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'Share' (at the bottom of the newsbit) does generate a unique url which links directly to the newsbit. Seems that for some reason the forum insists on embedding it as a 'live' thread though, instead of as a standard hyperlink. eg https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2lr40g17kt?post=asset%3A31eeddf8-3347-4e96-8612-776d7d42dd46#post links to a specific newsbit if you c&P into a browser. If you let it be converted to an embed it shows as: BBC NewsTrump says he's 'not happy' with UK after Starmer says it...The US president repeats his call for other nations to assist in securing the Strait of Hormuz, after saying it would be "very bad for the future of Nato" if allies don't help. Of course. And you hear from them constantly because they want to talk to the media, and they're exactly the sort of person the media wants to hear from. Indeed, if you listened to the media they're the only people who exist in Iran (except those who are part of the 'regime'. Which is, in itself, biased wording). You don't hear from those who support the clerics though. They won't talk to the BBC, or CNN, or Le Monde or whoever. Who also aren't really interested in hearing from them anyway. There's always far more interest in hearing from those who reinforce what you already believe. That gives a massively distorted view, along with, well, defining a bunch of Iranian entities as terrorist so you can't show anything 'promoting' their views.

Could be, but I wouldn't be surprised. Again, could be, but the narrative over here is that their intelligence networks dropped the ball majorly and that Putin was getting a completely wrong picture of the attitude of a regular Ukrainian.

Hi! Forgive me for hijacking this post, but I'm not based in the US. Should I still apply anyway? Thanks in advance.

Yes that also complicates domestic regime change in Iran but you could argue in Syria it was similar. You had different ideological groups with a common objective of ending Assad's regime But in Syria's case they were armed and had resources. In Irans case having a common objective is moot if you cant actually overthrow the state militarily Its amazing how NATO suddenly becomes relevant to Trump when he wants there help. Thats why I always I ignore his selective criticism of NATO and his threats of leaving NATO The US also benefits from NATO when it can like it benefits from the UN. No single country is greater overall than these institutions But its easy to generalize and find fault but you still better to be part of them for the US

One problem (amongst many) is, there is no unified opposition. Everyone being against something is not the same as everyone being in favour of something (or someone). The latter being exemplified by how the Shah was overthrown by a unifying figure. Afghanistan being the example of what you end up with when you have a puppet government held up by foreign interests and no popular support. Speaking of Iran, I just saw the Orange Moussolini making noise again. It's Nato's duty to support the US in its war against Iran. You can't make **** like this up 😂 I would have loved linking to the BBC article, but its one of those constantly changing ticket type things, so the content keeps changing

I have watched several gameplay videos on this game and it looks excellent, almost too good to be true but its real

There is a real and active large segment of Iranians that would love to see a new type of government Tens of thousands of them protest in every large protest we have seen over the last 20 years and thousands of them get killed by the state You wont find domestic regime change in Iran because the state has complete control of its security forces like all similar autocracies and they will crush any protests using maximum force. Also the protesters have limited access to weapons so they dont represent a real opposing force like we witnessed in Syria. That was domestic regime change because the groups opposing leadership had the resources to fight Assad So as much as it would be preferable its almost impossible to see the current leadership being overthrown by an internal uprising

I don't think there's any realistic scenario in which Russia nukes Ukraine even if it were not as taboo. The trouble with Trump is that he's Trump. No one really knows what he'll do in a no win situation. It wasn't a reasonable decision to attack Iran either, it wasn't a reasonable decision to do so with-seemingly, and it's a pretty solid seemingly- no apparent plan for anything apart from blowing stuff up and when that doesn't work, blowing more stuff up. The ultimate end point of that 'strategy' is, well, nukes. Not really the logical end point, but we're far beyond applying logic to someone who appears to have had no consideration for how the other side might react. I don't really think Russia believed the local populace would rise, just that the Ukrainian army wouldn't fight effectively. Western media, and probably Intelligence, appears to suffer from classic Confirmation Bias. And really, White Knight/ Hero complex as well. If you watched/ read only the BBC* you'd think that every Iranian opposed their government. Because they all say they do. But, every time I see or read a BBC interview with an Iranian I remember that the type of people who would say things the BBC doesn't like would simply never be interviewed by them- they'd never talk to the BBC in the first place. People who had changed their mind post bombing wouldn't risk anything to berate the BBC knowing that they'd probably not get covered. You'd never know that from the BBC itself though. You can also see it with the Iranian women football players. They make the free choice to stay in Australia, but have to be being pressured into deciding to return to Iran. There's a fair chance they just turned on the news, and decided that actually their government was not wrong about some things. Even if they don't like their government they may well hate being used to justify attacks on their country. This is the ultimate problem with all these sort of things; you have the media- and Intelligence- talking only to the people who say what they want to hear. Since they hear nothing else from people, except state media who you can easily dismiss, you end up Believing what you want to be true is true. Personally, I also always remember the old Chomsky response to a reporter who didn't like Manufacturing Consent: ~"..if you asked those sort of questions, you'd never be employed as a reporter in the first place". *or just about any other western source really. But the BBC is handy, has a live stream and a veritable plethora of articles and newsbits talking to Iranians, and BBC 'Persian' (sic; that it isn't BBC Iran or BBC Farsi shows who it's aimed at) exists.

Sounds like a grand opportunity to cut a Tarrif deal with redacted. I'm sure he'd be all over that.

That would not bode well for Ukraine. Also I find it kind of ironic that the US had tripped over the same assumption Russia had in Ukraine, that the local population will be on their side.

Four v1 have been delivered and as recently as July 2025 the Army bought two more v2: Epirus Receives $43.5 Million Contract from U.S. Army for IFPC-HPM Generation II Systems I agree that all DE weapons suffer from environmental limitations (rain, snow, clouds, haboob, smoke) but it seems to me that ("human safe" lol) microwaves offer a better option than pewpewing single targets with a laser.

There's a non zero chance Trump does try to 'win' this with nukes. Apart from the narcissism he gives every impression of not just being a "if I have a hammer, every problem can be solved with nails" type guy, but also a "if I have a hammer it has to be used, or it is worthless" type guy. You can stick pretty much anything on a civilian ship, with enough work*. In that case, you'd presumably lift a vehicle with it onto the ships then take them off at the end to swap onto a ship going the other way, which seems simple enough. Though given the information on its effectiveness comes from the manufacturer some mild skepticism about its stated capabilities is warranted. Especially so if it's actually been rejected (given it's microwaves, is it massively less effective if it's, well, raining for example?). We have no idea how the system copes with swell (probably ok, on a big tanker, on a smaller cargo ship though?) and especially salt water. Which will mess things up far worse than fresh water might. *Germans stuck ~light cruiser level load outs on modified freighters in WW2 for example, and they had to be clandestine. Good enough that the Kormoran sank a heavy cruiser, albeit they wouldn't have had a chance if the cruiser had been sensible.

And the US is trusted with nuclear weapons.

Trump says US may hit Iran’s Kharg Island again ‘just for fun’ Umm... 'K. Cue the sinister laughter, I suppose. Mwahahahaha. 👹 This seems increasingly like a bully vs. bully war. Which one is the more evil, I wonder?

I do like the idea of allowing them to pop wounding and stunning shots but I worry I'll remove some of the fun of the challenge, if that makes sense, but that's entirely arbitrary and I'd need to experiment with how it feels in-game to even determine if that's "easy" enough. Stalkers link is genuinely game changer even without a the +10 torc and I can already feel the lack of accuracy. Animals get a big power buff every 3 levels or so, first one at 4 and so on, but It's definitely not enough to carry the game. I'm pushing as far as I can (I've gotten to Caed Nua and dealt with the entire Temple of Eothas), but I think ultimately the challenge's rules will change slightly to allow this. Or allow traps/DoT scroll usage, as I feel that's pretty in spirit. Hell, tanglefoot is super cheap. Not being able to take those survival bonuses REALLY sucks, that could have carried me throughout the whole main story I feel like. Thanks for the response, the minute details like this are incredibly hard to find out on my own.

I think it would work on missiles too, but I havent seen a test against one. It wouldnt drop out of the sky like a stone, but it would probably lose navigation, communication and warhead fuse arming. Sea mines are a whole different problem. Hear me out here, we put some robots in the deckhouse.

Can they be used on civilian ships or is it only for military use?

The have build 4 land prototypes. They have had issues trying to integrate it to naval vessels electronic systems. Its integration to US Army's system seem to have been delayed as 2024 they were excepting that integration is done in 2025, but it looks that project didn't go forward in 2025.

So, Obsidian apparently has four projects currently underway. Wrapping up Grounded 2 and Avowed are surely among them. But what are the others? Does anyone here have any info on what's next from Obsidian? It's been way too long since they've released a game that had direct appeal for me, but I still remain very hopeful.

Yes, I looked it up and one of its purposes is destroying drone swarms So that would be effective at stopping drones attacking ships but not missiles or mines in the Straits? I imagine its not widely used because most of these ships are private sector and or ships that belong to countries outside the US So there would be cost involved and someone qualified needs to operate it Its definitely a good idea, it just requires an additional level of resources that these shipping companies would have to absorb

Yes, its a real platform: Epirus Leonidas High-Power Microwave: Directed Energy for cUAS, cUAS Swarms, Counter Electronics Can defeat swarms, 2km range, 360 degree slew, pennies on the dollar to fire...there must be some fatal flaw that I dont understand yet or why else arent we pumping these out like the Model T?

Is this a real weapon, where are they used outside of potentially protecting ships?

Starweave The Troubadour is a healer and the Blackguard is a ranger and I am somewhat confused, but the colours help. There is a monster dog behind the column and I could not turn the camera. Saints Row Found the Main Menu decoration. Wavetale Clash - Artefacts of Chaos The bane of all adventurers - the Thigh-High Fence.

Started and finished Starweave. It is 2 hour-long tactical game. It is linear, lacks many QoL features, but also affordable and looks fine. Spent 2 hours sorting and uploading screenshots from the past 2-3 weeks. I suppose, it gives time to reflect on the games played?