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riversedge

(80,343 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:43 AM 21 hrs ago

The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. ......




The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. Most troops had already been evacuated weeks ago, but it is still an active base with permanent personnel.

The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. Most troops had already been evacuated weeks ago, but it is still an active base with permanent personnel.

Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) 2026-02-28T09:58:57.790Z
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The US 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain, hit by an Iranian retaliatory missile. ...... (Original Post) riversedge 21 hrs ago OP
Please no deaths............ Lovie777 21 hrs ago #1
That horse has left the barn. NT mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago #4
No one Greg_In_SF 17 hrs ago #7
Well, that one wasn't intercepted Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #2
As trump would say... Oh well. Autumn 21 hrs ago #3
Not even oh well newdeal2 21 hrs ago #5
Trump never thinks of consequences. No nation ever rolled over without fighting back when attacked. ChicagoTeamster 17 hrs ago #6
Hackers Postal Grunt 5 hrs ago #8
This was in the news a week ago. The US pulled assets out of the bases including this one close to Iran. Melon 5 hrs ago #9
We are being run by the absolue worst fucking government in United States history. Initech 5 hrs ago #10

ChicagoTeamster

(737 posts)
6. Trump never thinks of consequences. No nation ever rolled over without fighting back when attacked.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:05 PM
17 hrs ago

Iran doesn't have the resources that the US and Israel have. Terrorism is a tactic not an ideology. It makes up for not having the naval and air forces of an adversary. What they can't hit with missiles they will hit with suicide bombers. Or drones launched from offshore.

The devices can still be transported to the south Atlantic off the Central American coast for a ship to small ship transfer. The cartels specialize in small subs. Then the device could be delivered off the coast of southern Florida by a suicide bomber in a small sub and detonated or a number of small drones with high explosives and incendiaries could be launched from just offshore.

Or, they can go after his less defended, but very important to Trump, golf businesses and other businesses in the middle east.

Is his Qatari jet finished? They might sabotage that as well.

Postal Grunt

(255 posts)
8. Hackers
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:50 AM
5 hrs ago

Iran is capable of asymmetric warfare in the form of using its many talented hackers. Government buildings and military facilities wouldn't necessarily be their main targets. For many years hospitals, utility companies, and other unassuming entities have been warned to update their computer systems to protect themselves from ransomware attacks and other malevolent devices before they become victims of their own ineptitude and sloth. Just use your imagination as to the impact of towns and cities losing water supplies or electricity. We can only hope that responsible managers have convinced the powers that be to practice preventive, positive steps instead of waiting to find Bandaids after the proverbial fecal matter has hit the fan.

Melon

(1,307 posts)
9. This was in the news a week ago. The US pulled assets out of the bases including this one close to Iran.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:54 AM
5 hrs ago

Initech

(108,364 posts)
10. We are being run by the absolue worst fucking government in United States history.
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:54 AM
5 hrs ago

Fuck the GOP, fuck Donald Trump. No circle of hell is good enough for these depraved psychopaths.

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