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2026-05-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Two missiles hit US warship near Jask - IRGC media UPDATE: ‘twas just a warning shot

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-04 07:22|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1784 views ] Top
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1 [II]No US Navy ship hit by Iran missiles, CENTCOM says

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-04 07:26|| 2026-05-04 07:26|| Front Page Top

2 Iran fires ‘warning shot’ missiles towards US warship entering Strait of Hormuz after Trump announced plan to help stranded vessels

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-04 09:12|| 2026-05-04 09:12|| Front Page Top

3 Don't tell me they've sunk the Lincoln again!

Posted by Matt 2026-05-04 09:54|| 2026-05-04 09:54|| Front Page Top

4 Senior US official tells Al Jazeera: Iran fabricated story of ship attack

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-04 10:23|| 2026-05-04 10:23|| Front Page Top

5 ...If we had any sense, we'd blow the living crap out of the nearest missile launchers.

Iran: "why did you do that????"

US: "You said you shot at us; we retaliated."

I suspect after a couple of these, they'll throttle back a bit.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-05-04 10:57|| 2026-05-04 10:57|| Front Page Top

6 Give it the Dresdon, GE treatment, declare victory and move on. Monitor closely. If the message is not needed, rince and repeat.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-04 11:30|| 2026-05-04 11:30|| Front Page Top

7 UAE says Iran targeted it with 4 missiles; fire erupts at oil facility

Methinks, it's on again.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-04 11:53|| 2026-05-04 11:53|| Front Page Top

8 ...Also seeing CENTCOM reporting that they whacked 6 Iranian motorboats today.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-05-04 15:33|| 2026-05-04 15:33|| Front Page Top

9 CENTCOM eliminates 6 Iranian small boats attempting to interfere with commercial shipping

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-04 17:31|| 2026-05-04 17:31|| Front Page Top

10 Up to 7 now. Expect Democrats to be outraged over these "Innocent Iranian Fishermen"

Posted by Frank G 2026-05-04 17:53|| 2026-05-04 17:53|| Front Page Top

11 Fuck em, they are outraged over everything.

Posted by chris 2026-05-04 18:41|| 2026-05-04 18:41|| Front Page Top

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