The U.S. and Israel have been targeting deep underground missile sites within Iran, with strong success. Iranian counterstrikes, missile & drone launches are down 80 to 90 percent according to Pentagon officials.
Additionally, the Israeli military has reported they dismantled an underground bunker system in Tehran used by regime leadership. Originally the bunker was used by slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei underneath the leadership compound in central Tehran. The bunker was targeted by 50 Israeli fighter jets and subsequently destroyed.
President Trump announced via Truth Social that he will not seek any terms with Iran other than unconditional surrender.
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Meanwhile, in a somewhat predictable move, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced the U.S. will lift some sanctions on Russian oil exports in order to mitigate shortfalls. India will be permitted to purchase additional Russian oil for use in their refineries. The gasoline end products will then be sold into the market.
BESSENT: “President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded.
To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury Department is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. This deliberately short-term measure will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government as it only authorizes transactions involving oil already stranded at sea.
India is an essential partner of the United States, and we fully anticipate that New Delhi will ramp up purchases of U.S. oil. This stop-gap measure will alleviate pressure caused by Iran’s attempt to take global energy hostage. (more)
Strategically, it has always appeared that President Trump wanted to remove the sanctions against Russia as part of a negotiated peace deal with Ukraine. However, the intransigence of Ukraine and the EU had blocked that move. I would anticipate at some date the U.S. will use the opportunity of global need as a justification to permit more Russian oil to be sold into Western markets.
This approach will not make Ukraine or the EU happy; however, it could be structured to put petrodollars back in control of Russian oil sales. That approach would further weaken China and the BRICS assembly who have been purchasing energy products in domestic exchange currencies.
The U.S., Venezuela and Russia could increase output and replace the missing oil production from the middle east region. This would stabilize markets. Although, the politics of that approach would face stiff opposition.
What seems very likely is that Bessent, Rubio and Trump have a plan. If there’s one person in U.S. politics who understands how to use oil to financially mitigate any geopolitical impacts, it’s President Trump.
Keep an eye on Russia. Ignore the western media narratives and look for direct source information on Russian oil activity.
Let them work and just keep watching
Bravo, President Trump!
Leaders of nation’s heads all over the world are exploding wherever peace and prosperity for all is not part of their game plan.
Peace through strength!
Gotta love it. 😉
The most important truth exposed is not only the deep corruption, but the PROFOUND STUPIDITY as well.
Then one wonders what they would get paid for ACTUAL jobs in the private sector. And it’s mostly a burger-flipping wage.
Infuriating to really SEE how truly useless they are. And how stupid the electorate is.
Fascinating.., and fantastic!
Love me some PDJT!
An evil regime that thinks nothing of slaughtering innocent men, women and children, including among its own population. Anything less than total surrender would be an injustice to God.
J
Good enough for Hitler, good enough for the Iranians. Keep at it.
Washington Post and the other fake news (including Fox News) are peddling that Russia is providing information to target American interests. The media is really playing this up to try to get Trump and his Administration to go against Russia. I don’t believe a word the Washington Post and other fake news so I’m skeptical of the reporting. They only blame Russia for everything. The left corrupts and destroys everything they touch.
I would urge the President to NOT accept any surrender whatsoever! Keep at it until there is no Iran, the army scatters, like a pack of dogs and every single Shia clergyman is converted to Judaism!
We should be experiencing terror from the entire middle east raining down on America as the friends of Iran are retaliating! Doom and gloom for America. This is what we have been led to believe for year after year as they pick off our brave one at a time. Seven days in and it’s unconditional surrender, ( like what they demanded of Hitler). We are not only defeating Iran, there are many in government that feel the bombs are hitting their wallet. The Cubans are on the brink of freedom as well as Iranians. Putin and Xi are nervously watching every laser, bomb and precision missal strike. The media here had us thinking we had better go back to the drawing board before even thinking of attacking. President Trump has all but silenced the media and that should be considered half of the surrender. So much for the ever war desire.
Off Topic,
I saw a post the other day where a guy in MI. said his Golf cart new lithium battery went into sleep mode being he ran it low and do to the cold weather, He contacted the manufacturer in China and they thru the Battery management system “BMS” woke the battery up and brought it back to a full charge, now it works perfectly again, the poster was amazed they can do that from China without any of his help, They have constant contact thru WiFi Bluetooth
A Thought I had!
” The answer is not good, Could cause wide spread fires, in your garage or anywhere a lithium powered ca,r golf cart or home back-up power, the list goes on!”
My question,
Beings china can control battery management system “BMS” in lithium metal cased batteries, can they influence the bms to cause battery damage if they wanted to?
Answer
Yes, because Chinese manufacturers control a significant portion of the Battery Management System (BMS) software and hardware, there is potential to influence them
. The BMS is the “brain” of a battery, managing charging speed, temperature, and safety, so manipulating these settings could cause damage like overheating, fire, or capacity failure.
BMS Control Risks: The BMS directly controls crucial factors like voltage limits (
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) and temperature. If manipulated to ignore safety limits, a battery could be forced into a dangerous, overcharged state.
Production Integration: Chinese firms integrate these systems during production, often including internet-connected components in electric vehicles (EVs) that could, in theory, receive remote updates or commands.
Control over Value Chain: China controls ~77% of battery cell manufacturing, making it the dominant source of these systems.
System Integrity: While a properly functioning BMS prevents damage, tampering with its algorithms can create vulnerabilities, leading to short circuits, fires, or explosions.
Note: While the capability exists theoretically, there are no public reports of widespread, intentional, malicious damage to batteries through this method, but the security risks are increasingly discussed in the context of critical infrastructure.
But it is possible!
How about don’t have them connected to WiFi bluetooth unless you need it!
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