Donald Trump feels the heat of Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz, a strong element for Washington to think twice before engaging in a highly costly and risky unlawful adventure.

With no war at the horizon, Iran will come out stronger.https://t.co/epO5W7Rh61

— Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 (@ejmalrai) January 31, 2026

Western navies are at a checkmate and must find a way out

This article could certainly include Iran, which, along with Russia and China, is far ahead of the West in terms of Anti-ship missiles.

It doesn't include Iran because there is a specific category that only the Chinese…

— Patricia Marins (@pati_marins64) January 30, 2026

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Patricia Marins

@pati_marins64

Western navies are at a checkmate and must find a way out

This article could certainly include Iran, which, along with Russia and China, is far ahead of the West in terms of Anti-ship missiles.

It doesn’t include Iran because there is a specific category that only the Chinese and Russians currently operate: ship-launched hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missiles (AShBMs).

Followed by an excerpt from the article below.

“In the early 1970s, the Soviets already fielded more than 10 different anti-ship missile models, most of them supersonic and some combat-proven in the Middle East, while the United States had none.

The Harpoon entered service only in 1977 with a range of about 120 km. The Exocet appeared later with a range under 50 km. The truly alarming part is that by then the Soviets already possessed anti-ship missiles with ranges exceeding 550 km and warheads over 500 kg.

As early as the 1960s, in the kind of high-intensity conflict envisioned during the Cold War, the West would have faced severe difficulties protecting its maritime assets because of the reach of Soviet anti-ship missiles deployed on submarines since 1959 and further developed over the following decade.

Anti-Ship Cruise missiles such as the P-5 and P-6 were particularly intimidating, already offering ranges of 400–500 km at that time.

The most striking fact is that even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the West made only limited progress in this domain.

In practical terms, today’s Western navies have little realistic chance against the range of Chinese and Russian anti-ship ballistic missiles. Hypersonic variants offer only a slim possibility of interception, even for the US Navy’s most advanced ship missile systems.”

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— BNO News (@BNONews) January 31, 2026

Somaliland is in the Epstein files. They’ve been plotting on Somalia for years. Anyone who supports somaliland is an evil gaal raac pic.twitter.com/b5ios66QMN

— Mujahid 🇸🇴 (@islaanTooLate) January 30, 2026

another theory:

Honestly, I don't like conspiracy theories but this had me thinking for almost half an hour.

They are going to force him into a war with Iran, that way he can cover up the Epstein case. However, if he's going to go down fighting, I hope he exposes every single one of them. https://t.co/uTz9HPnNWy

— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) January 30, 2026

SCOTUS on the list and at the island too

If this is SCOTUS Justice John Roberts, oh boy pic.twitter.com/LB7yrRrD3F

— WTFGOP (@doggintrump) January 30, 2026

WOW I wish I was part of the conversation Bill Gates had with his “advisors” – notice there’s no mention of the antibiotics for his wife here…

https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/2017357300143689923?s=20

Btw: The Bill Gates STD email was in July, 2013 pic.twitter.com/qCvmAThSOI

— Retard Finder (@IfindRetards) January 30, 2026