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where are they going to build said drones? In their garage?

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Unironically, yes. It doesn't take a ton of money or resources to rig something that can wreak havoc. It's why a ground operation would be brutal for us. The NYT had an article today on how it's happening in Ukraine, Russia, and the ME:

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The team, now working as two new companies called Odd Systems and The Fourth Law, integrated an artificial-intelligence-powered image-recognition system into the drone. Instead of identifying, say, a dog or a cat, it can be asked to spot military vehicles, artillery pieces or enemy soldiers.

The image-recognition system is meshed with an autopilot program that is used to attack. Pilots who fly Odd Systems drones use a targeting approach called YOLO, or “you only look once.” After operators see a target, they engage an automated system, and the drone flies the final 400 or so yards autonomously, making it impervious to Russian jamming.

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Odd Systems also produces a drone interceptor made to counter Iranian-designed Shahed drones. Russia has been firing these cheap, triangular exploding drones at Ukraine for years, and Iran has used them in recent weeks to attack U.S. bases, American embassies and other targets in the Middle East. The company’s interceptor, Zerov, is a fast, rocket-shaped craft with four propellers that is programmed to identify Shaheds, fly toward them and explode.

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So far, the 10 point plan has been:
-Workable
-Thrown in the trash, unserious
-Fake
-Real, but outdated

All confirmed by the White House :lol:

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I remember you fighting and winning to not get your kid an SSN so I'll defer to you on this one.

Although I wonder how hard it would be to spoof a QR code. As far as I know, they're essential just barcodes. If you know what they're looking for, it can't be that hard to have one that directs to a page that matches, right?

Kinda cute. Would give her something to leak

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It kind of does matter in a ceasefire agreement if half of the parties involved believe one thing and the other half another, hence the term......"agreement".

It particularly matters if the one big "win" from that agreement immediately goes out the window because of the disagreement

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This is all true, but I'm less concerned about the chaos that is the "agreement" and more concerned that Iran seems to be approaching this with unserious demands. There are several things that they apparently consider deal breakers that are non-starters for us.

How did you become a Panican overnight? Are you trolling? Israel has no reason to stop taking out Hezbollah in Lebanon

Interestingly, Ghalibaf's list seems to be different from the one reported on last night. #6 on his list is Iran's right to enrichment, which isn't the same as #6 as reported by the Iran state media. It's not promising that both his list (as an official negotiator) and the media list have enrichment as a clause though.

Right, I was just asking if she covered them getting an alternate set to the ones that were published last night. I wasn't able to watch today

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How do you define "nuclear capabilities"? Provide that, and I'll give you an answer on how it's any different.

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I can only tell you what the White House said:

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President Trump: Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term!

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Israel Atomic Energy Commission: “The devastating US strike on Fordo destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. We assess that the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, combined with Israeli strikes on other elements of Iran’s military nuclear program, has set back Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “Based on everything we have seen — and I’ve seen it all — our bombing campaign obliterated Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons. Our massive bombs hit exactly the right spot at each target and worked perfectly. The impact of those bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran; so anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the President and the successful mission.”

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Institute for Science and International Security President David Albright: “Overall, Israel’s and U.S. attacks have effectively destroyed Iran’s centrifuge enrichment program. It will be a long time before Iran comes anywhere near the capability it had before the attack.

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Institute for Science and International Security Senior Research Fellow Spencer Faragasso: “Overall, it may possibly take years for Iran to reconstitute the capabilities it lost at these facilities.”

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Yeah I've never understood how someone can get caught on the causeway. You know exactly where the crossovers and emergency shoulders are. Police can't be anywhere else, yet people still get busted

The White House has already clarified that Lebanon v Israel was not part of the ceasefire and they back Israel continuing there. Iran is threatening to break the ceasefire if it continues, though.