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As of May 2026, the UK and France are leading a multinational, defensive naval mission to secure commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, not a direct invasion of Iran, following severe disruption to trade.
The munitions they expended cost more than this figure, then add deployment, logistics, loss of aircraft/infra.
True cost is likely double.
9 minor earthquakes (magnitude 2.6 to 4.6) in about 8 hours in Pardis, near Tehran.
Two major fault lines pass through Pardis in the northeast of Tehran. It seems that they're now active. A major earthquake is more likely than before.
A natural earthquake could be a opportunity to conceal the test of a nuclear weapon.
Those dumb bombs won't destroy the missile cities, so US and Israel will also be receiving painful bombsings from Iran while they attack Iran.Even analysts who are anti war are saying that, yes, standoffish missiles maybe in low quantities but no shortage of relatively dumb bombs dropped from heavy bombers. Dropping them in some Dresden style probably will not capitulate Iran but will kill a lot of innocent people. A lot! Plus of course destroying much infra and buildings. Iranians are negotiating to avoid that; the leadership is responsible to its citizens despite all the propaganda against it.
If I were Iran, I had built underground test facilities next to major faults.No. The propagation of the seismic waves generated is according to different patterns.
If I were Iran, I had built underground test facilities next to major faults.
Natural earthquake has a first strong S wave, and then P weak waves.
Nuclear earthquake has a first strong P wave, and then S weak waves.
So a nuclear earthquake can be programmed to start when a S strong wave of natural earthquake is detected. So the P wave of nuclear earthquake it will be mix to P wave of natural earthquake.
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