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   Dude wrote:   
   > On 1/7/2026 8:57 AM, jojo wrote:   
   >> Julian wrote:   
   >>> American military aircraft have been amassing in Britain as   
   >>> President Trump threatens strikes and annexations across the   
   >>> globe.   
   >>>   
   >>> A fleet of at least 14 C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft and   
   >>> two heavily armed AC-130J Ghostrider gunships have landed at   
   >>> three RAF bases in Suffolk and Gloucestershire since Saturday.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Globemasters are rumoured to have been carrying at least   
   >>> five MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and one MH-47G Chinook,   
   >>> which are used for special forces operations. The helicopters   
   >>> have been spotted in British hangars, according to unconfirmed   
   >>> reports.   
   >>>   
   >>> American activity in the UK appears to be in preparation for   
   >>> further operations, but no details have been provided in   
   >>> official channels.   
   >>>   
   >>> Most of the Globemasters touched down at RAF Fairford in   
   >>> Gloucestershire, but several also landed in RAF Mildenhall and   
   >>> RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.   
   >>>   
   >>> Fairford is considered the main air bridge from the US into   
   >>> Europe, and flight data has shown several of the Globemasters   
   >>> moving on to Ramstein in Germany. An American KC-135R   
   >>> Stratotanker military aerial refuelling plane also landed in   
   >>> Mildenhall on Tuesday after flying in from the US.   
   >>>   
   >>> Tensions have been building in the Middle East as the Iranian   
   >>> regime violently suppresses protests across the country. Three   
   >>> days ago, Trump warned that the US would hit Iran “hard” if   
   >>> the regime’s forces killed demonstrators.   
   >>>   
   >>> “America will come to their rescue … We are locked and loaded   
   >>> and ready to go”, he wrote on social media, making the   
   >>> prospect of American and Israeli strikes increasingly likely.   
   >>> The death toll among demonstrators has since climbed to 35   
   >>> people, according to Iranian activists.   
   >>>   
   >>> Since the Venezuela attack, Trump has made more threats to   
   >>> annex Greenland, which he has long argued should come under   
   >>> American control to bolster the security of the western   
   >>> hemisphere. He has refused to rule out using military force to   
   >>> occupy the island, prompting the leaders of Britain, France,   
   >>> Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Denmark to issue a joint   
   >>> statement on Tuesday urging his administration to stop making   
   >>> threats.   
   >>>   
   >>> There is also speculation that US forces mayuse Britain as a   
   >>> platform from which to raid a sanctioned oil tanker that is   
   >>> being tracked from Venezuela and heading north of UK waters.   
   >>> British aircraft and those of other Nato allies are monitoring   
   >>> the vessel, which has hastily changed its flag to Russia’s in   
   >>> an apparent attempt to prevent seizure by the US.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Globemaster, one of the world’s largest transport   
   >>> aircraft, and the smaller but more powerful Ghostrider, could   
   >>> potentially be used together in a covert US operation   
   >>> overseas. Troops can parachute from Globemasters into combat.   
   >>> The 174ft transporters are powered by turbofan engines and can   
   >>> carry an array of vehicles with a payload capacity exceeding   
   >>> 150,000lb.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ghostriders are armed with a 30mm Bushmaster cannon, 105mm   
   >>> howitzer and Hellfire missiles, and can lay down a devastating   
   >>> weight of fire on targets.   
   >>>   
   >>> Some of these aircraft took off from bases in Georgia and   
   >>> Kentucky, which are home to the US Army’s 160th Special   
   >>> Operations Aviation Regiment, among other units. The elite   
   >>> unit, better known as the Night Stalkers, operates a range of   
   >>> special forces helicopters and specialises in flying units   
   >>> into combat at night. The unit played a pivotal role in the   
   >>> mission to seize Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and   
   >>> extract them to the US.   
   >>>   
   >>> It is also possible that the aircraft could be used to   
   >>> increase special forces operations against Islamic State in   
   >>> Syria after a wave of strikes by European forces, including   
   >>> Britain, over the last few days.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Ministry of Defence said it would not comment on the “on   
   >>> the operational activity of other nations”.   
   >>>   
   >>> Charlie Parker   
   >>   
   >> i am fine with the world moving past ww2 order.   
   >>   
   > That ship has sailed.   
   >   
   > There's only one Super Power left on the planet, and the only one   
   > that has mastered military logistics.   
   >   
   > My guess is that the US is going after the Islamic State in   
   > Nigeria for kidnapping children and killing all those Christians.   
   > It's sending a message to all the dictators and terrorists:   
   >   
   > Don't make us come over there. You won't like it!   
   >   
      
   there is a debt problem and countries slowly moving away from usd   
   as reserve. i wouldnt say china is peer level but pretty close   
   and no way can usa do anything to them in southeast asia anymore.   
      
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