The Iran War, Day 4 || Bonus Video
Attacks have intensified, with Iranian drone and missile strikes heading towards the Arab Gulf states. Many of these states rely on costly U.S. interceptors, and with stockpiles dwindling, energy infrastructure could become exposed. Marco Rubio told Congress that the conflict could intensify over the next 5 weeks, so stay tuned.
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Other than a nuke or ground invasion What are the options that Trump has right now and how effective are these ?! Thank you 🙏🏻
Here’s one: Back off now, and declare victory. Observe the buried Iranian nuclear facilities and whether the Iranians manufacture any future delivery capabilities. Bring in B-2 bombers at 50,000 feet and bomb (1) any efforts to dig out the buried nuclear material or (2) manufacture any delivery capability. The big problem is whether we would need to take down the anti-aircraft capabilities again to get air superiority before launching the B-2s.
If Trump ask Ukraine for drone tech, he better wear a suit and say Thank You!
We're entering an era of cheap asymmetrical warfare where cheap stuff can defeat multi-billion dollar military assets as it becomes too expensive to lose/use.
The Trump American Failure Machine has finally gone a bridge too far. The lack foresight on these Drones that can be launched from anywhere by anyone, once co-ordinates are entered means you would have to flatten all of Iran. Or with our Ukrainian brothers actually provided multi layer defense to our people, bases and the Allies paying Trump Kushner for this war. Instead our country has chosen to screw the pooch on historic scale. Careers, if we survive this, are gonna be made detailing this specific mistake by Trump Administration and the failure of each of us to stop them. Hormuz won't open in time to not wreck everything. Hang tight, take notes, it's gonna be wild !
More shock and awww.. to come
Thank you Peter for the good insight on yet another pivotal topic that the bulk of the American public is blind to.
Especially the failure of the US military to learn and apply drone defensive tactics from Ukraine
No one talks about the damage Israel took. Either they took 0 damage, or there are some powerful zionist lobbyists everywhere...
I saw pics, read stories, looked at video. Maybe you were waist deep in Epstein files and missed it.
Thanks Pete.
Peter, could Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapons System), which are on most U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers (and probably carriers), be used to take down approaching drones? If so, surely these systems, which use 20mm armor-piercing rounds, would be a more cost-effective defensive weapon. I'd like to hear your thoughts.
It’s one of the reasons that the carrier task force around the USS Gerald Ford was stationed off the coast of Israel.
More and more I think the actual objective is to get excuse to drop a tactical nuke on Iran. Their responses are cryptic, but between the lines also sound like they want to do something drastic. This would make it easier for Russia so the same in Ukraine and "quickly ending the war" at last in trump and putin's minds. Russia even started accusing imagine if trying to get nukes from UK or France to attack Russia.
I assume a video about London Lloyd’s is coming?
This administration didn’t think things through before committing to a war? Say it ain’t so!
With the UK, France and Germany supporting middle east defence and targeting Iran's offensive capabilities that would threaten middle east allies and their bases... I'd put money that they have a shopping list of targets from Ukraine and intelligence too. Drone manufacturing is going to look a lot flatter.
Having said that, over 50,000 drones already hidden in mountains is an unrealistic task.
The US has oil, Russia has oil. Why arnt the Americans going after the stores of drones in Iran? Well because they want to create a situation where American oil is needed.. where Russian oil is desperately needed (since Trump is likely just a Putin proxy) Those drones will be flying to the gulf energy assets in no time.
Trump may wish to control the oil supply, but dismantling it in a war isn't beneficial. The global inflation (stagflation actually) that results is a world of pain for everyone, including in the US.
The error is even thinking the Arabs have anything to contribute to anything other than money. Almost 80% of the KSA’s labor population is foreign 😂
The worst case scenario is Iran is able to force China to come in.
“I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground — like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it,” - President Donald Trump, Monday May 2, 2026
My guess is the Israelis are going to start a revolution with Pahlavi and a defecting provincial command of IRG. By Friday. And I suspect bribes and huge on the ground will be supplied by some very unexpected sources. I also suspect the Kurds are going to provide those boots in return for autonomy/independence. All of which is currently off the radar of the mainstream media. The MEK is nothing. And next will be the panic out of Tehran as things go south.
The Israelis have no mass airlift capability and no navy to speak of to effect the same, with anyone. So even 3mm willing Kurdish males won’t by rucking east.
Yeah - woops. So do the gulf states expect the US to protect them? If I were in their shoes I’d be displeased. Slava Ukraini.
Antimissile defense is just a patch. You need deterrence too.
Not to forget the price of three downed jets!
What a shit show!