what purpose does this serve? betting ?
One of the more unintentionally depressing comments I have ever seen on HN, the first guess on the "purpose" of reporting on a war is to profit from it by gambling. Our society has gotten to a dark place.
Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
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#12https://iran.liveuamap.com/ is a more human curated experience of pretty much the same thing (+ more), albeit not as flashy and a more traditional UI compared to the obviously LLM-generated UI + colorscheme.
The llm one seems better. Whats making you assert “obviously llm generated”?
It does remind me of
https://unitedstarlinktracker.com/
But they’re all great
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#13Why the hell is Iran bombing other middle eastern states, like UAE? I'm quite naive about these conflicts but it seems like whoever is in charge of the Iran military really has a death wish. I wouldn't be surprised if Iran is a parking lot by the end of the year at this rate.
Because they're supporting the US regime.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#14Why the hell is Iran bombing other middle eastern states, like UAE? I'm quite naive about these conflicts but it seems like whoever is in charge of the Iran military really has a death wish. I wouldn't be surprised if Iran is a parking lot by the end of the year at this rate.
Because disrupting energy exports is the easiest way to pressure their aggressors and most of the states are openly supporting the US. They get bombed to hell anyways because there was no real plan besides hoping for submission after the decapitation strike so they will make it hurt for everyone else. China is open for talks to keep Hormuz open. Russia is flying in whatever because they see a lifeline with higher energy prizes on the global market. The middle eastern states are diverting investments into the us. Look at a map there is no way the US can effectively put boots on the ground the whole country is a natural fortress. It would be a worse disaster than Afghanistan.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#15Why the hell is Iran bombing other middle eastern states, like UAE? I'm quite naive about these conflicts but it seems like whoever is in charge of the Iran military really has a death wish. I wouldn't be surprised if Iran is a parking lot by the end of the year at this rate.
They are attempting to pull other actors into the conflict to increase the chaos of the war, and to increase the cost to the US of fighting it. They can't necessarily win an all out war, but they can make it so costly to the US that the already small political capital they have to fight it dries up.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#16The interception disparity really drives home how air superiority dominates modern war planning. (That and not getting scammed on Russian kit.)
I doubt that the Russian kit is a scam.
I'm sure it is reasonably good. It just can't compete with the US's combination of technology, quantity, and operational excellence.
I don't mean that in a rah-rah way, it just seems to be the reality.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#17Why the hell is Iran bombing other middle eastern states, like UAE? I'm quite naive about these conflicts but it seems like whoever is in charge of the Iran military really has a death wish. I wouldn't be surprised if Iran is a parking lot by the end of the year at this rate.
They all have security guarantees from the US and host US military bases. Also, they are like the psycho child who wants to hurt anyone nearby. The government is an occupying force in Iran, which is not wanted by iranian people. Some arabs took over Iran 40 years ago and have been terrorizing anyone nearby and the people of Iran.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#18Kind of weird to mark Lebanon as a belligerent, unless Iraq also gets the tag.
I prefer to wait until ACLED has curated information, and until then browse video snippets and draw conclusions from those.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#19https://iran.liveuamap.com/ is a more human curated experience of pretty much the same thing (+ more), albeit not as flashy and a more traditional UI compared to the obviously LLM-generated UI + colorscheme.
Also no inversion on who started the war.
Re: Strikes in Middle East since 28th Feb in real time
#20Why the hell is Iran bombing other middle eastern states, like UAE? I'm quite naive about these conflicts but it seems like whoever is in charge of the Iran military really has a death wish. I wouldn't be surprised if Iran is a parking lot by the end of the year at this rate.
Because the UAE happily keeps their air space open to the US, and their economy is driven (largely) by rich westerners.