 80s)
There’s never been more strategic air power outside the United States post Cold War, that I am aware of.
Correct, most excellent movie.
You’re absolutely right, this level of firepower concentrated outside the U.S. is unprecedented since the Cold War. Even during the 2003 invasion of Iraq while there was a massive deployment of forces it wasn’t this lopsided in terms of strategic air power.
It's unnerving because this isn’t just a show of force, it’s preparation for something that could spiral well beyond a limited strike.
It’s about smothering irans air and offensive and defensive missile forces Naval as well.You’re absolutely right, this level of firepower concentrated outside the U.S. is unprecedented since the Cold War. Even during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while there was a massive deployment of forces, it wasn’t this lopsided in terms of strategic air power.
What’s happening now is crazy. This is a rapid buildup of high end, precision strike capabilities; B-1s, B-52s, F-22s, F-35s, aircraft carriers, and now a surge of cargo planes moving supplies across multiple theaters. This kind of force projection isn’t about protracted ground war. This is about achieving air dominance and rapid destruction of high value targets with minimal if not no boots on the ground.
Even the buildup prior to Desert Storm in 1991 doesn’t compare to this, at least not in terms of raw aerial firepower positioned so quickly and so strategically. Back then, we had months to move everything into place. This is happening in weeks.
The only other comparison that even comes close might be the nuclear readiness posture during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but even that was a Cold War standoff, not an active lead up to a possible kinetic conflict like this.
If this is just about Iran’s nuclear facilities, the firepower is overkill. But if it’s about preparing for a wider regional war or deterring multiple adversaries (Iran, Hezbollah, Houthis, and maybe even Russia or China trying to take advantage), then this level of force projection makes sense.
I actually think it’s about right if you want to damage and destroy as much of Iran’s nuclear capability as you can. Iran and spent close to 20 years dispersing their facilities. They have done a good job of fortify their structures and burying as much as possible. Some of these sites and there are hundreds, are going to take many strikes in the same locations again and again to reach their targets. We’re talking about thousands of sororities here.You’re absolutely right, this level of firepower concentrated outside the U.S. is unprecedented since the Cold War. Even during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while there was a massive deployment of forces, it wasn’t this lopsided in terms of strategic air power.
What’s happening now is different. This is a rapid buildup of high-end, precision-strike capabilities; B-1s, B-52s, F-22s, F-35s, aircraft carriers, and now a surge of cargo planes moving supplies across multiple theaters. This kind of force projection isn’t about protracted ground war. This is about achieving air dominance and rapid destruction of high value targets with minimal if not no boots on the ground.
Even the buildup prior to Desert Storm in 1991 doesn’t compare to this, at least not in terms of raw aerial firepower positioned so quickly and so strategically. Back then, we had months to move everything into place. This is happening in weeks.
The only other comparison that even comes close might be the nuclear readiness posture during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but even that was a Cold War standoff, not an active lead up to a possible kinetic conflict like this.
If this is just about Iran’s nuclear facilities, the firepower is overkill. But if it’s about preparing for a wider regional war or deterring multiple adversaries (Iran, Hezbollah, Houthis, and maybe even Russia or China trying to take advantage), then this level of force projection makes sense.
