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I think echo cinco got in trouble for that slapass in court.
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All joking aside and regardless of what we're doing, I can't shake the feeling that their are serious fractures and competing factions in Iran right now, which why they keep being so schizophrenic with their actions. One side wants one thing, another factions immediately undermines it, and were the tool theyre each using to try and lever the other one(s).
Which isn't a good thing, means Iran is in a more unstable spot than everyone is trying to portray, which is bad for everyone. Us, them, the Gulf states, particularly the oil markets, everything.
But this whole thing feels like there is a piece missing and that is the shape of it imo.
PrinceVegeta
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From what I understand, that's how they are able to keep control of the country, by splitting up, hence even though you killed one leader another one in another part of the country is still able to work independent but with the same ideology.
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That's what some of the higher-ups/'official spokespeople' in Iran have been saying.
That part of the government is committed to the deal/peace, but that there are hardliners with means that are going to act unilaterally and it's going to be a process trying to reign them in.
I don't know wtf is going on anymore, seems more and more like this is going to be yet another 'forever war'.
Marines turn H-1 helicopters into drone motherships
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The use of low-cost, near-consumer-grade small drones in warfare dates back more than a decade, but only recently has it gained traction with conventional military forces. The war in Ukraine has seen the extensive use of drones and, at this point, the technology can’t be ignored. Why use a $500,000 missile when a $500 drone can have the same effect?
The Marine Corps has tackled cheap drones with gusto, forming training units and developing new tactics.
Lately, the branch has started turning its H-1 helicopters into motherships for first-person view (FPV) drones. The goal is to allow helicopters to provide close air support while maintaining a stand-off range against modern air defense systems.
The H-1 mothership
Elements of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion paired together at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, in late May, to combine drones with helicopters to increase the lethality of both via a manned-unmanned teaming, or MUM-T.
“The primary objective was to test the feasibility of a non-kinetic drop and deployment of a first-person view drone from a moving helicopter, which we were able to do today,” said Capt. Quinton Thornbury, a UH-1Y Venom pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169.
The scenario was simple: the ground forces from 3rd LAR launched a Neros Archer FPV drone – the most common drone used by the infantry – and tested the ability to hand off the drone’s control to an FPV drone operator hovering in a UH-1Y Venom several miles away.
The proof concept was a success and the hand-off to the drone pilot in the helicopter went seamlessly. The result validated the possibility of using helicopters as mobile motherships for small unmanned aircraft.
Welcome to MUM-T
Marines aboard a UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, toss a first person view unmanned aircraft system during an integration assessment exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 13, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Symira Bostic)
The benefits to this MUM-T teaming are numerous: the drones will effectively extend the survivability, flexibility, and capability of a helicopter.
First, a UAV pilot inside a helicopter can use the drones for target or threat detection, as a drone makes it easy to scan for enemy forces, air defense systems, and armored vehicles, and even map the terrain and identify landing zones.
Alternatively, if the drone is armed with an explosive charge, the pilot can use it to attack the enemy without putting the vulnerable helicopter inside the enemy’s effective range, effectively providing close air support to ground forces.
These drones are essentially guided munitions that only cost a few hundred dollars.
Related: Not all drones are created equal: The five different groups of drones and how to counter them
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Corey Ashby, a target acquisition operator with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, performs a systems check during a first person view unmanned aircraft system integration exercise aboard a UH-1Y Venom, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 13, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Symira Bostic)
Imagine a Marine force receiving mortar fire from an enemy, and attempting to locate the mortar team. They can launch their own drone to locate the enemy, but maybe they only know the general direction of fire, or the fights are so intense they can’t spare a rifle.
Instead, this proof of concept demonstrates that the Marines could launch the drone towards a friendly helicopter, which could then take over drone control and exploit its, the helicopter’s, airborne advantage and optical systems. The UH-1 can employ its advanced targeting systems to find enemy forces hidden around cover and deploy the drone to take them out.
Beyond combat scenarios, the teaming will also be valuable for search-and-rescue or MedEvac mission, as the helicopter’s ability to search is greatly increased by adding one or multiple drones to the mix.
Pairing cheap, disposable, unmanned vehicles with manned aircraft isn’t new. However, the trial in Miramar was of the first times that the U.S. military has combined affordable unmanned aircraft with helicopters.
MUM-T capabilities are evolving rapidly and we can’t afford to ignore them. The future might not be unmanned or manned, but, instead, a combination of both.
Feature Image: U.S. Marines along with the UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper aircraft platform with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing conduct a mass flight at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 28, 2022. (U.
a-mart
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This is a real hardcore Israel discussion with a Jewish democrat so not sure how many of you care
I think he's fantasizing and downplaying many of the issues and circumstances but he's right that our current government is driving us to the down and there are political moves that need to be done
I think he's fantasizing and downplaying many of the issues and circumstances but he's right that our current government is driving us to the down and there are political moves that need to be done
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PrinceVegeta
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The word "genocide" has been used so much just like the word "fascist" by the Left, that both words have truly lost their true meaning. That is why is not surprising for me to think that almost 1/3 of American Jews believe that. You can also add the fact that most American Jews and Liberal Media hate Netanyahu, so the narrative is more believable.
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They can go volunteer with the lovely people of gaza
More than 1/3 of polls are complete bullshit
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We tried! You boarded our boats and took all our coke, fuck you guys
JawboneOfAnAss
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Polls are not accurate. Haredi aren't going to be answering polls. Furthermore, think about this from the perspective of a Jew in the US. Someone randomly cold calls you and asks "Are you Jewish?" How many would actually respond since 10/7?
'Identify as Jewish'. That does a lot of legwork here.
The ones that say yes are indeed the Mamdani types. Younger commies and some older Bundist commies. They are socialists first and Jewish second.
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Why Is It Always the Jews?
I watched Morocco lose to France in the World Cup quarterfinal with the same mixture of pride and disappointment that millions of Moroccans around the world felt. We wanted to keep dreaming. We wanted our team to keep making history. Losing hurt.
What I did not expect was what happened after the final whistle.
Within hours, videos began circulating from cities across Europe. Instead of grieving a football defeat, crowds were chanting, "Hamas," calling for the murder of Jews, and reviving slogans that belonged in humanity's darkest chapters, not in the streets of democratic societies.
As a Moroccan Muslim, I felt something deeper than disappointment.
I felt shame.
Not because Morocco lost a football match. Every team loses eventually. I felt shame because a small but visible minority turned a sporting event into another excuse to express hatred toward people who had absolutely nothing to do with the game.
France scored two goals.
The Jews did not.
Yet somehow, once again, the anger found its way to the same destination it has found for centuries.
That should disturb every decent human being.
Let me be clear from the beginning. The overwhelming majority of Moroccan supporters simply mourned the defeat, congratulated France, and went home. They represented the values of sportsmanship and dignity that I recognize in my own country.
But the fact that only a minority engaged in antisemitic chants does not make the phenomenon less alarming. It makes it more revealing.
Because this was never about football.
Football was simply the latest excuse.
The more I thought about those images, the more one question refused to leave my mind.
Why is it always the Jews?
History offers the same pattern again and again.
When economies collapse, someone blames the Jews.
When pandemics spread, someone blames the Jews.
When political leaders fail, someone blames the Jews.
When wars begin, someone blames the Jews.
When conspiracy theories flourish, Jews somehow become the hidden hand behind every event.
Now, apparently, even the outcome of a football match becomes another opportunity to direct hatred toward the world's smallest religious minority.
As someone who has spent years building bridges between Muslims and Jews, I have learned that antisemitism rarely begins with facts. It begins with convenience.
Blaming Jews is easier than confronting corruption.
Easier than questioning failed leadership.
Easier than examining extremism within our own societies.
A scapegoat is always simpler than self-reflection.
That is why antisemitism has survived for centuries despite constantly contradicting itself.
Jews have been accused of being powerless outsiders and all-powerful insiders.
They have been blamed for capitalism and for communism.
For globalization and for nationalism.
For war and for peace.
The accusations change with every generation, but the target remains remarkably consistent.
As a Moroccan, this troubles me for another reason.
Our country has a unique history. For centuries, Muslims and Jews built Morocco together. Jewish communities were not strangers in our homeland; they were part of its very foundation. They contributed to our commerce, our music, our diplomacy, our crafts, and our culture. Morocco's identity cannot honestly be told without them.
That is precisely why I refuse to remain silent when Jews become the convenient target for frustrations that have nothing to do with them.
Silence is never neutral.
History has taught us where silence leads.
The Holocaust did not begin with extermination camps. It began with words that many people dismissed as harmless. It began with lies repeated so often that they started sounding reasonable. It began when ordinary people convinced themselves that blaming Jews required no evidence at all.
Every generation believes it is different.
Every generation imagines its hatred is justified by new circumstances.
But hatred does not become noble simply because it finds a new excuse.
As a Moroccan Muslim, I believe my faith calls me to stand against injustice regardless of who the victim is. My patriotism calls me to defend the best traditions of Morocco, a country whose history demonstrates that Muslims and Jews can share not only neighborhoods but also a common national identity.
That is why the scenes that followed Morocco's defeat mattered.
Not because they revealed something about Jews.
They revealed something about us.
The question the world should be asking is not what Jews supposedly did to deserve another wave of hatred.
The question is why humanity keeps searching for reasons to blame the same people generation after generation.
Until we answer that honestly, the excuse will keep changing.
The target never will.