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28/04/2026

Heavy floods in Qinzhou, China after extraordinary rains

160mm in 1 hour, almost beating world record.

What would you do if this was your city?

Holy smokes 😅😅
28/04/2026

Holy smokes 😅😅

28/04/2026

Nature in its best form

Why should as he?
28/04/2026

Why should as he?

28/04/2026

A kinetic sculpture

21/03/2026

For decades, Oman’s balanced and wise diplomacy helped keep the Strait of Hormuz open for the benefit of the Gulf and the world. It is the recklessness of Trump and the malice ambitions of Netanyahu that have led to its closure.

Deploying Air Defense in Iran: A Strategic ChallengeDeploying air defenses in Iran is a massive undertaking. The country...
21/03/2026

Deploying Air Defense in Iran: A Strategic Challenge

Deploying air defenses in Iran is a massive undertaking.
The country operates at least 8 to 10 different domestic models with varying capabilities, covering long, medium, and short-range threats.
Notably, Iran is among the few nations that develop and manufactures its own long-range anti-missile systems.

However, Iran’s geography is a double-edged sword. In such mountainous terrain, radars must be positioned on peaks to maximize coverage, making them sitting ducks.

Conversely, the few flat areas in the country pose a different challenge: the interception window for incoming missiles and bombs becomes extremely short due to the limited extension and high density of these areas.

Without effective medium and long-range radars, these systems lose their efficiency. Currently, most Iranian radars remain stowed or sheltered because the leadership is acutely aware of the deployment risks. In response, Iran has significantly upgraded both its hardware and its tactical employment.
While Iran utilizes advanced hypersonic interceptors like the Sayyad-4B+, with a 300-400 km range, these systems are virtually useless at long and medium ranges without supplemental radar data.

A key hardware upgrade now allows these systems to operate via data link, utilizing drone-mounted radars to guide interceptors; however, it is important to note that this is not yet the standard operating procedure.

Following the “12-Day War,” Iran implemented a tactical overhaul focusing on three main pillars:

•Radar Ambush (Passive Tracking): The shift toward modern sensors is critical. Now, optical/IRST sensors and drones detect targets first; main radars activate for only a few seconds to achieve a lock, drastically reducing exposure to counter-attacks.

•Geographic Dispersion: This newfound autonomy allows units to spread across 10-15 km², utilizing tunnels and civilian sheds. They emerge only after receiving drone alerts, integrating with smaller systems to create layers resistant to saturation. This tactic is innovative, provided cyber-warfare doesn’t compromise the network.

•Radical “Shoot-and-Scoot” Mobility: Repositioning long-range systems in under 4 minutes is a tactic rarely seen before. By treating high-altitude air defense like highly mobile MLRS or artillery, and using logistics for remote reloads, Iran has transformed the system’s tactical footprint.

As systems are currently being positioned, we will likely see the results of these Iranian air defense upgrades in action over the coming days and weeks, But efficiency remains low due to the scarcity of medium- and long-range radars, which are vital for the country's protection.
Were these radars destroyed? According to visual records, only 6 of them were, and the rest were never deployed.

Iranian hardline researcher and analyst Yaser Jebraili: What has become clearer today than ever before is a strategic tr...
21/03/2026

Iranian hardline researcher and analyst Yaser Jebraili: What has become clearer today than ever before is a strategic truth: for the United States and the Zionist regime, the issue has never been the “bomb” as an offensive tool; rather, it is the “bomb” as a pillar of deterrence. What concerns them is not Iran’s potential to initiate war, but the impossibility of waging war against Iran.

If the real concern were “nuclear offense,” the logic of their foreign policy would require them to confront other nuclear-armed states with the same intensity and sensitivity. Yet historical experience shows this is not the case. In dealing with established nuclear powers such as China and Russia, and even more unconventional actors like North Korea, the logic of engagement, containment, and coexistence has replaced threats and military action. Why? Because the cost of an attack in those cases exceeds the threshold of acceptability.
In reality, what is being pursued with regard to Iran is not a neutral non-proliferation policy, but rather the preservation of a strategic imbalance—keeping Iran at a level where it can be threatened, sanctioned, and, if necessary, attacked without facing a devastating and uncontrollable response. Put more plainly, they do not merely say, “Iran must not have nuclear weapons”; in practice, they are saying, “Iran must not reach a level of deterrence that would make the cost of attacking it incalculable.”

Within this framework, “becoming nuclear” is not an offensive objective but a shift in the security paradigm: a transition from structural vulnerability to a balance of threat. It is precisely this transition that conflicts with the strategic interests of the United States and the Zionist regime, because once achieved, the military option is effectively removed from the table, and the tools of pressure lose their effectiveness.

Therefore, the core dispute is not about “having or not having a weapon,” but about the definition of power relations. What they truly fear is the emergence of an Iran that can no longer be addressed from a position of threat—an Iran that is not seeking war, but rather seeking to close the door to it. Perhaps the time has come to reconsider the country’s nuclear doctrine.

21/03/2026

While Barron Trump is described as a "carbon copy of his father", sources say he differs in one key way.

21/03/2026

Opinion | "The US President has shown his inability to deal with a real crisis," writes Patrick Cockburn

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