Dave DesRoches
@DBDesRoches
Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, Nat'l Defense University, DC. Middle East, Arms Sales, Gulf, COIN,Missile Def. Aspirant Flaneur
Here’s another take. Who do you think is more at risk here, the ship or the helicopter? news.usni.org/2025/07/23/u-s…. @GulfStatesInst @GulfIntlForum @CENTCOM @US5thFleet @CIMSEC @CH_MENAP @kfcris_en @EGIC_ @MiddlEastInst @ACMideast @ACIranSource
An #Iran Naval helicopter warned USS Fitzgerald today at 10 am after it encroached on Iran’s monitored waters in Sea of Oman. US destroyer threatened chopper, but Iranian pilot persisted. Backed by Iranian Army air defense, the US warship was forced to change course.
“Wargame”≠ “warplan.” إذا قرأنا الوثائق، نجد أن هذه اللعبة تناولت هجمات نووية على القوات الروسية في إيران. وشملت خطط الحرب الأمريكية هجمات نووية على القوات الروسية في أوروبا. ومن غير الدقيق وصف أيٍّ من هذه الهجمات بأنها هجوم على البلد الذي غزته روسيا.
این ادعا که امریکا طرح حمله اتمی به ایران داشته صحیح نیست. این سند یک شبیه سازی است و war game - در همین سند به وضوح گفته شده که اگر شوروی به ایران حمله کند ، گروه آبی (نه سیاستمداران ) به نیروی های شوروی در ایران حمله کند. مانند این war game ها زیاد اتفاق می افتد. همان زمان…
How much damage did #iran #missile attack on #israel do? What did it cost? Here’s an estimate from @jinsadc . If you have a better one, make it here: jinsa.org/wp-content/upl… @GulfStatesInst @GulfIntlForum @CENTCOM @MiddleEastInst @TheStudyofWar @Missile_Defense @IISS_org
News of the recovered WWI casualties identified and interned by the @MuseumRar @richardkemp24 cwgc.org/our-work/news/…
Yemeni Partners Successfully Interdict Massive Iranian Weapons Shipment Bound for the Houthis Congratulations to the Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF), led by Gen. Tareq Saleh, for the largest seizure of Iranian advanced conventional weapons in their history. The NRF…
The First American saint!
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates Saint Kateri Tekakwitha,a Catholic saint and virgin;baptized as Catherine and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks, who was an Algonquin–Mohawk. Born in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, in present-day New York State, she contracted
Hmmmmm. Could be something, but paranoia is its own reward…
👀 🚨Widespread GPS jamming reported over #Tehran 🚨 Triton drone's orbit usually precedes a major military operation. 🚨 Another strike in #Iran. Smoke seen rising from Ararat Street in Tehran, as details surrounding the incident remain unknown. 🚨 #Turkey cancels all…
Worrying -- a #Hezbollah operative (top)) was detained in #Homs with #Iran's signature insurgent weapon, explosive-formed projectiles (EFPs), smuggled in from #Lebanon. In mid-May, 1,000 identical machine-made IEDs (bottom) were seized in #Latakia, also smuggled from #Lebanon.
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has never visited Epstein's Island.
this is the sort of CAS that most nations need -- sustainable, affordable, lethal. Not so flashy during the parade flyover...
‼️ The State Department has notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to of Lebanon of A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft Sustainment and related equipment $100 million.
Word
Hezbollah was never serious about disarming: Weapons are its political coercion tool. Iran is similarly not serious about abandoning nuclear enrichment. Both convey vagueness and may even make international agreements on paper but this is just to buy time. Neither is trustworthy.
News you can use. Same goes for Moose!
Bison may look friend-shaped, but they already have all the friends they want. Keep your distance and don’t make it awkward. 🦬
One of the greatest Army Reservists ever.
The legendary John Basilone with his wife Lena Mae (Riggi) Basilone. The couple married 81 years ago today. ❤️ After Basilone’s death on Iwo Jima, she never remarried. 💔
مناقشة العلاقات #السعودية #الإيرانية والآراء #الأمريكية على @AsharqNews now.asharq.com/clips/1774324/… @GulfStatesInst @GulfIntlForum @CENTCOMArabic @CH_MENAP @azurestrategy @KFCRIS @rasanahiiis @bhuth_UAE @modgovksa @modgovae @MOD_Qatar @mulhim12 @Gulf_Research @EGIC_
Timely analysis of military operations on #nuclearsites from @RUSI_org @DDolzikova rusi.org/explore-our-re… @TheNESACenter @MiddleEastInst @GulfStatesInst @GulfIntlForum @TheStudyofWar @kfcris_en @Gulf_Research @CENTCOM @SIPRIorg @IISS_org @CH_MENAP @modgovae @MOD_Qatar
The Church of England holds raves in Canterbury Cathedral, literally dancing on the graves of the Saints. The Catholic Church holds Mass in Canterbury Cathedral, marking the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St Thomas Becket. They are not the same.
ENGLAND Catholic Mass is taking place at Canterbury Cathedral tonight to mark the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of Saint Thomas Becket
Never thought I'd see this. Finally redressing the five-century old despoiling of a shrine holy to all Christians.
ENGLAND Catholic Mass is taking place at Canterbury Cathedral tonight to mark the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of Saint Thomas Becket
EXCLUSIVE: I just spoke w/ Coast Guard Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, who heroically saved 165 campers in the Central Texas floods. Before choosing to serve, he was a finance bro in NY. This was his first official rescue. “Honestly, I’m mostly just a dude. I’m just doing a job.…
United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin, directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas. This was the first rescue mission of his career and he was the only triage coordinator at the scene. Scott Ruskin is…
Happens a lot…
This morning, Andrey Badalov, Vice President of the Russian state-owned company Transneft, fell from the window of his apartment on Rublyovskoye Highway in Moscow and died. Transneft is the country’s largest operator of oil transportation infrastructure.