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I am guessing the threatened fiber cables would be the SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 4, SEA-ME-WE 5, SEA-ME-WE 6, IMEWE, MENA and EIG. There are more cables but those would cut off themselves as well.
The initial strike caused a fire so whatever leaked out went up in smoke. Then there were a few days of no leaks. And now it seems like a new compartment has ruptured.
Something went terribly wrong with the STS transfer between the bulk carriers LUCIE B IMO: 9587166 and ANTONIE OLDENDORFF IMO: 9696917 in Sohar 8/9th. LUCIE B transited the 8th, shortly after she started a STS transfer. I wonder if LUCIE B was hit during her Hormuz transit and they tried to offload her but a fire got out of control ? Either way both ships were covered in fire suppressant and smoke rising from the ships on the 9th.
It should have been , unless someone filtered it out, the size of that is around 50-100 megawatts, FIRMS can pick up a large grassfire at 2 megawatts
It never added up, the footage is in daylight ( many hours ago ), that kind of flame would have been seen on NASA Firms long ago.
Basrah has 3M daily capacity, the number of VLCC loading consistenly for a long period exceeds that capacity by a lot. Some of the explanation until recently was that the storage tanks were full. Now the storage tanks are close to empty seen from sat images. In addition two of the 3 FSO departed as well. They are simply not exporting at the previous volumes anymore, so they fill up some compartments and depart to the next PG terminal.
Looks like the previously hit in the middle of the strait KAZIMAH III IMO: 9653408 got towed down to Fujairah
These ships are not anchored , they drift, you have to playback to the satpass exact time, corrent location wont be precise
Hard to tell which ship it is, the problem ship was towed there fairly quickly by several tugs. No ships were in that location prior to this incident.
The red dotted line follows the typical route of VLCC traffic bound for Ras Tannura. However the 51 NM distance aligns better with the usual route of the Qatar–Kuwait LNG shuttle. My guess is that this was an LNG carrier, but cant be sure.
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IN FULL: US Bomber Force Withdrawal from RAF Fairford #IranWar
OK so now we know the full scale of this withdrawal, here's the details - 10 of the 12 B-1B "Lancer" bombers remaining at the base (including the aircraft that only arrived 6 days ago on a rotation) are heading back to the US right now (and the other 2 were meant to leave today too, and might still do so):
Cell 1:
B-1B "MAYAN11" 86-0140 #AE6C0B (DY 345BS) "Last Lancer"
B-1B "MAYAN12" 86-0107 #AE6BEF (WA 77WPS) "Dragon Slayer"
B-1B "MAYAN13" 86-0112 #AE6BF4 (DY) "The Black Widow"
Cell 2:
B-1B "MAYAN21" 86-0138 #AE6C09 (EL) "Seek and Destroy"
B-1B "MAYAN22" 86-0103 #AE6BEC (DY) "The Reluctant Dragon"
B-1B "MAYAN23" 86-0124 #AE6BFE (DY) "Oh! Hardluck II"
Cell 3:
B-1B "MAYAN31" 86-0120 #AE6BFA (EL) "Whiskey Pete"
B-1B "MAYAN32" 85-0069 #AE6BD0 (EL) "Avenger"
Cell 4A:
B-1B "MAYAN41" 86-0111 #AE6BF3 (EL) "Let's Roll"
B-1B "MAYAN42" 85-0060 #AE6BD1 (EL) "Doolittle Raiders"
Cell 4B (Possibly broken):
B-1B "MAYAN43" 86-0108 #AE6BF0 (EL) "Alien with an Attitude"
B-1B "MAYAN44" 86-0134 #AE6C05 (EL) "Thunderbird"
Supporting Tankers (Unclear if all have actually flown):
KC-135R "LAGER52" 61-0315 #AE0237 (EGUN)
KC-135T "LAGER53" 58-0095 #AE04FD (EGUN)
KC-135R "LAGER54" 63-8878 #AE05B1 (EGUN)
KC-135R "LAGER55" 60-0353 #AE062B (EGUN)
KC-46A "BLUE30" 11-46058 #AE5FA5 (LPLA)
KC-46A "BLUE31" 21-46094 #AE63CA (LPLA)
KC-46A "BLUE40" 19-46065 #AE5FAC (LPLA)
KC-46A "HIFI81" 17-46034 #AE5E0F (KPSM)
KC-46A "HIFI82" 18-46054 #AE5FA1 (KPSM)
And so that's it - the end of the Bomber Deployment to RAF Fairford! A total of 29 B-1B and B-52H airframes have been deployed since March 2026, with a total of 64 combat and over 190 training sorties tracked by the team @MATA_osint.
I'll publish more details on the overall bomber deployment in the coming days.
A huge thank you to all those who have supported the bomber tracking effort: @ArmchairAdml @AUX_OSINT @LatAmMilMVMTs @vcdgf555 @steffanwatkins @Andyyyyrrrr @Saint1Mil @jamjake01 @rocketron101 @LHA2709 @Azorean_Lion @TallGlenn85 @window_planes & @havoc_aviation for use of your photos!
cc: @UKDefJournal @TheAviationist @thewarzonewire @AFMonthly @ASForcesMag
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UPDATE: Safe Travels "Lancers"! #IranWar
OK so this looks like a major draw-down! 6 B-1Bs have departed so far this morning, and 2-3 more are preparing to fly shortly!!
The fleet of bombers was at 12 aircraft last night, so this is a big deal!!
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