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Megathread for the US war on Iran | Week 25 of 2026 (europe.pub)
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This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).

Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.

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[–] vyitnoomyr@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

[2026-06-18] @Pataramesh@twitter.com: It all could have went very different for Iran if:

  • It had no missiles & drones able to penetrate opponents defenses and answer back... ↪️ 🇺🇲 + 🇮🇱 would have certainly hit Powerplants & bridges

  • It had no 60% enriched weaponizable Uranium... ↪️ Entirely possible that it's Missile Cities & Nuclear sites would have been hit by chemical or even tactical nuclear weapons

  • It had no persistent & credible control over the Strait of Hormuz on which world economy depends... ↪️ A U.S. naval & economic blockade could have put Iran under siege without any leverage to counter it with time on its side

  • It had no super-hardened Missile & Drone Cities... ↪️ U.S. & Israeli stand-off missile power, and Airpower, would have neutralized Iran's capability to hit back at will and persistently

  • It had no ambush-type air-defenses to hold opposing Airpower at risk... ↪️ 🇺🇲 & 🇮🇱 Airpower with low-cost guided bombs could have suppressed Missile & Drone launch operations and badly degrade Iran's missile launcher fleet

➡️ Only the combination of all of this, and more, lead to the outcome we witnessed

Iran is a very... different country...

[–] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Engineers, engineers, engineers. Iran has one the highest number of engineers in the world both in total and per capita. If you want to build a capable country you need engineers, and if you want engineers you need good education.