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23/The Strait of Hormuz is a vital chokepoint 20% of the world’s oil passes through it.
If Iran blocks it:
🔸 Oil prices skyrocket, risking a global recession.
🔸 Naval clashes with the U.S. & allies.
🔸 The U.S. have to use military force to reopen it.
If Iran blocks it:
🔸 Oil prices skyrocket, risking a global recession.
🔸 Naval clashes with the U.S. & allies.
🔸 The U.S. have to use military force to reopen it.
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
23/The Strait of Hormuz is a vital chokepoint 20% of the world’s oil passes through it.
If Iran blocks it:
🔸 Oil prices skyrocket, risking a global recession.
🔸 Naval clashes with the U.S. & allies.
🔸 The U.S. have to use military force to reopen it.
If Iran blocks it:
🔸 Oil prices skyrocket, risking a global recession.
🔸 Naval clashes with the U.S. & allies.
🔸 The U.S. have to use military force to reopen it.
19/The most successful attack on Iran's nuclear program wasn't a bomb it was a virus,
a highly sophisticated cyberweapon, widely reported to have been developed by the U.S. and Israel, designed to sabotage Iran's centrifuges at Natanz.
a highly sophisticated cyberweapon, widely reported to have been developed by the U.S. and Israel, designed to sabotage Iran's centrifuges at Natanz.
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
19/The most successful attack on Iran's nuclear program wasn't a bomb it was a virus,
a highly sophisticated cyberweapon, widely reported to have been developed by the U.S. and Israel, designed to sabotage Iran's centrifuges at Natanz.
a highly sophisticated cyberweapon, widely reported to have been developed by the U.S. and Israel, designed to sabotage Iran's centrifuges at Natanz.
15/Arak: Iran’s Plutonium Pathway
🔹 A heavy-water reactor, potential plutonium source.
🔹 Iran disabled it under the 2015 deal but could restart.
🔹 Bombing it risks radiation contamination
🔹 A heavy-water reactor, potential plutonium source.
🔹 Iran disabled it under the 2015 deal but could restart.
🔹 Bombing it risks radiation contamination
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
15/Arak: Iran’s Plutonium Pathway
🔹 A heavy-water reactor, potential plutonium source.
🔹 Iran disabled it under the 2015 deal but could restart.
🔹 Bombing it risks radiation contamination
🔹 A heavy-water reactor, potential plutonium source.
🔹 Iran disabled it under the 2015 deal but could restart.
🔹 Bombing it risks radiation contamination
12/Fordow Iran’s Most Fortified Site:
High-security site built under a mountain.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium to 60% (originally 20%).
🔹 Harder to destroy than Natanz.
High-security site built under a mountain.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium to 60% (originally 20%).
🔹 Harder to destroy than Natanz.
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
12/Fordow Iran’s Most Fortified Site:
High-security site built under a mountain.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium to 60% (originally 20%).
🔹 Harder to destroy than Natanz.
High-security site built under a mountain.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium to 60% (originally 20%).
🔹 Harder to destroy than Natanz.
10/Natanz Iran’s Largest Enrichment Facility:
What is it?
🔹 Iran’s main enrichment site, partially underground but vulnerable to attack.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium using thousands of centrifuges (up to 60% purity)
What is it?
🔹 Iran’s main enrichment site, partially underground but vulnerable to attack.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium using thousands of centrifuges (up to 60% purity)
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
10/Natanz Iran’s Largest Enrichment Facility:
What is it?
🔹 Iran’s main enrichment site, partially underground but vulnerable to attack.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium using thousands of centrifuges (up to 60% purity)
What is it?
🔹 Iran’s main enrichment site, partially underground but vulnerable to attack.
What does it do?
🔹 Enriches uranium using thousands of centrifuges (up to 60% purity)
6/Iran’s Official Position:
🔹 Iran claims their nuclear program is for peaceful energy & medical use.
🔹 Denies any intention to build a bomb.
🔹 States that IAEA access is limited due to sanctions.
🔹 Iran claims their nuclear program is for peaceful energy & medical use.
🔹 Denies any intention to build a bomb.
🔹 States that IAEA access is limited due to sanctions.
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
6/Iran’s Official Position:
🔹 Iran claims their nuclear program is for peaceful energy & medical use.
🔹 Denies any intention to build a bomb.
🔹 States that IAEA access is limited due to sanctions.
🔹 Iran claims their nuclear program is for peaceful energy & medical use.
🔹 Denies any intention to build a bomb.
🔹 States that IAEA access is limited due to sanctions.
5/IAEA have concerns on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Undeclared activities: Some nuclear materials are unaccounted for.
Lack of access: The IAEA says Iran isn’t fully cooperating.
Iran denies military intent, but transparency is lacking.
Undeclared activities: Some nuclear materials are unaccounted for.
Lack of access: The IAEA says Iran isn’t fully cooperating.
Iran denies military intent, but transparency is lacking.
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
5/IAEA have concerns on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Undeclared activities: Some nuclear materials are unaccounted for.
Lack of access: The IAEA says Iran isn’t fully cooperating.
Iran denies military intent, but transparency is lacking.
Undeclared activities: Some nuclear materials are unaccounted for.
Lack of access: The IAEA says Iran isn’t fully cooperating.
Iran denies military intent, but transparency is lacking.
2/Iran’s nuclear program is officially for civilian energy & medical research but enrichment levels raise concerns.
Enrichment levels:
🔹 3-5% → Civilian nuclear power
🔹 20% → Research & medical isotopes
🔹 60% → Near weapons-grade
🔹 90% → Needed for a bomb
Iran is at 60%
Enrichment levels:
🔹 3-5% → Civilian nuclear power
🔹 20% → Research & medical isotopes
🔹 60% → Near weapons-grade
🔹 90% → Needed for a bomb
Iran is at 60%
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
2/Iran’s nuclear program is officially for civilian energy & medical research but enrichment levels raise concerns.
Enrichment levels:
🔹 3-5% → Civilian nuclear power
🔹 20% → Research & medical isotopes
🔹 60% → Near weapons-grade
🔹 90% → Needed for a bomb
Iran is at 60%
Enrichment levels:
🔹 3-5% → Civilian nuclear power
🔹 20% → Research & medical isotopes
🔹 60% → Near weapons-grade
🔹 90% → Needed for a bomb
Iran is at 60%
🧵 Iran’s Nuclear Program: How It Works, Key Sites & What Happens If Attacked👇
March 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🧵 Iran’s Nuclear Program: How It Works, Key Sites & What Happens If Attacked👇
JUST IN: Belarus Fortifying Border with NATO Countries
Belarus is conducting military exercises in the Vitebsk region, calling up reservists and setting up fortifications near the Lithuanian border. Soldiers are clearing trees, installing anti-tank barriers, and constructing defensive structures.
Belarus is conducting military exercises in the Vitebsk region, calling up reservists and setting up fortifications near the Lithuanian border. Soldiers are clearing trees, installing anti-tank barriers, and constructing defensive structures.
March 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
JUST IN: Belarus Fortifying Border with NATO Countries
Belarus is conducting military exercises in the Vitebsk region, calling up reservists and setting up fortifications near the Lithuanian border. Soldiers are clearing trees, installing anti-tank barriers, and constructing defensive structures.
Belarus is conducting military exercises in the Vitebsk region, calling up reservists and setting up fortifications near the Lithuanian border. Soldiers are clearing trees, installing anti-tank barriers, and constructing defensive structures.
BREAKING: A ship suspected of carrying out the sabotage of the undersea cable damage between Sweden and Latvia has been seized following a decision by Swedish prosecutors.
January 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
BREAKING: A ship suspected of carrying out the sabotage of the undersea cable damage between Sweden and Latvia has been seized following a decision by Swedish prosecutors.
BREAKING: Exclusive images of the Russian drone that crashed in Tulcea County, Romania, after the attack near the border, at Kilija in Ukraine\.
January 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
BREAKING: Exclusive images of the Russian drone that crashed in Tulcea County, Romania, after the attack near the border, at Kilija in Ukraine\.
8/Russia is dominating the Arctic game:
It has the largest Arctic coastline.
It owns 50+ icebreakers (compared to 6 for the U.S.).
It’s building military bases, expanding oil/gas projects, and increasing Arctic patrols.
It has the largest Arctic coastline.
It owns 50+ icebreakers (compared to 6 for the U.S.).
It’s building military bases, expanding oil/gas projects, and increasing Arctic patrols.
December 30, 2024 at 8:16 PM
8/Russia is dominating the Arctic game:
It has the largest Arctic coastline.
It owns 50+ icebreakers (compared to 6 for the U.S.).
It’s building military bases, expanding oil/gas projects, and increasing Arctic patrols.
It has the largest Arctic coastline.
It owns 50+ icebreakers (compared to 6 for the U.S.).
It’s building military bases, expanding oil/gas projects, and increasing Arctic patrols.
4/Beneath the Arctic lie some of the world’s most valuable resources:
30% of untapped natural gas.
13% of the world's undiscovered oil.
Rare earths, essential for tech like electric vehicles, smartphones, and military systems.
30% of untapped natural gas.
13% of the world's undiscovered oil.
Rare earths, essential for tech like electric vehicles, smartphones, and military systems.
December 30, 2024 at 8:16 PM
4/Beneath the Arctic lie some of the world’s most valuable resources:
30% of untapped natural gas.
13% of the world's undiscovered oil.
Rare earths, essential for tech like electric vehicles, smartphones, and military systems.
30% of untapped natural gas.
13% of the world's undiscovered oil.
Rare earths, essential for tech like electric vehicles, smartphones, and military systems.
3/The melting ice has uncovered game-changing trade routes like the Northern Sea Route (above Russia) and the Northwest Passage (through Canada), Why does this matter? These routes cut weeks off shipping times between Asia, Europe, and North America.
December 30, 2024 at 8:16 PM
3/The melting ice has uncovered game-changing trade routes like the Northern Sea Route (above Russia) and the Northwest Passage (through Canada), Why does this matter? These routes cut weeks off shipping times between Asia, Europe, and North America.
Why is everyone from Trump to China obsessed with Greenland and the Arctic? It’s not just ice and polar bears. It’s about power, money, and the future of the world. Here’s why the Arctic is the new battleground 🧵👇 1/20
December 30, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Why is everyone from Trump to China obsessed with Greenland and the Arctic? It’s not just ice and polar bears. It’s about power, money, and the future of the world. Here’s why the Arctic is the new battleground 🧵👇 1/20
Six-month training of Ukrainian pilots and mechanics for French Mirage 2000 5F fighters has been completed in France.
Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2025.
Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2025.
December 25, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Six-month training of Ukrainian pilots and mechanics for French Mirage 2000 5F fighters has been completed in France.
Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2025.
Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2025.
After the Russian strikes, several fires broke out in Kharkiv. There is damage to civilian non-residential infrastructure.
Right now more Ballistic missiles is launched towards Kharkiv!
Right now more Ballistic missiles is launched towards Kharkiv!
December 25, 2024 at 4:31 AM
After the Russian strikes, several fires broke out in Kharkiv. There is damage to civilian non-residential infrastructure.
Right now more Ballistic missiles is launched towards Kharkiv!
Right now more Ballistic missiles is launched towards Kharkiv!
9/So what’s the U.S. doing? The Pentagon runs "Freedom of Navigation Operations" (FONOPs), sending warships to challenge China’s claims. It’s a game of cat-and-mouse on the high seas.
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
9/So what’s the U.S. doing? The Pentagon runs "Freedom of Navigation Operations" (FONOPs), sending warships to challenge China’s claims. It’s a game of cat-and-mouse on the high seas.
7/Vietnam’s strategy is different but fascinating. While China bullies the Philippines, Vietnam is quietly fortifying its own outposts in the Spratlys:
🔹 Building runways
🔹 Expanding islands
🔹 Adding potential missile bases.
🔹 Building runways
🔹 Expanding islands
🔹 Adding potential missile bases.
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
7/Vietnam’s strategy is different but fascinating. While China bullies the Philippines, Vietnam is quietly fortifying its own outposts in the Spratlys:
🔹 Building runways
🔹 Expanding islands
🔹 Adding potential missile bases.
🔹 Building runways
🔹 Expanding islands
🔹 Adding potential missile bases.
6/Why target the Philippines so aggressively?
🔹 Manila is a US treaty ally.
🔹 Second Thomas Shoal hosts a small Philippine outpost symbolic resistance to Beijing’s claims.
🔹 It’s all about intimidation.
🔹 Manila is a US treaty ally.
🔹 Second Thomas Shoal hosts a small Philippine outpost symbolic resistance to Beijing’s claims.
🔹 It’s all about intimidation.
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
6/Why target the Philippines so aggressively?
🔹 Manila is a US treaty ally.
🔹 Second Thomas Shoal hosts a small Philippine outpost symbolic resistance to Beijing’s claims.
🔹 It’s all about intimidation.
🔹 Manila is a US treaty ally.
🔹 Second Thomas Shoal hosts a small Philippine outpost symbolic resistance to Beijing’s claims.
🔹 It’s all about intimidation.
4/How does China enforce this? Militarization. Since 2014, Beijing has built artificial islands with:
🔹 Airstrips for jets
🔹 Missile launch systems
🔹 Surveillance radars
🔹 Airstrips for jets
🔹 Missile launch systems
🔹 Surveillance radars
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
4/How does China enforce this? Militarization. Since 2014, Beijing has built artificial islands with:
🔹 Airstrips for jets
🔹 Missile launch systems
🔹 Surveillance radars
🔹 Airstrips for jets
🔹 Missile launch systems
🔹 Surveillance radars
2/Controlling the South China Sea = controlling the arteries of global commerce. That's why China is all-in with its "Nine-Dash Line," claiming nearly the entire sea.
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
2/Controlling the South China Sea = controlling the arteries of global commerce. That's why China is all-in with its "Nine-Dash Line," claiming nearly the entire sea.
The world is fixated on Taiwan, but the South China Sea (SCS) is where China is playing its long game. If you care about global trade, security, and geopolitics, this is the crisis you can't ignore. Let me break it down 👇 1/22
December 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
The world is fixated on Taiwan, but the South China Sea (SCS) is where China is playing its long game. If you care about global trade, security, and geopolitics, this is the crisis you can't ignore. Let me break it down 👇 1/22
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv warns of a potential significant air attack today. Citizens are urged to stay vigilant, shelter in place during alerts, and follow local guidance. We’ll know more in the coming hours, especially closer to night monitoring for activity and possible bomber takeoffs.
November 20, 2024 at 11:49 AM
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv warns of a potential significant air attack today. Citizens are urged to stay vigilant, shelter in place during alerts, and follow local guidance. We’ll know more in the coming hours, especially closer to night monitoring for activity and possible bomber takeoffs.