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US loses 3 Fighter jets to Kuwaiti friendly fire

(Kuwait) On Monday the 2nd March 2026, the US lost 3 F15E fighter jets flying over Kuwait to Kuwaiti friendly fire. Apprantly the Kuwaiti Air defence IFF System failed to recognise the US fighters as friendly during a Iranian UAV attack and proceeded to launch Patriot missiles at them, resulting in the shootdown of three of them. All the pilots ejected and have been accounted for.

Footage of an F-15 falling out of the sky this morning over Kuwait, in an apparent “friendly fire” incident involving the U.S. Air Force. pic.twitter.com/GQvryfJ4C4

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 2, 2026

Newly released video shows locals in Kuwait approaching and offering to help one of the pilots of one of the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles that was downed this morning in a “friendly fire” incident over Kuwait.

“Are you fine?”

“Yes.”

“You need something to help you?”… pic.twitter.com/obNk1PYXOt

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 2, 2026

US and Israel carry out strikes on Iran

(Tehran)  This morning (28th Feb 2026) saw the long expected attack on Iran carried out by the US and surprisingly the first strikes were carried out by Israel..  The video below is of at least 20 US cruise missiles flying over Iraq heading east

Video of strikes across Iran have been uploaded onto Social media. Interestingly there is also video of Iranians celebrating the attacks, Which has me asking,has the US targeted the bases of those Iranian units  who have been supressing the Iranian people these past couple of months

🚨BREAKING:

EXPLOSIONS all across Tehran right now as the Israeli Air Force is bombing the IRGC.

War has officially begun. Pray. pic.twitter.com/GBecAN2pLm

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) February 28, 2026

🚨 CRIES OF HOPE IN IRAN

Women on rooftops are cheering amid smoke in Tehran. Showing their deep desire for freedom and change after years of struggle.

The people deserve peace, rights, and a better future.

Good luck.@gghamari @elicalebon pic.twitter.com/brvypHvPhL

— Kiera Diss (@KieraDiss) February 28, 2026

🚨 Breaking: Explosions in Bushehr, in southern Iran pic.twitter.com/37Ey3v7Wnv

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) February 28, 2026

Iran has retaliated launching missiles at Israel and Bahrain :

A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel.

Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat. In the past few minutes, the Home Front Command has sent a precautionary directive directly to mobile phones in the relevant areas.

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) February 28, 2026

Iran targeted the United States’ naval installation in Bahrain as reports of additional Iranian missile launches against Israel, Qatar, and the UAE continue to come in. pic.twitter.com/MYmfQvK5L4

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 28, 2026

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Iran: Selects new rifle for its military

(Tehran) After 55 years of using the Heckler & Koch G3A6 as its standard military rifle , the Iranians have decided to replace it with a clone of the Heckler & Koch HK417  which is the 7.62 x 51 iteration of the world renowned HK416

Known in Iranian service as the MASAF-2 automatic rifle , which has been in selective use with special arms since 2021, has been given the go ahead to be rolled out to all and sundry , as per usual, the Iranians are claiming that the weapon is indigenous to Tehran , which is a claim they make about virtually all the weapons it clones. I quote: 

  

Brigadier General Qiyumars Heydari, Commander of the Iranian Army, announced the plans to modernize the small arms arsenal. “Following Admiral Sayyari’s order, the Army has officially abandoned the G3 rifle after 53 years of service. It has been replaced by the state-of-the-art MASAF-2 weapon developed by our specialists and mass-produced,”

 

The use of the larger 7.62mm round and not the ubiquitous 5.56 NATO round  (which replaced the 7.62 in NATO service) is presumed to be because Iran after using the 7.62 round for over 55 years cant be arsed to lose all its stocks of said ammo or to change all its tooling to drop down a calibre . That said the  MASAF-2  is a huge improvement over the G3 it replaces 

Pakistan: Suicide attack on army base kills 12 injures 30

(Bannu) A terrorist attack on a Pakistani army base has seen 12 people killed and another 30 injured (so far) The base situated in the city of Bannu was struck by 2 suicide car bombs at sunset around the time of the ending of the days fasting (part of Ramadan)  these blasts opened up a gap in the security wall which was then assaulted on mass by armed individuals belonging to the the Pakistani Taliban group Jaish Al-Fursan. 

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The blasts caused the roof of a nearby mosque to collapse while a number of worshippers were inside, rescue workers trying to free people from underneath the rubble said that they had retrieved the body of the mosque’s imam. The attack is the third terrorist assault in Pakistan since Ramadan started Sunday.

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In homage to Ron Ely 1938-2024

 

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Russia: Ukraine carries out devastating attack on Russian ammunition compound

(Toropets) is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia.

It is also where in 2015, Moscow decided to build a huge ammunition compound which conformed to the highest modern safety standards and which they claimed would be able to withstand a small nuclear strike. which may explain why Moscow had around 30000 tonnes of ammunition in store there which included Iskander and Tochka-U missile systems, guided aerial bombs and assorted artillery ammunition. ... including some North Korean munitions. Well apparently somebody forgot to send that memo to Kyiv who struck the ammunition compound over the night of the 17th and early morning of the 18th of September when it carried out a drone strike on the compound resulting in this:

in fact so devastating was the blast it was recorded as a 2.9 Magnitude earthquake. Finnish microsatellite manufacturer ICEYE released this SAR image showing the extent of the damage to the ammunition storage site

In response, Russia claims that they shot down all the drones the Ukraine launched at the ammunition compound, but the wreckage from one they shot down landed on the ammo dump and set off a chain of explosions. Whatever the cause, the simple fact remains , Moscow has lost a lot of ammunition this past week.

Lebanon: Huge attack on Hezbollah operatives

(Beirut)  In what can only be deemed as audacious, somebody (looks at Israel) tampered with electronic communication devices used by Hezb-allah and on Tuesday 17^th September 2024 decided to detonate them. The initial strike targeted pagers which Hezb-allah started rolling out earlier this year, which it did so as to replace much higher tech Smart phones, which they believed could be compromised by others (looks again at Israel) and which they feel has been the reason how Israel has been able to successfully target Hezb-allah , Hamas and Iranian leaders. The use of pagers was seen as a cheap low tech solution to the problem above. But it appears that somebody (looks at Israel) was ahead of the curve here and set up a plan of action in which to doctor the order that Hezb-allah had placed for such and as we saw on Tuesday , at the push of a button somebody (Yup looks again at Israel) was able to detonate the newly supplied pagers resulting in the crippling of around 4000 Hezb-allah operatives and around 13 deaths

This was followed Wednesday (18th September 2024)  by a second wave of explosions , which this time targeted walkie talkies which ironically were also purchased at the same time resulting in another 20 deaths and around 450 injuries.

At a stroke somebody has managed to paralyse Hezb-allahs ability to communicate , which may explain why the IDF has started carrying out air attacks on Hezb-allah positions as of Thursday morning.  (19th September 2024)``

With the direction of IDF intelligence, the IAF struck approximately 30 Hezbollah launchers and terrorist infrastructure sites, containing approximately 150 launcher barrels that were ready to fire projectiles toward Israeli territory.

Additionally, the IDF struck Hezbollah… https://t.co/uqezvGXdZh

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 19, 2024

Syria: Israel carries out audacious raid on underground Iranian missile base inside Syria

(Masyaf) So last Sunday (8th Sept 2024) It was reported that Israel carried how numerous air strikes across Syria including the Scientific Studies and Research Center in Masyaf (Which is believed to be used by Syria as a development centre for missiles and chemical weaponry)

Well , it is now coming out in the wash, that the entire rash of airstrikes across Syria, was not only a  huge diversion , but also used to degrade Syrian Air defence in which to allow IDF special forces to carry out a raid on an underground Iranian missile base to the south west of Masyaf who choppered in, entered the underground base, killed a load of Syrian guards, captured a number of Iranians working there, set explosives, blew the place up and left ASAP. 

The .@IDF and the .@IAFsite destroyed reported Iranian underground missile factory in #Syria ground raid
.@BarakRavid on .@axios
1/ https://t.co/bCCXT7BNEH pic.twitter.com/oCYfBdfDtz

— Ronen (@RonenStauber) September 12, 2024

🧵⚔️ BREAKING: Israeli Forces Infiltrate Iranian Missile Facility in Syria 🚨

Israel’s largest airstrikes in years targeted an Iranian missile facility near Masyaf. Reports say Israeli forces infiltrated the site and gathered key intelligence.

Here’s what we know 👇 pic.twitter.com/fU2nrIBTp2

— Voice from the East (@easternvoices) September 12, 2024

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Russia: Ukraine takes out a Ammo dump containing North Korean Ballistic missiles

(Soldatskoe) On the evening of the 7th Sept 2024, Kyiv carried out a drone attack on a Russian Ammunition compound in the village of Soldatskoe Voronezh Oblast

Yes, Ukraine has struck numerous Russia ammunition compounds since Feb 2022, but this one is slightly different as it was used to hold KN-23 Ballistic Missiles supplied by North Korea.

Basically its the North Korean version of the Russian Iskander M Ballistic missile, which has been purchased on mass by Moscow to make up the deficit in Short range Ballistic Missiles it has suffered due to its 3 day special operation now approaching the 3 year point.

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🇺🇦Ukrainian drones hit ammunition warehouse in Russia's Voronezh Oblast.#Ukraine #Voronezh pic.twitter.com/zrGQWhF1kh

— WORLD AT WAR (@World_At_War_6) September 7, 2024

Voronezh Oblast, Soldatskoye. Ammunition depot, September 7, 2024. pic.twitter.com/5AsiQUPfOb

— Russia on fire (@russiasonfire) September 7, 2024

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