Sorry prior link given for that dropsite-interept site is actually this: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war-trump-drones-thaad-ballistic-missile-patriot-interceptors-capacity-persian-gulf
Also in that article from dropsite was a link to a substack from someone with (apprently) expertise in assessing military claims. It is of interest also, corroborating in turn the claims of some other experts cited in the immediately prior Scahill report in Intercept that I posted before; and with the correct link above: "Why the US is facing strategic defeat Drone, Missiles, THAAD POLICY TENSOR MAR 06, 2026 Irrespective of the ever-shifting war aims peddled out by Administration officials, there is a clear and obvious sense in which strategic victory and defeat are defined here. If the United States cannot, either through direct denial or military coercion, suppress Iran’s attacks on its own assets and those of its allies and protectorates, that would constitute a strategic defeat for the United States. If the US declares mission accomplished whilst the Iranians are still firing their weapons at the oil monarchies, US military bases, Israel, and, above all, if Hormuz is still closed, that would constitute an unambiguous strategic defeat for the United States. By the same token, if Iran can continue its attacks and keep Hormuz closed despite whatever the US throws at it, until such a time as the US offers a ceasefire, it would’ve succeeded in reestablishing deterrence. That would constitute a strategic victory for Iran. This is not a definitional question; it is a question of the perception of adversaries, third parties, and disinterested analysts. The Western media spin won’t count; it would just be too blatantly obvious…. At: https://policytensor.substack.com/p/why-the-us-is-facing-strategic-defeat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41041): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41041 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118196518/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
