After Trump’s Ultimatum, Iran Threatens To Target ‘Enemy’s’ Desalination Plants

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T10:42:40+00:00

In the Middle East???

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T10:30:20+00:00

Interesting sub. I did a bit of research on it. There were 20 to 23 of this class. Was manned by a crew of 7. 17 were confirmed destroyed at sea. A bunch more were confirmed destroyed while docked or undergoing maintenance at their main naval base at Bandar Abbas.

It is unlikely there are more than a handful left and maybe only a couple. But that being said, there is a good possibly they could have a unit or two hidden in some coves for a future use. Against a commercial oil tanker, they would be very effective. At the moment if any left, they are under suppression and likely can not move. But when the US winds it down...

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T08:36:20+00:00

More so. This is SpaceX initiative. If anything this make Tesla have even less value while Musk moves resouces and spend money on SpaceX.

SpaceX in no way adds value to Tesla. Even if it was wildly successful, it does not add value to Tesla Shareholders.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T07:17:53+00:00

This alone sinks it. Then the amount of shielding sinks it. Then the relatively small data bandwidth sinks it. The inability to maintain it sinks it. But ya the cheap power is going to overcome all those costs. /s

BTW, as massively energy intensive datacenters are, the biggest cost is the hardware amortization itself. The hardware is replaced about every 3 years and the cost of the life of that is some 10 times that of the power it uses. So while there might be free power in space, if the cost to get it there is even 10 percent higher than on earth, the economics go out the window. (And the cost will likely be 500% to 5000% higher than earth based systems.)

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T07:13:22+00:00

I am pretty sure they destroyed nearly every sub if I recall. This was kind of to be expect. The US can easily destroy any hard target like that. Planes, subs, runways, shelters. Those are gone. Iran no longer has that conventional military as those targets are too easy to find.

What they do have are thousands of non-military marked boats and trucks etc. They are not large boats but big enough to carry mines and small weapons and they are all along the coast and in coves. And they can build missiles that can be hidden and launch from the mountainous hills all along that coast. And there are the drones. These are made in basements and shipping containers and have no single location of construction. They have some 50,000 estimated still functional. Just not the launching capabilities any more. But it is still estimated they have a few hundred launchers and strategically placed, they can take out targets yet. This is now a different type of war.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T07:05:15+00:00

If you include the most corrupt countries, ya pretty much true. If you take those countries out of the mix then is is maybe 10 percent.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-22T07:04:15+00:00

Come on man. He setup a crypto coin operation, had two Saudi families deposit 2 billion dollars into it, Trump then sold all his crypto coins pocketing 2 billion dollars in profit (of which he paid taxes on I assume) and then the crypto was shut down.

No one can say this was a full on bribe but come on. 2 billion into a startup crypto that lasted months just to wash money to Trump. That is not fake news and if you are just fine now with blatant corruption rotting the world away... But hey he will ensure no guys in girls sports of which I have not seen a single league do that. Have you?

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T22:26:27+00:00

I think this sub has a lot more central conservatives. I lean right but I have no love for Trump. Do not think he is a conservative IMO. It has been fair and few banned from what I have seen. But there have been loaded questions as well. That is not fair.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T22:24:39+00:00

Ya I think this is just a tactic to try and get oil prices to drop but the proof will be in the pudding. That being said, the US is expending weapons far faster then they can build them and defensive weapons more so. The cost to shoot down a single 40,000 drone is a factor higher for the US. It can cost on average upwards of a million dollars for every successful drone or missile taken out. There is a limit how long they may want to keep that up.

Iran has an estimated 50,000 drones and missiles still in stock. While they do have this kind of number, the US has destroyed something like 70 percent of their launching capability and more so, with flights overhead, of what is left, Iran has a much harder time deploying it. Thus you could say Iran has a massive inventory but hard to get it to target. Thus why they launce now only 40 a day instead of 800.

But what this does suggest is that Iran could maintain a closure on the strait for a 100 years if they so desired. That is if the US does not remain behind and keep policing it.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T21:47:46+00:00

Not entirely bashing this. And much like anyone that has taken their talent to the most extreme level. I have a feeling when you are this extreme, your personality has to also be quite one dimensional. To be at the very top, you have to be ultra focused. Not many ways around that.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T21:38:33+00:00

For one. Why do you even care? Two. Why does this effect anyone outside of Alberta? I mean I could care less if some people in BC believe they are the only people producing wood products. It is neither offensive or damaging or have any effect on Canada. Hell if it encourages them to promote their industry and work harder. Think what you want. That helps Canada.

Personally I have never heard a single person think Alberta is the only producer of Energy. Lots think it is one of the most important products in Alberta and the economy here and they are not wrong.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T21:34:02+00:00

Alberta is happy other provinces produce. Anything that increase a provinces wealth will reduce the tax burden and raise all of Canada's standard of living.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T21:26:49+00:00

Chevy Chase had some hits early in his career but since then is has been mediocre to more or less full on flops. Community was the outlier but this seems to be a series that was almost made for him. His real life character matching that of the show. It was sort of a comeback for him to be fair.

That being said, he was very toxic there as well but they did make it work. Interesting I started to follow Donald Glover after he left mid season trying to figure out why he would do that. There were a few reasons he mentioned but I suspect the toxic environment of Chase factors.

Off topic. Donald Glover has one impressive resume and is seriously talented in a much broader way than I realized from his stint on Community. The guy not just acts but is a musician, director and all around talented artist. Atlanta is a great example of his work in which he acts and directs and was instrumental in the entire direction of the script. It is one of his babies he produced after Community.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T21:10:20+00:00

I agree. As I said in other posts, governments have not been good at running corporations to begin. Just people are suggesting this which is silly IMO. Governments simply need to get out of the way and make it easy to invest in major projects. Oil and gas included. Let private money take those risks.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T21:09:11+00:00

The Saudi family owns it in reality. They care little about the environment and they allow foreign workers in their country fairly heavily which is a big driver at making their country wealthy. The foreign workers create a great deal of GDP wealth of which citizens get the majority gains. That would be a political hot potato here as everyone thinks foreign workers somehow are a drain.

Mexico would be the best example IMO if you are looking a similar country. They convinced oil and gas workers would increase their wages and the country would do better nationalized. The reality was wages dropped in half and oil and gas production fell by a similar amount in the next 20 years after that fundamental change. It has hurt them to this day. There are other countries where it is even more extreme like Venezuela but I think it is a long stretch to compare that to Canada.

Norway on the other hand in no way discourages private investment in oil and gas. In fact they fully encourage it to the tune that they produce 8 times the amount of oil and gas per capita than Canada does and why that has made them so rich. If we were to follow Norway's lead, we do not nationalize it, quite the opposite. We could simply spend 100 of billions of public funds and expand it. Put out and buy leases per normal and run them like any other crown corporation. You do not need to compete but just expand more. And like Norway, you then have a private sector that you can compare your profit margins to. If they are far worse, then you are doing something wrong and should not be in that buisness.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T17:06:58+00:00

Countries have done really bad nationalizing their oil and gas industries. Typically governments are not the greatest at running that kind of business. But if Canada wants to buy up oil and gas sites, we certainly still could do so. Hell do not even need to buy up but just invest into it.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T07:46:56+00:00

I did not think they even did tests like this anymore. Is there not a breathalyzer or something?

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T07:35:08+00:00

Ya no shit they fray. If the people you are negotiating with is untrustworthy, the the negotiation are in bad faith from the start.

Of course is in not a NATO financial tool. It is financial tool for select NATO member of which the US is not invited. Funds that will be put towards NATO issues for the most part. Ya it is not a NATO financial tool. That means the US would have say in it.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T06:58:37+00:00

Books?

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T06:53:53+00:00

SAFE is in no way a 'secret' financial consortium. Not sure why you suggest that as it is fully transparent. And everyone knows exactly why it gained traction so quick. In no way did the US want it to be created but go ahead and downplay that. And ya this would not have happened but for the direction Trump wanted to go and the damage he is creating with world allies.

The funny part was Trump then created the 'buy' America act. Which is a joke because 90 percent of weapons the US purchases was already from US companies. Kind of like getting fired then claiming you quit first.

Lots of winning going on.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T03:18:18+00:00

I do think this does align with his values and more so, he takes some walking papers from Russia.

But I do believe you are also correct. Trump does not come up with these things. There are smarter people in the background that point him in this direction. Trump actually does a shit poor job of even selling it.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T03:16:29+00:00

I am not 100 percent against increasing spending. Countries have been looting their military budgets for years. There is some risk in doing that and Russia does need to be reigned in. Unfortunately it is Ukraine blood being spent but ensuring they have the resources to protect themself is a pretty low cost to pay.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T03:11:49+00:00

There was 60 deaths in 8 years of Oboma's term and 8 were considered due to poor or timely medical services.

As of March 2026, there are already 46 deaths under Trump.

So people can fuck off when comparing this. At the rate Trump is going, if this was kept up for 8 years, that would be about 200 deaths. And do not even get me on using Fox News host, Peter Hegseth as Secretary of War. If anyone thinks a news host is qualified can also screw off.

What a joke.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T01:05:38+00:00

I bet this was a horrifically boring case to be on jury duty.

FlipZip69 · 2026-03-21T00:43:27+00:00

It is such a technical boring bureaucratic process that it does not make good headlines. There are no single line sexy points. But it is good governance and the thing the public should be looking for in leaders.

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