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2026-10-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Calls U.S. Hormuz Response ‘Inadequate,' Threatens to Hit Undersea Cables, AI Centers if War Resumes

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-12 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [147 views ] Top
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1 When they do:

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-12 05:19|| 2026-10-12 05:19|| Front Page Top

2 /\ Excellent post Skid.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-12 05:28|| 2026-10-12 05:28|| Front Page Top

3 I'm not too worried. I mean, Trump has said countless times that the Iranian military (and the Iranian nuclear program) has been obliterated.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-10-12 06:00|| 2026-10-12 06:00|| Front Page Top

4 The Iranians had a "training exercise" over the weekend where they operated several of their allegedly non-existent aircraft and test fired 30 ballistic missiles. Interestingly, the US / Israel also conducted a joint training exercise over the weekend in Iraqi airspace (no clue re overfly permits). The US officially left Iraq last week. I've found articles on this in Greek, Urdu and Russian but nothing in English yet. I'll post something whenever I find it. Kinda frustrating that Telegram is censored in the US.

Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-10-12 07:28|| 2026-10-12 07:28|| Front Page Top

5 Russian or Chinese planes probably flown by Russian or Chinese pilots. JUst a wild guess.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-12 08:26|| 2026-10-12 08:26|| Front Page Top

6 meh, go ahead. I doubt it will have the effect you think it will since you already blew your "nuclear" option all over the place and it wasn't that effective either.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-10-12 12:29|| 2026-10-12 12:29|| Front Page Top

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