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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Instead of trying to shoot U.S. aircraft out of the sky, Iran is taking away the runways. There’s a name for it now: debasification. And by the numbers, it’s working. Prewar, the U.S. could run operations against Iran from roughly 20 airbases. Strip out Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi and Jordan and you’re down to about five. Hundreds of airframes compressed onto a handful of tarmacs, with less time between launch detection and impact than it takes to get them airborne. More planes parked, more hits. Jordan was supposed to be the fallback. Per NYT reporting, 4 Iranian strikes there in a week produced casualties and aircraft losses, including pe

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Instead of trying to shoot U.S. aircraft out of the sky, Iran is taking away the runways.

There’s a name for it now: debasification. And by the numbers, it’s working.

Prewar, the U.S. could run operations against Iran from roughly 20 airbases. Strip out Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi and Jordan and you’re down to about five.

Hundreds of airframes compressed onto a handful of tarmacs, with less time between launch detection and impact than it takes to get them airborne. More planes parked, more hits.

Jordan was supposed to be the fallback. Per NYT reporting, 4 Iranian strikes there in a week produced casualties and aircraft losses, including personnel killed at Muwaffaq Salti. Interception rates in the footage look nothing like the official ones.

And the retreat carries its own penalty. Pull back to Israel and every tanker now flies a thousand-plus miles to reach Iran’s border. More when carrier aircraft are launching from 1,700 miles out in the Arabian Sea.

No tankers, no loiter time. No loiter time, no suppressing Iranian air defenses. No suppression, no cheap bombs. And the cruise missile stocks are already thin.

The one lever left is accepting losses the U.S. hasn’t accepted in a generation. Is Washington willing to pull it?

Source: Amerikanets on Substack / Writer: Oliver

— @MarioNawfal Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Ukraine’s Brave1 technology cluster says military personnel at the Ministry of Defense have developed Firefly guided munitions for bomber drones. The system is designed to operate from altitudes of up to 800 m, reducing the need for UAVs to descend during attacks. #Ukraine #UAV

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

Ukraine’s Brave1 technology cluster says military personnel at the Ministry of Defense have developed Firefly guided munitions for bomber drones. The system is designed to operate from altitudes of up to 800 m, reducing the need for UAVs to descend during attacks. #Ukraine #UAV

— @Drone_Wars_ Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🎯🎯🎯💐💐💐🏁🏁🏁

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

🎯🎯🎯💐💐💐🏁🏁🏁

— @JukkaPSeppl Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: This is the right pic.

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

This is the right pic.

— @MiruDake2b Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: The Ukrainian president is under pressure to replace his controversial top general, who clashed with Mykhailo Fedorov over how the country should fight the war.

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

The Ukrainian president is under pressure to replace his controversial top general, who clashed with Mykhailo Fedorov over how the country should fight the war. ft.trib.al/FdRZPks

— @FT Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: That’s why gringos kidnapped him in a shady operation: $$$ #FBI #DEA #CIA

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

That’s why gringos kidnapped him in a shady operation: $$$
#FBI #DEA #CIAFinancial Times (@FT)Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada agreed to surrender up to $15bn based on the cartel’s revenues over more than three decades. ft.trib.al/H8MaPkf— https://x.com/FT/status/2079231878779764851

— @mustanghead Jul 20, 2026

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#CIA #Mossad #Security Israel’s newly laser-upgraded Iron Dome is now officially operational, following the successful integration of the 100-kilowatt Iron Beam (Ohr Eitan) high-energy laser system into the Iron Dome’s core Battle Management Center. [1, 2, 3]

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

#CIA #Mossad #Security
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Israel’s newly laser-upgraded Iron Dome is now officially operational, following the successful integration of the 100-kilowatt Iron Beam (Ohr Eitan) high-energy laser system into the Iron Dome’s core Battle Management Center. [1, 2, 3]

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Praising Moscow’s war won’t keep you out of a cell in Russia Two Russian pro-war military bloggers were locked up within days—a former attack-helicopter pilot sentenced to 3 years, a mercenary chief detained for “justifying terrorism” after calling the Kremlin Russia’s “main enemy” 🔗

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

Praising Moscow’s war won’t keep you out of a cell in Russia

Two Russian pro-war military bloggers were locked up within days—a former attack-helicopter pilot sentenced to 3 years, a mercenary chief detained for “justifying terrorism” after calling the Kremlin Russia’s “main enemy”

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/…

— @EuromaidanPress Jul 20, 2026

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RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Det börjar svida i skinnet nu. Förstörelsen av två av Wildberries gigantiska lager nära Moskva är inte bara ”1,2 miljarder dollar i förlorat lager”. Det är en ekonomisk nervträff som får Kreml att stå och flämta som om någon dragit ur sladden till hela detaljhandeln. Wildberries är inte ”ryska Amazon”. Det är Amazon, Walmart, Wish, Alibaba och hela ryska landsbygden i ett och samma monster. Sedan 2004 har företaget blivit en av de mest strukturellt viktiga delarna av den ryska ekonomin — och nu står två av dess största logistiknav i ruiner. Wildberries och Ozon väntas kontrollera 77 % av hela e‑handeln i Ryssland vid slutet av 2026. Wildberries ensamt: 45 %. D

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

Det börjar svida i skinnet nu. Förstörelsen av två av Wildberries gigantiska lager nära Moskva är inte bara ”1,2 miljarder dollar i förlorat lager”. Det är en ekonomisk nervträff som får Kreml att stå och flämta som om någon dragit ur sladden till hela detaljhandeln.

Wildberries är inte ”ryska Amazon”. Det är Amazon, Walmart, Wish, Alibaba och hela ryska landsbygden i ett och samma monster. Sedan 2004 har företaget blivit en av de mest strukturellt viktiga delarna av den ryska ekonomin — och nu står två av dess största logistiknav i ruiner.
Wildberries och Ozon väntas kontrollera 77 % av hela e‑handeln i Ryssland vid slutet av 2026. Wildberries ensamt: 45 %. Det är alltså inte ”ett företag”. Det är rysk vardag.

4,5 miljoner dagliga beställningar. 48 miljoner månatliga shoppare. 95 % leveranser inom 24 timmar. Tusentals utlämningsställen. En miljon aktiva säljare.
Det här är inte bara logistik. Det är ett helt ekosystem av småföretagare, leverantörer, chaufförer, lagerarbetare och utlämningsställen som nu står och undrar varför himlen plötsligt exploderade.

Wildberries har dessutom trängt undan traditionella butiker i åratal. För många ryssar är deras lilla utlämningspunkt lika central som kiosken brukade vara. Och nu är två av de största lagren borta — poff — som om någon tryckt på ”factory reset” för rysk e‑handel.
Det här kommer göra ont. Inte bara i Moskva. Utan i hela den ryska ekonomins nervsystem.

— @jalle51 Jul 20, 2026

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#CIA #FBI #Mossad LASERS: the Iron Dome has officially integrated the “Iron Beam”

Post author By wamrqary
Post date July 20, 2026

#CIA #FBI #Mossad
LASERS: the Iron Dome has officially integrated the “Iron Beam”
x.com/mikenov/status/2079242…Michael Novakhov (@mikenov)Global #Security and #Intelligence #News Review Today – 7.20.26
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x.com/WSJ/status/20790850973…— https://x.com/mikenov/status/2079242359464759586

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 20, 2026