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As the dust clears from the #SoleimaniAssassination a major takeaway relates to US perceptions of Iran's military capabilities: namely, that they are probably more impressive, and deadly, than were originally suspected.
Simulations have emphasized Iran's ability to use ballistic missiles to inflict heavy losses. After #Abqaiq and this attack, we have proof.
Iran clearly possesses the means to deliver precision strikes, with incredible accuracy. The ramifications could be significant.
Iran clearly possesses the means to deliver precision strikes, with incredible accuracy. The ramifications could be significant.
My first reaction was that this was a calculated strike, meant as a provocative but ultimately restrained response to Soleimani. As we parse the data, it's also possible to see this as a demonstration
The last few days of #US military build up make a lot of sense now. The killing of #Iran Quds Force commander Suleimani cannot be overstated as an escalatory event, even if US will have intended it as ultimate show of force.
Suleimani was the most visible face of Iran’s fight against #IslamicState and US in the region. A huge loss of knowledge and expertise for IRGC and humiliating for #Khamenei after his tweet taunting #Trump. The question now must be what an Iranian response will be.
Iran can not afford not to respond to this level of attack, but does not necessarily have to respond immediately. They will understand how vulnerable Trump is going into the electoral period. US military and energy assets across #Iraq are at high risk of rocket and mortar attack.
[HILO] 🇸🇦 vs 🇮🇷
En este hilo vamos a hacer un análisis de los interesantes drones empleados por Irán en su ataque contra la refinería saudita de #Abqaiq.
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by @MinsterTX
En este hilo vamos a hacer un análisis de los interesantes drones empleados por Irán en su ataque contra la refinería saudita de #Abqaiq.
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by @MinsterTX
@MinsterTX Lo primero, hay que recordar que aunque a veces de forma "cutre", la industria aeronáutica iraní ha sido capaz de producir una gama de drones y misiles muy decente.
@MinsterTX Mientras la subdesarrollada aviación tripulada se asocia a la Fuerza Aérea de Irán, el sector "no tripulado" está en manos de la Guardia Revolucionaria, la fuerza armada de choque favorable a los Ayatolá.
#Abqaiq #IranTerrorism
1️⃣ Questions like that seem to be fair but they’re not, this is a deliberate or non-deliberate failure of media outlets that express different ideologies rather than facts and technical outlook.
#ThinkArabian
@_HadleyGamble
1️⃣ Questions like that seem to be fair but they’re not, this is a deliberate or non-deliberate failure of media outlets that express different ideologies rather than facts and technical outlook.
#ThinkArabian
@_HadleyGamble
2️⃣ Such questions send a negative message without considering characteristics of various defensive weapons, and suggest a complete failure and absolute loss of control, as well as an absurd message that defense systems are useless.
#ThinkArabian #Abqaiq
#IranTerrorism
#ThinkArabian #Abqaiq
#IranTerrorism
3️⃣ Well, I do not claim to be a military specialist, researcher or expert, I am an ordinary person analyzing the data I have before me to draw logical results.
#ThinkArabian #Abqaiq
#IranTerrorism
#ThinkArabian #Abqaiq
#IranTerrorism
Un petit thread technique sur l'usine d'#Abqaiq, ça vous dit? Quel matériel installé? A quoi servent les sphéres trouées?
Abqaiq comprend 3 unités de traitement de base:
1 unité de traitement d'huile
1 installation de LGN (liquide de gaz naturel)
1 unité d'utilités (production vapeur et électricité)
1 unité de traitement d'huile
1 installation de LGN (liquide de gaz naturel)
1 unité d'utilités (production vapeur et électricité)
L'unité de traitement d'huile comprend plusieurs sphéroïdes et 18 colonnes de stabilisation dans lesquelles le sulfure d'hydrogène (faible quantité ici) et les hydrocarbures légers sont retirés du pétrole brut.
Tråd med spekulationer om #Abqaiq och #Khurai-attackerna, samt några slutsatser för svensk räkning.
ping @OAJonsson @LarsNic @MansRAD
ping @OAJonsson @LarsNic @MansRAD
Ryssland hetsar/stöttar Iran att via Yemen agera mot Saudi, motivet är simpelt - Saudi är ärkefienden efter Israel och skall krossas.
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Ryssland har ett större geostrategiskt motiv nämligen att få upp oljepriset och att öka försäljningen av olja till Kina. Även Iran säljer olja till Kina och önskar få upp priset och öka sin andel gentemot Saudi.
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26. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany
#Yemen #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrime #Holocaust #YemenCantWait #YemenHolocaust #WorldHypocrisy
#Yemen #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrime #Holocaust #YemenCantWait #YemenHolocaust #WorldHypocrisy
1-20. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany 🤨👇🏼
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21. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany 🤨👇🏼
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Extremely accurate hits on those tanks. Very consistent.
The comment of “why didn’t the #US Patriot (PAC2/3) System stop the attack” has gone out the window with this one. The accuracy on this is incredible.
Thread on the impact of attacks on #Abqaiq #oil complex in the E. province in Saudi Arabia:
1- It is difficult at this stage to assess the impact of the attacks. While no details, we have to be mindful of the gagging orders & Saudi laws governing reporting, videos, and pictures.
1- It is difficult at this stage to assess the impact of the attacks. While no details, we have to be mindful of the gagging orders & Saudi laws governing reporting, videos, and pictures.
2-Will the attacks lead to lower crude oil exports? We do not know at this stage. Will they lower production? We do not know either. What do we know? Majority of Saudi oil exports goes through Abqaiq facilities.
3-What do we know? Redundancy is common in Saudi oil facilities, especially #Abqaiq. While costly, redundancy helps in case of technical problems or attacks similar to what we have seen today. The existence of backup means the impact on production and exports is limited.
Houthi fighters in Yemen have claimed two drone attacks on Saudi #Aramco factories in Abqaiq and Khurais provinces which sparked large fires. Saudi interior ministry spokesman says the fires in the state oil company have been brought under control
Abqaiq plays a pivotal role in Aramco's day-to-day operations. #Saudi Aramco says #Abqaiq is the company's largest oil processing facility and the largest crude oil stabilization plant in the world saudiaramco.com/en/creating-va…
#SaudiArabia is shutting down about half of its #oil output after apparently coordinated drone strikes hit facilities in what #Yemen’s Houthi rebels described as one of their largest-ever attacks inside the kingdom according to @WSJ & @Reuters wsj.com/articles/drone…
The #Abqaiq oil processing facility has been targeted multiple times in the past, from Al Qaida in 2006 to foiled plot in May 2019 and now with #drones. Strikes against oil infrastructure can have massive economic and #environmental consequences.
#PT at the #Abqaiq processing facility, 6.8 million barrels of crude oil are processed on a daily basis. Saudis claim the fire is now under control. The base is at least 1000km away from Houthi controlled area, so their likely #drone of choice is the UAV-X
Massive smoke plume visible with @NASAEarth view on September 14, 2019 coming from the #Abqaiq oil processing facility and nearby locations in #SaudiArabia that was hit by Houthis with #drones
#BREAKING: Largest ever attack against Oil facilities #SaudiArabia's #Aramco is carried-out by Loitering drones launched from #Iraq in support of #Houthi rebels in #Yemen. As its result two Aramco's facilities were hit 4 times in #Buqayq/#Abqaiq early morning. Here is the video
25. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany
#Yemen #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrime #Holocaust #YemenCantWait #YemenHolocaust #WorldHypocrisy
#Yemen #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrime #Holocaust #YemenCantWait #YemenHolocaust #WorldHypocrisy
1-20. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany 🤨👇🏼
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21. Holocaust in Yemen caused by US, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, UAEmirates, Israel, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Sudan, Qatar, Morocco, Canada, Australia, Germany 🤨👇🏼
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#KSA Les récentes frappes de drone (#houthis) contre les stations de pompage du grand oléoduc Est-Ouest n’ont pas vocation à influer sur le cours du brut. Elles s’inscrivent pour l’instant dans le cadre des gesticulations militaires des #US et de l’#Iran dans le Golfe.
Pour autant, leur portée n’est pas juste symbolique dans la mesure où elles font peser une menace réelle sur les exportations de brut du #KSA, dont certaines infrastructures pétrolières (dans l’Est du pays) sont particulièrement vulnérables.
