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April 2, 2026
Iran Open Thread 2026-067
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@ Biswapriya
Yes. If it helps, some of us noticed and agree with you. But we stay quiet to avoid adding noise.
LD vehemently disagreed, as you may recall. I disagreed with LD on that. LD further doubts nuclear weapons are real.
Posted by: norice | Apr 3 2026 6:00 utc | 401
@ psycho 405
I agree with your framing of the greater war. One might similarly define it as a war between selfishness and sharing, oligarchy or anarchy.
I do worry the greater war can be lost by losing some battles barflies take for granted.
Posted by: norice | Apr 3 2026 6:05 utc | 402
@ norice | Apr 3 2026 6:05 utc | 407 with the follow up to my comment about the framing of the Iran conflict…thx
I agree with your alternatives and especially the selfishness and sharing one. I have written here before that I think that children should not progress in grade school without learning to share…..people like Trump would still be in grade school, eh?…..his language skills reflect that level of maturity also, eh?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2026 6:14 utc | 403
supranational and don’t really give a shit about any country specifically, eh?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2026 5:56 utc | 404
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OT, but maybe not given that Iran is in the drivers seat.
The Private Credit Reckoning is Coming: Executives Are Mistaking Luck For Genius ==> https://youtu.be/IYzFRdGY4N0
20+ minutes. Weekly market wrap.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 6:14 utc | 404
Biswapriya Purlayastha 401
Muslims are aware that Nuclear war will happen and more than half of humanity will be killed.
Satan fuels human desires way beyond desirability and human capacity.
We are dealing with not just weak individuals. In Israel and the Epstein mob.
The Jews have been exiled since Babylon and only Nazism, genocide, and nukes , in their mind can get them back there.
The real solution is explained in the Qur’an.
Worship God with the followers of the Last prophet saw whom they were awaiting in Madina, but rejected because he was an Arab.
For those, like Trump , who cannot get what they want the easy way, no terror is too appalling to get what they want.
In 4 years USUKIS has killed 3 to 4 million people in Ukraine and West Asia, and their goal is nowhere closer.
Deterrents don’t work. One has to physically kill the Zionist Nazi bastards, and their allies , the Hindus, Evangelicals, the Atheists, animists, and Muslims like the UAE in Sudan who actively assist the Zionist Satanists.
They are incorrigible liars. WHO SPOKE AGAINST THE GAZA GENOCIDE ? Nobody.
Anybody who condoned the Gaza genocide will also condone the use of Nuclear weapons.
So anybody who condoned the Gaza genocide is going to get Recession. Defeat. Pain.
You ain’t seen nothing yet, boyo.
Posted by: Giyane | Apr 3 2026 6:17 utc | 405
@ too scents | Apr 3 2026 6:14 utc | 409 with the link…thx…..watching now
I agree that Iran with its petroYuan toll on the Strait of Hormuz will nuke the Hollywood media characterization of the financialized world economies.
What will happen as result of this destruction of the God Of Mammon meme?
Will private finance be exposed as the basis of social inequality and our top/bottom incentive social system?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2026 6:28 utc | 406
What will happen as result of this destruction of the God Of Mammon meme?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 3 2026 6:28 utc | 412
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If the lesson is severe enough I think there will be a cultural shift in the understanding of “credit”.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 6:31 utc | 407
a quick check in and see that ‘b’ has cleared the bar of the flame-throwers. nice one b!
Bit of comment above on Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan – here is a vid – 50 mins
Iran War Consequences: Will Epic Fury be an Epic Failure? (w/ Robert Kagan) | Bulwark on Sunday – YouTube
p.s. I pop in to see Bill during those rare times when a little stuffed up – after 7 mins works a treat and far less costly than laxatives … Sound man Bill!
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 3 2026 6:47 utc | 409
@Nobody | Apr 3 2026 1:24 utc | 319
Stone Age…Was that before Eve ate that Apple?
The age of the Megaliths. The most well known example in Iran is Persepolis.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 6:49 utc | 410
Qualified comment on this, anyone?
Posted by: Framarz | Apr 3 2026 6:59 utc | 415
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The pilot is missing.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 7:03 utc | 411
F 35 shot down over Iran?Posted by: Patroklos | Apr 3 2026 6:40 utc | 412
Here some more pictures. Qualified comment on this, anyone? https://t.me/mehrnews/367444
Posted by: Framarz | Apr 3 2026 6:59 utc | 415
Well Framarz it does look like internal airplane pieces but they are too small and unrecognizable for me to say for certain what plane they came from. Bigger external pieces, wing, rudder or elevons, parts of fuselage would be necessary for that. That image in the thermal sight cam looked like an F35 though…
Posted by: Joe Turner | Apr 3 2026 7:16 utc | 412
Definitely fake news and AI pics as everyone knows F35 is truly invisible.
“Fars News Agency reported that debris from the F-35 Lightning II shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps bears a marking indicating it was stationed at RAF Lakenheath.”
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:23 utc | 413
Bahrain as US parrot wants UNSC authorisation for Global war against Iran. I’m sure they are determined to cease to exist.
“🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 A planned vote at the UN Security Council on a draft resolution authorizing the “use of force” in the Strait of Hormuz has been abruptly postponed, exposing deep divisions among major powers over how to respond to complications arising from the imposed war on Iran.
The draft, submitted by Bahrain and backed by the United States in UNSC, would further escalate the US-Israeli war on Iran. However, the delay, officially attributed to the Good Friday holiday, comes despite the predetermined voting day, raising questions about underlying political disagreements.
China has warned that authorizing such measures risks further escalation, while Russia has denounced the text as “biased”, signaling potential obstacles to its authorization.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron dismissed the idea of a military operation in the strait as unrealistic, cautioning that it would be prolonged and expose global shipping to greater danger.
With no new vote date announced and veto threats looming, the future of the resolution remains uncertain, highlighting the growing complexity the US has created at a critical global energy chokepoint.”
https://t.me/RezistanceTrench/62324
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:29 utc | 414
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 6:14 utc | 408
An interesting interview with Fadi Hakura on maneco64 podcast as well – 35 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9-ww0SByDQ
Posted by: Menz | Apr 3 2026 7:32 utc | 415
Posted by: Framarz | Apr 3 2026 7:26 utc | 420
This is from Google AI on the tail insignia. Look like a real F35 shoot down. Interesting what AD did it.
“This image shows the vertical stabilizer of an F-35A Lightning II fighter jet, identified as belonging to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the “Grim Reapers,” based at RAF Lakenheath. Aircraft Type: F-35A Lightning II, a fifth-generation stealth multi-role fighter. Squadron: 493rd Fighter Squadron (493 FS), part of the 48th Fighter Wing. Tail Code: “LN” indicates RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Unique Features: The tail flash features the “Grim Reaper” emblem of the 493rd Fighter Squadron. “
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:38 utc | 416
from a usually very reliable source in The Pentagon.
Sec for War(sic) requested a brief from the Pentagon on how a land invasion of IRI could take place. The Pentagon responded as follows in a very detailed and comprehensive brief:
‘Only a fool goes into a battle that he knows he cannot win (Genghis Khan).
No khan do Pete. Suck diesel if you can find any. Pentagon Brief-2026-4-1’
Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 3 2026 7:41 utc | 417
@Woke American | Apr 3 2026 4:03 utc | 371
Iran has done a lot of leggo videos. Very well done, with good music. Their most recent video has a much different tone. Very militant. Defiant. According to the President of the United States, the goal of the United States and Israel is to bomb Iran back to the stone age. Iran listened. The whole world listened. https://youtu.be/VDkQAnn-3sQ The Trump speech from last night was a game changer.
Observe the final statement in the video:
“From now on, we have one goal: The heart of Tel Aviv”
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 7:49 utc | 418
🇨🇳🇮🇷 Chinese civilians are crowd-sourcing Iran’s air war — and it may be working.
On March 14, a Chinese engineer known as “Laohu Talks World” posted a viral tutorial — subtitled in Persian — detailing how Iran could use low-cost systems to shoot down a US F-35. It racked up tens of millions of views.
Five days later, Iran said it struck an F-35.
The creator is an alumnus of Northwestern Polytechnical University (under US sanctions), and is one of many Chinese STEM civilians voluntarily sharing military expertise online to aid Iran’s war effort — with no payment or official backing.
Content ranges from F-35 targeting tactics to coordinates of US bases in the region.
Source: South China Morning Post, April 2, 2026
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Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:51 utc | 419
The Strait’s Reciprocity and Sanctions
🔹We know that no written guarantee holds any value anymore. We compensate for what we have learned from history with geography. Any country that restricts financial or trade dealings with the Iranian government or any Iranian legal or natural person cannot serve as the origin or destination of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — and this list of “good” and “bad” actors will be continuously updated. The bad ones will not be allowed passage, and the good ones will pay the tolls. This mechanism requires only announcement, not negotiation.
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Posted by: Framarz | Apr 3 2026 7:52 utc | 420
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:51 utc | 427
The source video is on China’s original version of TikTok called Douyin. The title is 老胡说世界 (Old Hu tells the world). You should be able to find it on TikTok.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 8:00 utc | 421
@CrazyCanuck | Apr 3 2026 3:26 utc | 362
Just an observation,
I wonder if the Trumpy tard actually planned to announce a ground invasion during the scripted speech. It derailed last minute.
Due to disobedient generals he couldn’t, since he still needs their final authority- chain of command. It was ill planned, the speech was nothing different than his usual nonsense posts.
Hence the blind rage.
I appreciate this observation. It could be true. The firing of generals supports this view, plus it highlights the actual intent of Hegseth et al. of waging a catastrophic genocidal war against Iran, apparently those generals protested.
Trump, Hegseth, Kushner, Witkoff and those who support them need to be arrested immediately.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 8:03 utc | 422
Spain’s presence here is curious, given that Sanchez’ government was the first from EUrope to deviate from the USA-Israel war against Iran.
Posted by: Konami | Apr 2 2026 22:48 utc | 266
That vote was in 2003.
Posted by: Avtonom | Apr 3 2026 8:06 utc | 423
Observe the final statement in the video:
“From now on, we have one goal: The heart of Tel Aviv”
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 7:49 utc | 426
I missed this line the first time I watched it. Caught it second time.
Posted by: Woke American | Apr 3 2026 8:06 utc | 424
@Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 3 2026 4:47 utc | 390
Thanks. So a possible interpretation is that the neocons with Kagan of 911 fame (re. his “New Pearl Harbor” document from 2000) finally want to amputate the Israel leg because the gangrene is spreading. But Netanyaho has Epstein-kompromat on Trump forcing him to attack Iran. Still some generals refuse and are thus fired. This is not looking too good for the regime in Washington.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 8:24 utc | 425
re: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:29 utc | 421
you wrote:
“Bahrain as US parrot wants UNSC authorisation for Global war against Iran. I’m sure they are determined to cease to exist.
“ A planned vote at the UN Security Council on a draft resolution authorizing the “use of force” in the Strait of Hormuz has been abruptly postponed, exposing deep divisions among major powers over how to respond to complications arising from the imposed war on Iran.”
Agree.
Bahrain relies on desalination for 60% of its water.
Posted by: Perimetr | Apr 3 2026 8:41 utc | 426
“Any country that restricts financial or trade dealings with the Iranian government or any Iranian legal or natural person cannot serve as the origin or destination of maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — and this list of “good” and “bad” actors will be continuously updated. The bad ones will not be allowed passage, and the good ones will pay the tolls.”
That’s so smart.
- it will push all the Asian countries to lift sanctions on Iran. Then Iran can prosper, because trading with Asia is all any country needs
- it will create immense pressure on all US vassals (EU countries, Japan, Korea) to lift sanctions
- the good countries will pay the toll, that will finance Iran reconstruction
- the attackers will be isolated
- the issue of Iran’s nuclear material and missiles won’t be part of discussions and pressure anymore
Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 3 2026 8:42 utc | 427
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 3 2026 5:39 utc | 401
Hey, remember how I said repeatedly that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, Epsteinistan and zionazistan would never have dared attack it?
Cannot remember who and where, but argument for Iran not have nuclear weapons – and for me it was rather convincing – was similar to why Russia cannot allow Ukraine to fly F-16 planes. It has to presume that some of them might carry nuclear weapons.
So when Iran needs to use ballistic missiles, US and Israel should presume they could be carrying nuclear weapons as well.
Imagine the situation we would be in right now!
Posted by: js | Apr 3 2026 8:45 utc | 428
End of April will be 60 days from start of conflict.
- The 60-Day Rule: The President has 60 days from the date of notifying Congress (or when notification was required) to conduct military operations. Once the clock runs out, the law mandates an automatic termination of troop engagement .
- The 30-Day Extension: The President can request a one-time, 30-day extension beyond the initial 60 days. However, this requires a written certification to Congress stating that the military “must continue” the operation to safely withdraw forces .
Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 3 2026 8:47 utc | 429
If the photos of the wreckage of the downed aircraft are authentic, then it belongs to an F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th fighter squadron from Lakenheath Air Base in the United Kingdom. Although the base is home for F-35s, the wreckage does not match that type.
https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/03/iran-f-15e-debris/
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 8:48 utc | 430
From 20th Mars the following company apparently insures shipments in Hormuz
Chubb Limited (CB) is a Swiss-American company headquartered inZurich, Switzerland. While its roots date back to 1882 in New York City, it is officially incorporated in Switzerland and listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(I havent checked the thread if this has been brought up before)
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 9:01 utc | 431
Wars driven by religious zealots lead to unacceptable actions being carried out. We’ve seen that with Israel in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, and now the US are joining the club by unapologetically bombing a girls’ school. Maybe the sacking of the generals was about their refusal to carry out illegal orders from the religious nutter Hegseth.
Posted by: Dave G | Apr 3 2026 9:06 utc | 432
I don’t know why several comments written by me disappeared. Specially those related to Tucker Carlson. None of those comments were OT.
Perhaps forum publish software has a malfunction …
Posted by: Framarz | Apr 3 2026 9:11 utc | 433
@Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 8:24 utc | 429
Epstein compromat is an excuse the US imperialist welcome since they hope people will still not understand that this is a war for retaining hegemony. The US has to take on Iran Russia and China. All the talk about Israel having pushed the US to this war has already been exposed as a hoax in the US own policy documents. But some of you still rely on some americans despite you know full well that they have selfinterest in spreading it no matter what they truly believe. I dont find it unlikely that some of the altmedia celebrities might be knocked off if they contradicted the ‘Israel pushed us’ myth.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 9:14 utc | 434
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 8:48 utc | 434
Tail insignia showed 493 Squadron. I did a Google search on the tail debris posted.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:17 utc | 435
If true, the Iranians are the least corrupt, most humble people that hold leadership roles. How much of that would apply to government personnel in the US, Russia, Israel, China, Canada, etc etc.
Note: Iranian IRR is like o.o00001 (?) to the USD
After the death of the Ali Larijani (Ph.D. in Philosophy), his wealth was discovered and inventoried:
■ A 2011 Samand car (valued at approx. $3,000-$4,000)
■ He owned an Iranian-made pistol, a gift from Кhomeini (valued at approx. $1,000-$2,000)
■ He had a ring, a gift from Khamenei (valued at approx. $200)
■ He paid his monthly rent (approximately $60)
■ A bus driver owed him $30 for taking his daughter to school and hadn’t paid him that week.
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 3 2026 9:17 utc | 436
Trump is doing things opposite of what he campaigned for, exception being the security of The Southern Border and Healthcare, following the COVID follies.
His style, as a bully and driver of the clown car, has not changed in decades.
He survived two unsucccessful assissination attempts and I thought that the resulting motivation for him was to avoid getting JFKed.
Frequently credited sources for the latter were the US Secret Service and the FBI, aided and abetted by the CIA. Was there also a MOSSAD connection? I don’t know.
MOSSAD has to be one of the most dangerous and moral free entities running around in the world, the CIA being a distant second.
The name of Deep State has no meaning to me. There are always ‘Interests’ at stake.
What got the US to take the position that it has currently? It makes me wonder. Greater Israel, Petro Dollar and US oil hegemoney are terms in play. How that gets communicated to the visible Executioners is not clear to me. We will never see how that works, me thinks.
Iran has sufficient fortitude to endure the onslaught trying to return it to ‘The Stone Age.’ I wish it well. The coming land war might become a turning point. Flattening all of Israel, another.
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 3 2026 9:21 utc | 437
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 8:48 utc | 434
https://t.me/QudsNen/217233
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:21 utc | 438
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 3 2026 9:17 utc | 440
That’s why many officials became spies for US and Mossad resulting in treason causing the deaths of scientists and govt leaders.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:23 utc | 439
Posted by: Acco Hengst | Apr 3 2026 9:21 utc | 441
It used to be KGB. Everyone was afraid of them.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:25 utc | 440
@petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 9:14 utc | 438
But some of you still rely on some americans
You cannot interpret anything I have said to mean “rely on some americans”.
The US objective of retaining world hegemony and the Israeli objective of West Asia dominance is closely linked. Israeli dominance cannot be maintained without US workd hegemony. When the US hegemon is showing cracks and internal conflicts, then it is time for Israel to apply the Epstein kompromat card on Trump. This should not in any way be interpreted as excusing the crimes of the US regime.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 9:26 utc | 441
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:17 utc | 439
Tail insignia showed 493 Squadron. I did a Google search on the tail debris posted.
Bad search. The 493rd Squadron is not equipped with F-15s anymore and had another colours of stripes. The F-15s from the 494th Squadron carry an insignia that was captured on the wreckage.
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 9:31 utc | 442
@Asian Frog | Apr 3 2026 8:47 utc | 433
I would expunge any sense of reverse gear, or ‘hope’ that somehow congress will put an end. I recommend reading the Whitehouse press release in March – an orgy of top lawmakers endorsing this war, it isn’t just Trumpy tard, but the entire American ruling class. To blame him in entirety would be absolute naivety.
When you have top American leadership bragging about killing the ‘devil’ (Iran’s Supreme leader)- you are no longer dealing with human beings, sane people.
No country should talk to them.
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 3 2026 9:31 utc | 443
The US-Iran-Israel conflict from a West African perspective:
On Theatrics of Assassinations and the Illiteracy of Strategy
This is my reply to the Africans who are applauding the illegal and totally illogical Esptein regimes’ War on Iran
“Killing a general here, and however dramatic, is pure theatrics. Any serious State, any competent military institution, is built with redundancy – layered leadership, institutionalized doctrine and planed continuity.”
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1481798/on-theatrics-of-assassinations-and-the-illiteracy.html
Posted by: Menz | Apr 3 2026 9:32 utc | 444
A bus driver owed him $30 for taking his daughter to school and hadn’t paid him that week.
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 3 2026 9:17 utc | 440
He walked in the streets among the people, as assassins lurked around every corner and missiles could land at any moment.
He put every Western leader living or dead (in the recent past) to shame.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 3 2026 9:36 utc | 445
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 9:31 utc | 446
Did you check on this?
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:36 utc | 446
@Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 9:26 utc | 445
Does that mean you are not influenced by those several americans who go on a about ‘Israel pushed us’?. Because if you accept that Israel is just a proxy it means that when Israel brings the compromat they are allowed to do it instead of being completely crushed like they would if the US oligarchy didnt approve of it.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 9:37 utc | 447
The entire western political system is beyond repair but they would have us believe that a de-ranged Trump is to blame for everything.
Posted by: simon crow | Apr 3 2026 9:41 utc | 448
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 9:31 utc | 446
From Google AI
The Grim Reaper design in the image is the official mascot and insignia of the 493rd Fighter Squadron (493 FS), a premier unit of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).
Aviation Photography Digest
Aviation Photography Digest
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493rd Fighter Squadron “Grim Reapers”
Location: Based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, United Kingdom, as part of the 48th Fighter Wing (also known as the “Liberty Wing”).
Motto: Mors Inimicis, which is Latin for “Death to the Enemy”.
Mission: The squadron is responsible for air superiority and air defense missions in support of U.S. and NATO interests.
Aircraft History:
F-15C/D Eagle: The squadron famously operated the F-15C/D for nearly 30 years, from 1994 until their retirement from Europe in April 2022.
F-35A Lightning II: Following the F-15 retirement, the squadron transitioned to the fifth-generation F-35A, with the first aircraft (tail number 19-5493) delivered in April 2022.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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Heritage and Achievements
The 493 FS is one of the most decorated fighter squadrons in the U.S. Air Force, frequently winning the Raytheon Trophy (formerly the Hughes Trophy), which identifies the top fighter squadron in the entire Air Force. The specific artwork in your image, featuring the Reaper alongside the USAFE shield, was prominently displayed as special anniversary tail art on F-15C aircraft (specifically serial number 86-0172) to commemorate 45 years of F-15 operations in Europe.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:42 utc | 449
Chinese civilians are crowd-sourcing Iran’s air war — and it may be working.
On March 14, a Chinese engineer known as “Laohu Talks World” posted a viral tutorial — subtitled in Persian — detailing how Iran could use low-cost systems to shoot down a US F-35. It racked up tens of millions of views.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 7:51 utc | 427
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 8:00 utc | 429
Thanks for title and platform. I was trying to look for the video in question after another posted the article about it earlier but couldn’t find it previously. After watching the vid with a translation program, I think the idea introduced was solid and may be very well what the Iranians employed. Currently the problem faced by Iranian AD is that they don’t have the density and range of AD that allows them to zone out US planes like Russia. As soon as the AD radar turns on the US can detect it and it becomes a fat target via long range missiles and drones. Laohu suggested setting up a network of passive distributed optoelectronic/IR cameras and sensors from the civilian or security sectors instead, using decentralised sensors to detect the planes and setup ambushes for them with existing mobile or hidden launchers. Spreading out the “eyes”, if you will, for defence, mirroring the Iranian drone strategy for attack.
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 9:42 utc | 450
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:36 utc | 450
Did you check on this? https://t.me/QudsNen/217233
Yes. Did you ever seen red stripes on F-35s from Lakenheath? No. The photos clearly show the tail section of the F-15E from Lakenheath.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/494th_Fighter_Squadron#/media/File:EGUL_-_McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Eagle_-_United_States_Air_Force_-_96-0204_LN_(48855146556).jpg
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Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 9:46 utc | 451
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 9:31 utc | 446
Who knows. Need more tail pics to see what’s next to the USAF shield. Some markings there but not clear. That should definitely identify the type and squadron.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:47 utc | 452
As soon as the AD radar turns on the US can detect it and it becomes a fat target via long range missiles and drones.
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 9:42 utc | 454
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A story told for an by children that ignores sidelobes, EW and interference.
Introduction to Crosseye Jamming Part I ==> https://youtu.be/fXSNn_AxkVQ
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 9:48 utc | 453
Posted by: Pete | Apr 3 2026 9:46 utc | 455
Here’s the Google AI on the tail debris image.
“This image appears to show wreckage from an aircraft, with text visible that suggests a connection to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
Reports indicate this debris may be related to the reported downing of a fighter jet over Iranian airspace.
Imagery analysis of similar wreckage has suggested it could belong to a U.S. Air Force Strike Eagle (F-15E) or an F-35.
The incident took place in central Iran, specifically in the Markazi province.
This event is part of heightened tensions, with reports claiming the destruction of aircraft by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 9:51 utc | 454
@petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 9:37 utc | 451
Why do you persist in claiming original thought comes only from “some” or “several americans” and that those of us who are not US americans have no choice but obey this or that US american faction? Furthermore, where is the black and white idea of coming from that the criminality only originates in one place? If so, such ideas are not drawn from anything I have stated.
The US and Israel live in criminal symbiosis and as is typical of mafia-like structures the different factions are often busy infighting with each other. The Israeli faction rely on elements in the US to stay in power and when such elements begin to read outside the script they are simply eliminated (Kirk). Similarly, they will apply the very real Epstein kompromat on Trump to force any part of hesitant US factions to attack Iran. This does not mean that either party is excused from what they are doing, they are both genocidal. What the application of kompromat shows is that there is internal panic in the Empire.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 9:57 utc | 455
Operation “Epic Fury” was supposed to be the culmination of Benjamin Netanyahu’s announced Middle Eastern reorganization. The United States joined it without hesitation. After a month of fighting, Iran is not only still resisting, but it intends to impose its conditions. With its ammunition running low and its soldiers exhausted by a succession of wars on seven fronts, Tel Aviv is considering possible escalation: could a nuclear bombing of Iran be the solution?https://www.voltairenet.org/article224067.html
Posted by: Jim C. | Apr 3 2026 9:57 utc | 456
Posted by: Perimetr | Apr 3 2026 8:41 utc | 430
That was a draft. The real vote will take place “Friday, April 3”
en.topwar.ru/280384-popytka-monarhij-proliva-atakovat-iran-pod-jegidoj-oon-fakticheski-provalilas.html
Posted by: rk | Apr 3 2026 10:01 utc | 457
Posted by: Jim C. | Apr 3 2026 9:57 utc | 460
Israeli officials has in the past threatened to turn Middle East into sea of glass.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:03 utc | 458
A story told for an by children that ignores sidelobes, EW and interference. Introduction to Crosseye Jamming Part I ==> https://youtu.be/fXSNn_AxkVQ
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 9:48 utc | 457
The video you posted is very technical but isn’t applicable to ground based radar. The most effective radars will always light up like a Christmas tree.
Are there techniques to help it defend itself? Sure, but there are just as many techniques that would counter it.
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 10:07 utc | 459
@ psycho
> have written here before that I think that children should not progress in grade school without learning to share
I lurked here 10+ years and evidently missed it. But I believe you. (I think you are a good man.) That idea is novel to me. I know nothing about teaching. It is worth trying something.
Hope your self-treatment continues effectively.
Posted by: norice | Apr 3 2026 10:13 utc | 460
The most effective radars will always light up like a Christmas tree.
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 10:07 utc | 463
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Like a forest of twinkling, dancing Christmas trees presenting a needle in the haystack problem.
Illumination is no
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 461
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 10:07 utc | 463
The best way to protect ground radar is for AWACs to be painting the intruding enemy planes linking data to ground AD units to fire missiles towards the enemy planes. The missiles are then guided by the AWACs until near for the misdiles’ radar/IR to turn on and fly the last lap.
Too bad Iran don’t have planes or such a networked system.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 462
Illumination is
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 465
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Illumination is not what it used to be.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 463
Military Watch magazine July 2025 carrying “Iran Receives Russian S-400” for testing purposes.
Iran commented they were content with their home grown Bavar 373 system.
Posted by: necromancer | Apr 3 2026 10:16 utc | 464
happy Good Friday barflies it seems b’s had to crucify some asking for it and probably Genetically Modified Concern Troll!
like terminator ‘it will be back’.
I want to reflect on such stinky sock infestation’s and limited hangout ops going on here at a backwater bar! Having crawled through some nice my last posts – I know I am over the target when a studious aversion of eyes to my presence in the bar is the reaction, 😂
So here goes, for the record, I am not accusing anyone of anything, just responding to the posts and subjects raised with my opinion.
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 10:19 utc | 465
Too bad Iran don’t have planes or such a networked system.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 466
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Here is a Chinese (with English subtitles) video presenting open source data of Iran’s radar capability.
China’s YLC-8B radar guided Iran to destroy F-35 ==> https://youtu.be/d787oLyzzds
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 10:20 utc | 466
@ Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 3:01 utc | 353
Well thanks for that excellent report of
the excellent report by brave sir simpleminded … I see now that he implies also that the sun rises daily in the morning in the east but it isn’t going around us … but it’s us living on a planet that is spinning and that is why the sun appears in the east and sets in the west!
Wow! Indeed no wonder we all feel dizzy with all that spinning, I can hardly keep my balance and it explains why a wobble and stumble when I’m a bit tipsy…
And who is tha ‘kagan’ you quote? Shirley not mr Nuddleman heself?
Yeah we know why sadaam, muamar, Bashir and solemani and khemeni and so many others have been brutally removed and murdered… it’s not that they were ‘mad’ but they would have created MAD ; stopping the charging mad elephant ziofascist global robbers in their tracks with their specially made mad elephant gun!
Really so glad that brave sir simple is l axing us speedily to the holy grail.
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 10:21 utc | 467
Writeup on the Iranian Bavar 373 AD system.
https://defensefeeds.com/military-tech/army/ballistic-missiles/bavar-373/
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:22 utc | 468
@ Posted by: psychohistorian |
your posts
Keeping it real.
Beautifully and concisely written as usual.
wish I could do it like that – thanks ph
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 10:23 utc | 469
@Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 9:57 utc | 459
I Asked you whether the US altmedia celebrities have influenced you and you avoid to answer.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 10:27 utc | 470
Also worth remembering Iran has access to BeiDou system.
Posted by: necromancer | Apr 3 2026 10:30 utc | 471
Chinese YLC-8B radar is highly mobile and able to detect stealthed aircraft at long range. These are usually the Wild Weasels anti radar attackers. It’s said China also delivered HQ9B the Chinese improved version of S400. Iran made requests to China after the first 12 days war and China expedited deliveries within months when the usual is 2 years lead time for order and delivery.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:31 utc | 472
Surferket @462
That is the last thing zionazis will ever do. They are fascist parasites, not suicidal. Their copying of Hitler’s behaviour does not extend to emulating his desire for Götterdämmerung. That’s why they’re already preparing to flee, whether to a new de facto Zioreich in Patagonia or to their ancestral homelands in Europe (where they have a guaranteed welcome) or to Epsteinistan (where at long last their welcome is beginning to wear thin). In other words they will, like fleas abandoning the cooling corpse of a dead host, look for new hosts to parasitise. They will scatter, pretend to merge with other communities, suppress their zionist identity under a façade of pretend-civilised values, and wait, if necessary for hundreds of years, for an opportunity to start their colonial settler project over again.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 3 2026 10:34 utc | 473
Deep breath.
@ Posted by: Woke American | Apr 3 2026 4:03 utc | 371
“All 4 of the regular commentators that I watched today had similar intensities”
@ Posted by: rageman | Apr 3 2026 4:39 utc | 388
“Oh yes, Martyanov”
@ Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 3 2026 4:47 utc | 390
@ Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 3 2026 5:39 utc | 401
And other barflies – I humbly suggest:
Does it never surprise about such American experts and academics, ex forces and ex-cia ex-connected types who appear to slam the state policy and nit pick and grumble and hangout the dirty laundry without ever facing any opprobrium from the state and entity’s they swore loyal oaths to and served for decades before they became such limited hangout merchants?
Yeah. I say it. Limited. Hangout. Merchants.
Never see them spilling the beans on their odious careers, colleagues or institutions and the crimes they were directly involved in when in active service!
Which they could have while on that active service, unless they were un-willing to be arrested and court martial on, you know, actual principle!
Wasn’t it Larry and co and his group of expert insiders who spent years in the djt45 term shouting about the RussiaGate/Clinton server ‘hoax’ by the Obama/Clinton Resistance of the supposed Deepstate, media and dems??? The poo poo ing of tge hacking and proving the downloads were local etc
Wasn’t it Ritter and MacGregor who cried so many crocodile tears and were demanding big arrows by the RF so early in the SMO? so the well prepped ukronatzos defences could be unleashed upon the meat waves that everyone had long expected from the commies?
The wunderwaffen of natzio including depleted uranium shells? Like they themselves unleashed in Iraq when on active service – but continue to deny it! Why??
Limited Hangout. Is why.
The worse are ‘academic’ Sachs and Measheimmer (and mockingbirds TopCat and PissMoron) all who spent their long careers planning the dismantlement of the ussr and china respectively! Much like their super odious replacement academics do now such as Snyder, Ferguson etc let’s see them fight and eat crow!
J’accuse!
Them and all who sail with them.
They are historic villain wormtongue who hide behind their supposed ‘outsider’/insider personae, selling stale Narratives as their gate keeping, sheepdog Narrative Control and management, as the Center Fails.
The centre they spent lifetimes being in. Doing their ‘duty’. good soldiers in the never ending Great Game for their owners and masters.
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 10:36 utc | 474
DunGroanin @478
You’re perfectly right, of course. At least with Larry Johnson. How can anyone be “ex” CIA?
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 3 2026 10:37 utc | 475
Next consideration: Does the recent Pentagon firing ( and two promotions) mean that a land invasion of Iran is imminent? The suddenness of this is disturbing.
Posted by: Eighthman | Apr 3 2026 10:39 utc | 476
The his one goes out to
@ Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 3 2026 4:41 utc | 389
“if Vance had been the nominee, it’s HIGHLY unlikely the illegal war of aggression on Iran gets launched”
Jeez Tom I didn’t expect you to be a collector of expensive virtual bridges – I got a room full, just send the money to the following bank account and I’ll ship them over immediately on clearing!
Bubba pretend hillybilly JayDee the Jazee veep! A peacemaker ! A steady hand? A jfk for the age?
The meat puppet of Thiel and co?
Who was selected immediately after the ‘assassination’ attempt ?
And guaranteed a easy trot in for DJT47?
The ziofascIst techbro banker mafiosi and their Men in the WH?
Including Elon (want some sperm?) Forts King of Mars, Lutnick (I should be so lucky lucky lucky not to be in my office on 911) and all the ziofascist bankers molls in the Houses?
Come on Tom try harder. Your man JayDee was obviously a beneficiary of the actual public assassination of Charlie, who had threatened to turn his Kirk of Followers to point away from the Maga wars and towards civilisational growth and conduct by the historically infantile young nation that is the ‘America’ with all its childish, cartoonish, delusions of grandeur and entitlement, of a brat child stomping and wailing on the floor of a shop demanding sugar.
Yeah he ain’t done a single effing thing except put on his tiny ziohat of course he is owned by the usual suspects and his hindoo beard and his hillbilly banjo strumming to go tell Greenland it’s cold, tell Europe it’s old, tell China and Russia they’ve lost…he is being Everyman ; a chameleon being presented. A white Obama Change Merchant..
Nah Tom he is bullshit – from the day he was moulded to the day he falls to pieces – he will never be potus, he shouldn’t, unless you want, really really want, the techbro freaks jumping around like outta control gremlins pushing all the buttons!
Do you want it?
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 10:39 utc | 477
@ Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 7:49 utc | 422
“Observe the final statement in the video: “From now on, we have one goal: The heart of Tel Aviv” “
Amen!
These Lego animated videos ! They really are WOWWWW!!
That is some seriously thought out comms directly to the childlike dumbed down illiterate masses of the Collective Waste.
Brainwashed as we have been by cartoon characterising our whole existence – Hollywood to Disney to flintstones to Simpsons and Lego! And every effing avatar comic book super hero ‘come to life’.
Yup that is legitimate counter Propoganda – there were some great ones at the beginning of the SMO from the RF. the roulette playing bankers, the little ukropia bandera piggies.
I expect the strategic partnership of the SCO has many strings to its bow!
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 10:45 utc | 478
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 10:07 utc | 463
I would like if you, and everyone else discussing ground based radar, to look at a topographical map of Iran and then reflect on why that makes SEAD/DEAD as well as low altitude A2AD difficult.
Posted by: Badjoke | Apr 3 2026 10:45 utc | 479
Their appears to be near total blanket ban on reporting on Irans srikes on israel and Arab states at the momment.
A noteable exception this morning , was a throw away comment that Iran had bombed a desalination plant in kuwait.
Given the fact western media have zero credabilty, i’ll only beleave it when Iran clames it as theirs.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 3 2026 10:51 utc | 480
Iirc, Trump had set a date of April 6th for Iran to surrender. So something should give shortly as to what is going to happen. Did I dream that date?
Posted by: Groovinpict | Apr 3 2026 10:52 utc | 481
The Revolutionary Guard’s intelligence service publishes a picture of the pilot’s ejection seat of the fighter jet that was destroyed.
https://t.me/Alsaa_plus_EN/23169
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 10:53 utc | 482
The best way to protect ground radar is for AWACs to be painting the intruding enemy planes linking data to ground AD units to fire missiles towards the enemy planes. The missiles are then guided by the AWACs until near for the misdiles’ radar/IR to turn on and fly the last lap.Too bad Iran don’t have planes or such a networked system.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 466
Yeah but such AWACs planes would be even bigger sitting ducks than ground based radars. Too expensive as well.
Overall think it’s more cost effective to focus on missile production as to take out the US planes while they’re on ground and crippling their supporting assets in the Gulf.
Those assets would be good to deal with the speculated US attempts to occupy Chabahar port later on too.
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 10:54 utc | 483
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 3 2026 10:51 utc | 484
Both Israel and the Gulf states are throwing the books at anyone making videos of Iranian strikes. They learned it’s bad optics from the first 12 Days war.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:56 utc | 484
@petergrfstrm | Apr 3 2026 10:27 utc | 474
I am sorry but if you do not accept my answer the problem is not on my side.
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 10:58 utc | 485
Posted by: Sloan | Apr 3 2026 10:54 utc | 487
AWACs sit far at the back out of range of A2A missiles and usually with fighter escorts. The Pakistanis did very well with their Chinese provided system to shoot missiles at Indian fighters without turning on their targeting radars. The AWAC directed this missiles at the incoming Indian fighters who never even saw this missiles until the last seconds.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:59 utc | 486
I would expunge any sense of reverse gear, or ‘hope’ that somehow congress will put an end.
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 3 2026 9:31 utc | 447
Well, end of April, the 2 attackers will be low on ammo (cruise missiles) and with regional bases depleted or flattened. It would be a good time to just declare victory and leave. Well, at least the US can leave…
About Congress, well, I’m putting more (tiny) hope on the military refusing war crimes orders than on the US Congress putting “America first”.
Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 3 2026 11:00 utc | 487
the Gulf states are throwing the books at anyone
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:56 utc | 488
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This will be the cause of their downfall. The GCC is paying their enforcers with IOU’s written on Hormuz.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 11:02 utc | 488
@ Posted by: Perimetr | Apr 3 2026 8:41 utc | 430
Bahrain is the oldest EIC port and has been under the control of the British mercenaries (later SAS natzios) for ever! They installed the muppet ‘monarch’ and have kept the population down.
It has long been our British soldiers and sailors and dodgy mi5 policemen and special branch thugs, who get to have their aristo colonial lifestyle in that part of Weet Asia. The pleasure cities of Manama, Muscat and modern onlyfans and Ukraine whores paradise Dubai …
they used to hang out and party shamelessly with aristo thugs and rock starts etc and bit of the aforementioned rough types so beloved by aristo sluts.
Such as princess Margaret, sis of Liizzy II and aunt of Charlie Turd …
It has been a continuos colony with terrorised locals deprived of any ‘democracy’ by the barrells of our guns, all these decades.
That piece of West Asia is a lynchpin in the continued illegal colonialism by the Anglo Europeans for centuries!
It is long overdue to be decolonised.
The panicked meeting of that old and new collective west under HerrQyirStqrmztrooper and the Europeans, having to plan and announce a fulls scale invasion as a ‘coalition’ hoping to encourage millions of soldiers bcontinental and Turkish boots on the ground would be the final folly and lead to the annihilation of the satraps faster than one could say boo!
If it requires that rocket up their colon, to push them into the belated decolonisation, so be it; they can remain a little corner of little Englander dust in a far off field there !
But they can no longer stay there alive. being the praetorians of their controlled petty Caesar, the White Mischief ‘U’ aristos, the fascists last stand , on that Road to India.
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 11:10 utc | 489
Surferket @ 488
Yes indeed.
Is’nt it strange how the west has to create it’s own fictional enemys to justify its aggressive attemtps at world domination. Hitleresq and criminaly insane.
Its just hollywood but with real mass murder.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 3 2026 11:13 utc | 490
Fired Pentagon General Hodne was a Major during the conflict in Afghanista; he was in charge of planning the operation that got Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire.
Posted by: mjh | Apr 3 2026 11:15 utc | 491
Iran listed 7 bridges as on their target list.
https://en.haberler.com/iran-has-directly-provided-a-list-this-time-a-19710953/
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 11:15 utc | 492
Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 3 2026 0:00 utc | 301
You’re right of course. 100%. Silly of me to attempt the comparison.
I was thinking more of General Flynn. Trump pardoned him in the end but left him to hang out to dry when it mattered. I’ve always wondered why.
Posted by: English Outsider | Apr 3 2026 11:22 utc | 493
⚡French-owned container ship SUCCESSFULLY EXITED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, FIRST known Western Europe-linked transit since start of Iran war — Bloomberg
Just a day after France, Russia & China objected UNSC push for a resolution authorizing FORCE to reopen the strait
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 11:23 utc | 494
❗️US F-35 pilot possibly CAPTURED by Iran — Tasnim
IRGC-linked account posts photo of what appears to be ejection seat with a vague caption
Posted by: Norwegian | Apr 3 2026 11:27 utc | 495
@Surferket | Apr 3 2026 10:15 utc | 466
My understanding, from Alastair Crooke, is that BeiDou 2 satellite surveillance can substitute for AWACS.
Posted by: necromancer | Apr 3 2026 11:32 utc | 496
Alexander Dugin :
“Explaining what is happening in any way other than through a delusional ‘prophetic geopolitics’ is, in my opinion, simply impossible. But you see: there is an internal logic to this madness. If you truly believe in the messianic moment – as Christian Zionists do, such as those around Trump, like Pete Hegseth, Paula White, and Lindsey Graham, or as the Israeli radicals close to Netanyahu believe – then every one of their actions is justified.
“They live ‘awaiting’ the eschatological times to come. They spend the ‘capital of the Messiah’, who, they deeply believe, is about to appear. All their deeds are committed on the edge of the abyss. It is like jumping from a tall tower, hoping to be caught at the very last moment. Remember how Satan tempted Jesus Christ: ‘Throw yourself down, for it is written: He will command His angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands.’
“What Trump and Netanyahu, America and Israel, are doing right now is precisely that leap from the tower. They believe that the angels of hell will catch them as they fall and grant them world domination. This is a very real satanic temptation. Consequently, the geopolitics of prophecy is not a fantasy, but an active and extremely dangerous force.”
https://alexanderdugin.substack.com
the-return-of-prophetic-geopolitics
Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 3 2026 11:42 utc | 497
Posted by: necromancer | Apr 3 2026 11:32 utc | 500
Beidou is just navigation satellites with civilian and encrypted military band. They don’t have spy capabilities.
The Iranians can use Beidou for targeting of fixed targets. Even US military uses it as Beidou is more exact.
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 3 2026 11:43 utc | 498
My understanding, from Alastair Crooke
Posted by: necromancer | Apr 3 2026 11:32 utc | 500
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China has other assets.
For example — Haishao-1 satellite: Low-inclination orbit spaceborne synthetic aperture radar ==> https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(25)00152-3
They are many others.
Posted by: too scents | Apr 3 2026 11:46 utc | 499