Iran nuclear facilities destroyed? You must be kidding

 The American and Israeli terrorists have been bragging daily about how successful was their attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. They claimed to have delayed Iran's nuclear programme by a few years, then changed to a few months. The reports and satellite images have forced the Americans and Israelis to change their claims, from being obliterated to a little damage, and many red faces.

How serious was the damage to the Iranian facilities? The Israelis used conventional bombs that were not designed to penetrate deep bunkers. Obviously, they could not cause much damage to the Iranian underground facilities. 

The Americans bragged about their world best bunker penetrating bombs designed specifically to hit deep bunkers like those in Iran. The specs of the American bunker piercing bombs said that they could penetrate 60m of reinforced concrete or 21m of solid rock structure. The effectiveness of these bombs thus depends on how deep were the Iranian underground structures and protected by what material, reinforced concrete or solid rock foundation.

The Iranian nuclear sites were located in deep mountainous region. The heights of these mountains could easily be more than 10,000 feet or 3,000m. The Iranians did not need to dig deep into the ground to be a few hundred metres underground by just boring into the sides of the mountains. At any point, the underground facilities would be several times more than 60m deep, protected by reinforced concrete and solid mountain rock structures. Get the point?

The Iranians did not build their nuclear facilities under flat lands and had to dig deep into the earth. The mountains are the natural cover and protection for their nuclear facilities under them. What can bunker piercing bombs that could penetrate 60m or reinforced concrete or 21m of solid rock do? They could at best scratch the surface of the mountains, never would they get near to the Iranian underground facilities.

Given the protection from the mountains, and the limitations of the American bunker piercing bombs, the bombings were a complete waste of time and effort. What is 21m or 60m? They would not even shake the underground structures, let alone damaging them.

What do you think? Invincible Iron Dome, 100 per cent killed rate, bunker piercing bombs, and what more bullshitting coming from the Empire of Lies and Israel?

F35 in India - Mistrust in QUAD member

 Modi strutted around like a cock in the company of QUAD leaders. India has made it to the white men's club. They must have trusted India to be one of them. Then Britain flew in a F35 to Chennai to let Modi take a photo op in the pilot's seat. If only the Brits trusted the Indians.

No way. The Brits did not trust the Indians a wee bit, despite India being a core member of the QUAD. Oops, the Brits were not in the QUAD. This must be the reason. The trouble ridden F35 had to make an emergency landing in Chennai, India and unable to return to its mothership, the Brit's aircraft carrier, Prince of Wales that were passing by.  

The Indians tried to help by offering to move the aircraft from the open tarmac into a hangar. The Brits refused the offer, fearing that inside the hangar when the Brits cannot keep an eye on it, the Indians could mess around with the aircraft. The Brits want the aircraft to be on the tarmac, despite exposing to weather, but not inside the hanger in the hands of the Indians. They are afraid that the Indians would steal the secrets of the F35 once out of their sight. 

This must be a big slap on Modi. The Indians probably would like to have a closeup view of the aircraft that they wanted to buy and promised by Trump in a deal. Unfortunately, they could not get near to the aircraft. Did the Americans have anything to do with the Brit's decision to park the aircraft in the open under the close watch of the Brit's pilots and crew flown in?

Whatever confidence and high hopes that the Indians think they have in becoming an ally of the Americans and the West turned into smokes. After 3 weeks in Chennai, the F35 is either going to be cut up and packed into a big transport aircraft to be sent back, or latest, might have been repaired and able to fly back on its own. No Indian can get close to it.

This is a rude awakening to Modi and the Indians. The white men have ungracefully told Modi and the Indians that they are not one of them, cannot be trusted even to take care of an aircraft. The only good thing coming out from this is that India can boast about having a F35 on its soil. Singapore had bought  more than a dozen, fully paid, but still got no chance to even have a look at the aircraft in the city state. This may not happen at all in the lifetime of many Singaporeans.

Would India still want to be a member of QUAD? Or would Modi be sobbing in the arms of Trump, complaining about the Brits? How real was Trump's offer to sell the F35 to India?

Trump still in his fantasy land

Trump and his administration think the whole world owes the USA a living. This is going to cost the USA dearly, having already driven friends and foes to go against his administration by almost totally ignoring his tariff deadlines or just telling him there is an alternative to the USA and the US$. It is going to be the whole Global South going against the USA and its cronies and sycophants.

Japan has almost been driven to manufacture cars in the USA since Trump's first term and yet is facing tariffs of 25% going forward. So does South Korea. These are close allies of the USA, supporting its agenda for decades and now being thrown under the bus. Next to be thrown under the bus will be India, if it still does not realize what is in store for its pacifying stance towards the USA. The USA is basically telling India to quit BRICS or face consequences. This is good news for BRICS if India were to be forced to quite the bloc by itself.

Recent news also emerged that Samsung has backtracked on its chip investments in Arizona, pulling back further investments for facilities supposed to start operation from 2024 to 2026, citing lack of a credible market to support further buildup of production facilities. This is a stark reality befalling all those chip makers building facilities in Arizona.

China is the main market for chips, and without the Chinese market, which is planning to be self-supporting going forward, the outlook for chipmakers in the USA is certainly not bright. Building chips just for the USA market alone is not feasible. The USA created this mess for itself by waking up the giant, trying to push China against the wall. It is going to backfire badly.

Trump is also pushing very hard for China to stop it from cutting off supplies of rare earth for USA manufacturing, both for commercial enterprises and the military. In fact, he is reported to have 'demanded' that China must not cut off supply chains from the USA. Trump thinks he is the emperor of China.


Anonymous

High cost of drugs. Americans' turn 'better to die than to get sick'

Wait a minute. Trump is going to impose a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals. The only thing not to do for USA consumer's healthcare cost is increasing the price of drugs by 200%, which is plain horrendous. I guess USA citizens have not heard of Singaporean's complaining that it is better to die than to fall sick. Of course not, when China is its medical supply chain of last resort for decades already.

China provides the raw materials, even those that India needs in the making of drugs. So does drug companies in the USA. In fact, China makes the raw ingredients that makes the drug work and the finished products, which are sold cheaply to the USA's big drug makers, and they do the packaging part using their brand names and allowed to mark up the prices like crazy. It is the same as with iPhones, luxury bags and Rolex watches. China does make low end products for the low-end buyers, but China can also do the high-end stuff for the right price. I think it is high time for China not to be nice and continue to help others make all the money with unbelievable profits at its expense and yet getting demonized.

I think China should just sit tight with the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and ship less consumer stuff to the USA and see who blinks first. I have been seeing reports that Trump is demanding that China must stop cutting off its supply chain to serve the USA market. It shows that Trump is losing his leverage on China. We shall see what happens the next couple of months when stockpiling has served its purpose of restocking shelves that would otherwise be empty by now.


Anonymous

Hypersonic missiles change the rules of modern warfare

Aircraft carriers are now sitting ducks in the face of hypersonic missiles. This is the reality developing, although no actual sinking of an aircraft carrier has been reported as yet. Even Stealth fighter jets are being countered by new radar systems capable of identifying them.

But the effectiveness of hypersonic missiles has already been proven in the 12-day Iran/Israel war, with Iran suspected of using hypersonic missiles that got through the 'Iron Dome' with ease despite all its various curtain of defense, causing all the damage to Israeli cities. These hypersonic missiles cannot be taken down by interceptor missiles like the Patriot, THAAD and whatever. The speed of hypersonic missiles just allows them to break through the 'Iron Dome' and makes those interceptors obsolete. Which is why the USA needed a truce between Iran and Israel, not otherwise. Israel has no defense against hypersonic missiles, and Iran has plenty of them.

Russia is also now using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine as well, which the USA via a vis NATO has still not been on board. Military establishments in the West are more interested in selling military equipment that caters to the mass and hypersonic developments have been sidelined. China, Russia and Iran have totally eclipsed them in this sector.


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