Travis

@someforeignfield.bsky.social

USAID, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian assistance veteran. Missile and tank weirdo, posts stuff about missiles, the Middle East, and why it matters at https://substack.com/@someforeignfield

CENTCOM video of PA National Guard KC-135 aerial refueling tanker gassing up an F-22 stealth fighter over "the middle east" Don't you mean over Mafraq Governorate of eastern Jordan, just a few kilometers from Prince Hassan Air Base?

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There's a lot of discourse right now about how we're running out of weapons. People blame poor procurement choices, low stockpiles, corruption etc. But what we are *actually* talking about is "how could we use so many weapons to so little effect" which is a completely different question

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Basically, the US arrayed 100 tankers and 100s of strike fighters and even flew B-1s out of the UK in order to hit a very limited selection of targets in coastal Iran, to essentially 0 strategic effect and arguably 0 tactical effect either.

During the most recent round of fighting, the US primarily targeted Iranian military facilities in the south, both because the war has become about Hormuz and because hitting targets deeper in iran risks putting aircraft (and their pilots) at risk

Reuters@reuters.com · yesterday

🔊 The US has used most of its precision missiles in Iran. 'The US might have to turn to methods of fighting the war ... which could bring American lives closer to the front line. Listen now on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/4fN6IW2

The US Army has expended "virtually all" of available ATACMS ground-launched missiles during the war against Iran. This comes after expending all of the available more modern PrSM missiles. These were all launched from Kuwait, Bahrain, or other nearby Gulf countries.

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Travis@someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The US expended all available Precision Strike Missiles during the war, one of which struck a sports hall and killed 21 civilians. These were launched by US Army vehicles in Kuwait, Bahrain, and potentially other GCC countries.

Taking Emirati blood money to fund your comfortable jobless DMV lifestyle in between Democratic presidencies: good liberalism, moderate, pragmatic Being an Arab doctor who goes to the gym AND the Masjid: intolerable authoritarianism, anti-American, pie in the sky, unprofessional

Travis@someforeignfield.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's considered bipartisan business as usual to treat the UAE as a good and trusted ally. Courting them and taking their blood money does not count as "authoritarian apologism" but God forbid you post something about Chinese trains

My kingdom for a mainstream news article about Iran's ballistic missiles that doesnt use a stock photo of an S-125 Neva or 2K12 Kub anti-air missile system, two systems that Iran does not operate and are, crucially, not ballistic missiles

The UAE is very willing to sacrifice people like 19 year old Isabella Gonzales, from Carrollton TX, so that they have even more money to give to Colombian mercenaries in Sudan or to buy their way onto Epstein's island.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3d ago

The officials have suggested Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps won’t compromise until the U.S. escalates, takes control over the strait and perhaps considers ground operations.-WSJ

Significant urban areas of Spokane being burned rn by a very rapid-spreading wildfire that started and jumped a river towards the north suburbs within a few short hours. Meanwhile, we have 75+ tanker aircraft, each over $150 million apiece, sitting in Israel for a war or choice

Spokane Rising@spokanerising.com · 4d ago

Holy crap. Level 3 (GO NOW!) zone now includes urban Spokane, south of Francis to Wellesley. Level 2 (GET SET!) zone now extends east of Division. Not to be alarmist, but at this rate, it’s not inconceivable that the Old Trails Fire merges with the Fairview Fire.

The only thing these systems were protecting was the US military base in Erbil, which we have agreed to leave w/ the democratically elected Iraqi government in Baghdad. Erbil and the KDP-Barzani gang are not "The Kurds" and have always acted to suppress any democratic Kurdish movement

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4d ago

American, British, French and German forces have withdrawn hundreds of troops and key air-defense systems from Erbil International Airport in a surprise 72-hour pull-out that has left the Kurdistan Region badly exposed to intensifying Iranian and militia attacks.- Rudaw