Modi Is Under Fire ...

 ... one of the MPs in India's Parliament accuses Modi of kneeling before Israel while Khamenei became a martyr. 

The timing (and essence) of Modi's visit to Israel couldn't have been worse. And that is to put it mildly. 

Now to some "dawning" of the reality on those who thought they knew. Yeah, "paper" everything is a derivative enabler for speculation and manipulation. 

The oil futures paper market is likely underestimating the massive supply disruption that a closed Strait of Hormuz is creating in physical crude and fuel supply globally. Crude futures prices briefly spiked early this week to $119 per barrel, before retreating to the $90s and trading at $100 a barrel early on Friday in Asian trade. However, the premium of physical Dubai crude has surged to $38 per barrel over its paper equivalent, according to data compiled by Reuters columnist Clyde Russell. The wide gap between paper and physical prices suggests that supply is being immediately choked off. But traders on the paper market appear to believe that the record-high emergency stocks release and the U.S. Administration’s scrambling to calm the markets with comments that the war will end soon would ease the upward pressure on oil prices.

I want to reiterate--average "trader" on any paper market is nothing but a product (at best) of some MBA program from Ivy League degree mill and knows nothing about real world and how it operates. It is a crowd ready to buy any political BS as long as it serves short term speculation and profit. I will reiterate--the US doesn't have strategic intelligence and strategic forecasting as a craft in principle. What passes for both is an academic and ideological fraud. 

Idiocracy In Action.

It is constantly in a front of our faces, when I speak and write about it--this thing is upfront, so much so that we simply do not pay attention to it, but here is why US military is reduced to what it is today and it was inevitable. Just listen to this:

These cretins put Dollar sign on everything, not understanding that firepower, operational-tactical impact, technological effect CAN NOT be measured in Dollars. Especially in the military which is grotesquely overrated and overpriced. So, how do you "measure" Dollar-wise this? 

In accordance to Chinese satellite images, USS Gerald Ford is now in the Red Sea near Jeddah. 

Here is how it looks on the map range-wise. 

Roughly between 1,100 and 1,600 kilometers away positions from which Iran can launch something which obviously has a rather extended range and can reach the most valuable US Navy's asset--CVN. Remember this from 16 years ago? 

Fortress at Sea? The Carrier Invulnerability Myth. America's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, especially in today's irregular, asymmetric warfare climate, could be little more than slow-moving targets.

"Could be" is a wrong term, they ARE. The warning has come true. With it came a complete bankruptcy of US military across financial, doctrinal, operational and technological terms. 

In related news, "mighty" French Air Force almost ran out of air-to-air missiles))

France Defense Minister Le Corny (ahem;)) gathers the emergency meeting, while the US ... dazzles with its production. 

The United States builds about 90 Tomahawk missiles per year—far too few to maintain its current rate of fire against Iran.

That's about 3-4 days worth of Russia's expenditure of Kh-101, 3M14(M) Kalibrs and 3M22 Zircons with P-800 Onyx. This is for those people who still cannot wrap their brains around the scale of SMO. 

MREGA And American ...

 ... tragedy. 

When You Are An Idiot ...

 ... who knows how to write a code, at best)

Yes, the whole world saw your "targeting" and US military impotence. The phrase "military meritocracy" made me spill my coffee. Pentagon has no clue what real war is. Operationally it is almost embarrassing, strategically--amateurs. 

I Am Not Implying One Way ...

 ... or another, but it looks like BiBi is not present. Whatever they say in Hebrew. 

Comic Relief.

 We all need it)) About strategery. 

Muscovites Continue To Bring ...

... flowers, icons and children's toys to Iran's Embassy. Especially toys in memory of 171 innocent children ... Russians know, they had atrocity of Beslan directed by "intel services of unfriendly countries". 

Meanwhile 

The Trump administration is using up its stockpiles of missiles and other munitions during its war in Iran at a completely unsustainable rate, according to a report. Sources told the Financial Times the U.S. has already burned through “years” worth of missiles since the Middle East conflict began on Feb. 28, raising concerns about the spiraling cost of the war and whether the U.S. military will be able to replenish its arsenal.

I will reiterate, the US does not know what REAL war is, period. All "operations" by the US are designed against third rate enemies and are nothing more than a burst of "shock and awe" against people who cannot shoot back, developing of the fifth column to overthrow the "regime" and voila'--that's the American Way of War. Pete Hegseth is a product of this "culture" and he thought that he knows. He knows shit, because he is ROTC product with degree in "politics" and has no grasp of strategy of REAL war. Not surprising with his "experience" from Afghanistan. 

For people who still do not understand what is going on with the US arsenals, I want to reiterate--in comparison, in SMART munitions only Russia produces ORDER of magnitude (x 10 and even more) those munitions ranging from laser guided rounds to loitering munitions. Per bombs with UMPK--I don't know, 30 times more? And, then, of course, missiles--all kinds from stand off weapons ranging from Kh-101, 3M14(M), Kinzhals, 3M22 Zircons, P-800 Oniks and, of course, air defense missiles--the US does not even register here. It is simply insignificant. So, make your own conclusions. Now, to those who compare Iran and Russia--two different intensities of a conflict, two different weight categories. So, I remind you now sacramental from A.A. Svechin, Valery Gerasimov quotes him:

Memorize and internalize it, this may help in orienting oneself in the complexities of the warfare and geopolitics.