RT Drop Site (@DropSiteNews)⚡️IRGC:“You struck our hospitals, we did not do the same. You struck our emergency centers, we did not do the same. You struck our schools, we did not do the same. But if you strike electricity, we will strike electricity.We are determined to respond to any threat at the same level necessary to establish deterrence, and we will do so. The United States does not know our capabilities and will see them on the battlefield.”Full statement 🔽 ...

NATO must avoid any retrenchment along the flanks of the military bloc to maintain credible deterrence against Russian aggression at the time when the US is focused on the war in the Middle East, Norway's defense minister said. https://t.co/ZO545WeEvP ...

Mr. . President, are you deploying the additional troops to the region for deterrence or to optimize your operational capabilities. >> Well, I would say this that if I told you the answer to that question, my military people wouldn't be very happy, but we have a lot of troops.We have unlimited ammunition. We have the greatest equipment in the world. And we are decimating Iran.It's about time. And frankly, it should have been done long before me. It should have been done before other president. ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@Satire_Maybe @Linklevosstwins @IslanderWORLD Neither will be able to defeat the missile-and-drone presidios that big countries like Iran, Indonesia, and Malaysia can create over strategic waterways. To maintain coventional deterrence against China it is crucial to have strong alliances with those countries. ...

Iran wishes to impose such a cost that states don't believe they can come back and strike Iran again. The way they are trying to do that is to drive countries around the world into recession by preventing the flow of gas, oil, and other critical goods through the strait. And therefore, whether or not Iran succeeds in establishing deterrence is essentially determined by whether the straits can be reopened.>> And what are the options for reopening it. Well, I think the US will go through a staged approach. So ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@Satire_Maybe @Linklevosstwins @IslanderWORLD Neither will be able to defeat the missile-and-drone presidios that big countries like Iran, Indonesia, and Malaysia can create over strategic waterways. To maintain coventional deterrence against China it is crucial to have strong alliances with those countries. ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)Also (3) Iran is being existentially threatened. In fact, not in rhetoric: many of their leaders were assassinated, rebellion was fomented, and government infrastructure generally has been heavily bombed. If you don't use your deterrent when you are in fact quite existentially threatened, when would you ever use it? ...

RT Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)@Satire_Maybe @Linklevosstwins @IslanderWORLD Neither will be able to defeat the missile-and-drone presidios that big countries like Iran, Indonesia, and Malaysia can create over strategic waterways. To maintain coventional deterrence against China it is crucial to have strong alliances with those countries. ...

In the short term, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard may prove resilient. Yet after the war, they will struggle to rebuild their deterrence against the regime’s foes, which has long been used to justify their privileged position in the country https://t.co/O0m5nYmuRjPhoto: Getty Images ...

In the short term, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard may prove resilient. Yet after the war, they will struggle to rebuild their deterrence against the regime’s foes, which has long been used to justify their privileged position in the country https://t.co/hGiAcg9oTh ...