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Old 28th February 2026 | 17:39
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Dubai chums are messaging that it was a drone. A most unexpected target unless someone in particular was staying there.
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I am not sure targeted more like un-targeted according to my old company staff based there. Another friend was on a Virgin flight who had an interesting flight home after a late departure and a bit of a race track over the gulf. However in comparison with a staff member who watched Iranian misled launches last year climbing through 30k ft on his flight who worried WW3 was imminent and promptly went for the Champagne not so worried!
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Old 28th February 2026 | 17:55
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Seems to be really kicking off now with Iranians being told to evacuate major industrial sites.

USA knows how to do a Saturday night.
The large amount of KC46 and KC135 aerial tankers that have launched from the Azores and Spain in recent hours would suggest something big and heavy is en-route to Iran to light up the night sky...
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Old 28th February 2026 | 18:05
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IDF states largest air op in history for them - 200+ fighter jets hit 500+ targets

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Old 28th February 2026 | 18:08
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Hearing (from a cousin) that Khomeini's has had his chips.
He took off earlier today but the flight was - cut short.


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Old 28th February 2026 | 18:50
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Footage of an Iranian Shahed attack drone hitting an apartment building in Bahrain tonight, as seen from the building.


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Old 28th February 2026 | 18:54
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10 x Tomahawks launched in 50 seconds from an Arleigh Burke destroyer
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Old 28th February 2026 | 18:58
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Old 28th February 2026 | 18:59
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The moment that an Iranian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone struck the Kuwait International Airport (KWI)
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:02
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​​​​​​​Right now, Shahed drones are yet again striking the U.S. Navy’s main headquarters in Bahrain.
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:06
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​​​​​​​Insane footage showing multiple interceptors from a U.S. Army MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Battery launching and downing Iranian ballistic missiles earlier tonight during an attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, with at least one ballistic missile seen striking the base, reportedly damaging a clinic on Al Udeid.
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:09
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Confirmed by Israeli PM: Khamenei dead - killed in the attack on compound
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:09
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Via CENTCOM: RGM-109E Tomahawk with a black (presumably low observable) coating. Between that and the forward swept wings we may now know what the CLASSIFIED Cost Element in Tactical Tomahawk Procurement is.

$37 million in procurement dollars was spent in FY2023 on Classified missile hardware elements in support of 40 new production Block V TACTOMs.


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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:19
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Attack on Iranian frigate.
​​​​​​​Either IRIS Alvand (F-71) or IRIS Alborz (F-72) struck in port at Konarak.

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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:28
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"Insane footage showing multiple interceptors from a U.S. Army MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Battery launching and downing Iranian ballistic missiles earlier tonight during an attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, with at least one ballistic missile seen striking the base, reportedly damaging a clinic on Al Udeid."
​​​​​​​When bloggers introduce their posts with descriptors like "insane" and "crazy" and "mad", I don't bother about watching further.
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:36
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When bloggers introduce their posts with descriptors like "insane" and "crazy" and "mad", I don't bother about watching further.
Especially those coming from X. If we want to go to X we will go there ourselves.
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:47
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Sky News showing live a sustained series of Iron Dome missile intercepts of incoming Iranian ICBMs over Tel Aviv.
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:51
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Confirmed by Israeli PM: Khamenei dead - killed in the attack on compound
Wow!
Lots of news channels saying the same thing.
Wonder if it's true that his aircraft got took down...

I guess the 'official' wording will come from Trump. The US military/Intelligence, won't f&^k this announcement up, particularly if they want the Iranian people to 'uprise'.
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Old 28th February 2026 | 19:56
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Wow!
Lots of news channels saying the same thing.
Wonder if it's true that his aircraft got took down...
No, body reportedly recovered from the rubble of his compound along with those of his son and his daughter-in-law.

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Old 28th February 2026 | 20:05
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40 top Iranian leaders killed in the first strike which was moved up and carried out in daylight on Int provided by Israelis who had infiltrated the Iranian State Security apparatus

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Old 28th February 2026 | 20:08
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The mid-morning attack, rather than midnight, seems to have been planned to catch the Iranians off guard and at their offices in an attempt at decapitation of the regime.

Israel says that it killed the head of Iran's IRGC, the Minister of Defense, Chairman of SPND, Khamenei's National Security Advisor, and Head of Khamenei's Military Bureau in a coordinated strike along with their senior staff.



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