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2026-09-12 Arabia

Pentagon: Iran severely damaged US 5th Fleet base in Bahrain

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1 Navy Evaluating Future At Key Middle East Base Following Iran War Damage: Acting Secretary

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-12 00:55|| 2026-09-12 00:55|| Front Page Top

Posted by Clyde Thaviling6482 2026-09-12 08:04|| 2026-09-12 08:04|| Front Page Top

3 Epoch Times article cited by Regnum

Somehow I missed the previous reports. Or, was sleeping?

Posted by Bobby 2026-09-12 10:28|| 2026-09-12 10:28|| Front Page Top

4 The reports on US bases/installations hit and the damage by the Iranians hasn't been shouted from the rooftops, but they've been out there.

The actual damage reported by Cao and the possibility of not re-building is maybe a week old.

I'm not sure why there seems to be so much surprise out there about US bases/installations being hit by Iranian missiles and drones, they certainly launched enough of them when this all started.

Posted by Chantry 2026-09-12 10:47|| 2026-09-12 10:47|| Front Page Top

5 Iran used Chinese-sourced satellite images to target US bases, intelligence reveals - report

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-09-12 12:20|| 2026-09-12 12:20|| Front Page Top

6 So it seems the Iranians are not quite defeated yet. But I wonder just how much of a force those qat chewing, barbarian Houthis could possibly be.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-09-12 12:48|| 2026-09-12 12:48|| Front Page Top

7 Iran recently sent back IRGC officers to command the Houthis, Abu Uluque. That’s why they are suddenly effective.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-12 13:37|| 2026-09-12 13:37|| Front Page Top

The USN's ability to thus far repel the Iranian antiship ballistic missile attack should not conceal the fact that virtually no other European navy could do so to the same degree.

Consider the French Charles de Gaulle. A normal CdG group includes at least one Horizon-class…
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) September 10, 2026

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-12 13:43|| 2026-09-12 13:43|| Front Page Top

9 Perhaps our shipbuilders should be talking to Japan. From the Wretchard the Cat thread:

As this Torygraph article points out, the JMSDF are not just building newer bigger better ships, they are building them faster than any European country toohttps://t.co/ESWewn5Qgl
— FrancisTurner (@FrancisTurner) September 10, 2026

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-12 13:45|| 2026-09-12 13:45|| Front Page Top

10 How can the British and French maintain a modern navy when they're spending all their money on ~~immigrants~~colonists? So much for NATO. What's the point? Are we supposed to help them when they descend into civil war?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-09-12 14:30|| 2026-09-12 14:30|| Front Page Top

11 Guess that's what we get for not finishing the job.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-12 15:33|| 2026-09-12 15:33|| Front Page Top

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