[StrategicNuclearMoose]

[StrategicNuclearMoose]

If the USAF KC-135 refuelling aircraft truly “crashed due to accident in friendly airspace” then why are they avoiding said friendly airspace now?

[Vincentsdream]

She. Everything is okay.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by StrategicNuclearMoose ↗

If the USAF KC-135 refuelling aircraft truly “crashed due to accident in friendly airspace” then why are they avoiding said friendly airspace now?

Friendly airspace just means it wasn't enemy-controlled airspace. The crash was reportedly due to an incident between two KC-135s during the mission, not hostile fire. Changing routes afterward doesn't prove anything. After an aviation accident, procedures and flight paths are often adjusted temporarily while investigators determine what happened.

My stepfather (in my life for 50 years now) flew C-5s and C-141s during his 36 year Air Force career and also spent time around KC-135 refueling operations, so I've heard plenty of firsthand stories.

Also keep in mind that sites like Flightradar24 only show aircraft that are broadcasting ADS-B and only where civilian receivers exist. Military aircraft often disable that during operations, and coverage over places like western Iraq is limited anyway. What you see on those maps is only a partial picture, so reading too much into route changes or gaps can be misleading.

[kellyhound]

[Rikbikboo]

Iran war latest: Trump calls on UK, China and others to send warships to crucial oil shipping lane - as Iran threatens UAE ports

SO he starts a war knows he cant finish it, is racist as fuck but, says he is'nt and thinks he has a great rapport with the Chinese Premier.

This leaves an interesting question doesnt it? Do the chinese help under we are united this is bad. Or do they not get involved. Where do they get their oil from? "" China.


Trump is quite the guy.

[StrategicNuclearMoose]

I guess what shocks me most is that the KC-135 doesn't have parachutes

[monkeyblitzkrieg]

Just been reading the latest and playing catch up on the latest. If the US can’t defend its GCC military assets or embassies, we’re obviously going to see an escalation of intensity.

The way I see it escalating from the US/Israel perspective is:

Targeting key economic infrastructure > Targeting critical civilian infrastructure (energy/desalination plants) > Proxy ground forces > Limited special forces operations > False Flag Operations > IDF/US ground forces > Special/unknown weapons > Bio/chemical weapons > Nuketown.

The more this situation escalates, China will be pushing boundaries with Taiwan. Russia will also push boundaries with Ukraine.

Grim times folks.

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by StrategicNuclearMoose ↗

I guess what shocks me most is that the KC-135 doesn't have parachutes

https://www.940arw.afrc.af.mil/News/...-from-kc-135s/

[kellyhound]

Key Facts
U.S. Central Command said the Friday night “large-scale precision strike” on Kharg Island “destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers and multiple other military sites,” sparing the island’s oil infrastructure.

There were at least 15 explosions heard on the island, according to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, which said its oil infrastructure did not incur damage, but said “all oil and gas infrastructure in the region in which the U.S. and its allies have interests will be set on fire and destroyed” if there is an attack on its oil supply.

President Donald Trump called the series of attacks among “the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East,” writing on Truth Social that every military target on the island was “totally obliterated.”

He said he would reconsider his decision to spare the island’s oil infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz continues to be disrupted, later writing that the U.S. would continue “bombing the hell out of” Iran’s shoreline as the war intensifies.

There were no reports of casualties during the strikes, with Iranian officials saying the island’s oil terminal remained “fully operational.”

The attacks came as oil and gas prices have surged since the beginning of the war, with crude oil up to around $98 per barrel and gas in the United States climbing to a national average of $3.67.

In his Saturday morning post, the president said “many countries” will send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to counter Iran’s closure of the waterway, but he did not say which countries would do so.

“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send ships to the area,” he said. Those countries, however, have shown hesitancy in deploying their militaries to Iran.

China, where most of Iran’s oil is exported to, was reportedly in talks with Iran earlier in the week to allow the safe passage of crude oil through the strait, as is France.

About 90% of Iran’s oil exports are housed in Kharg Island. Iran has been heavily dependent on the island for its oil exports since the 1960s.

Considered the “undisputed economic backbone of Iran,” Kharg Island handles about 950 million oil barrels annually, Al Jazeera reported.

Exports travel from Kharg Island through the Strait of Hormuz, but the strait has mostly been closed for shipping since the war began in late February.

A 1984 CIA document cites the island’s facilities as “the most vital in Iran’s oil system, and their continued operation is essential to Iran’s economic well-being.” If the oil infrastructure were to be attacked, oil prices will skyrocket “and harden Iran’s stance on creating chaos in the Strait,” according to Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.

“One bullet shot at one of our men or ships and I’d do a number on Kharg Island,” Trump said in a interview in 1988 when revealing his presidential desires. “I’d go in and take it. Iran can’t even beat Iraq, yet they push the United States around. It’d be good for the world to take them on.”


China. Roughly 25% of all their oil imports comes from russia. Rest from Iran and other middle east countries and Malaysia and f.i. Canada etc.

Over 50% of China's oil comes from sanctioned nations, russia, Iran, Venezuela and is now moved via an aging shadow fleet of tankers that operate outside Western insurance and banking systems.

To avoid naval blockades in the South China Sea or the Strait of Hormuz, China has maximized the use of the ESPO pipeline from russia and the Myanmar-China pipeline.

Oil imports from the United States have dropped to near 0% in 2026 due to retaliatory tariffs and heightened trade tensions.

Anticipating further sanctions, China has grown its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to roughly 1.2 billion barrels—enough to cover over 100 days of imports if a total blockade occurs.


Wonder what they will or can do to fill the shortage.