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US, Israel launch attack on Iran as Trump announces 'major combat operations'

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ISW Update

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Iran Update Special Report, April 11, 2026

Iran and the United States have fundamentally different interpretations of the ongoing negotiations, which will generate friction.
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Battle Damaged KC-135 Seen Covered In Shrapnel Patches

A KC-135 damaged in an Iranian strike has made its way to RAF Mildenhall in the UK thanks to field repairs.
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Battle Scarred Stratotanker Transits Through UK Towards the U.S. for Repairs

The visibly patched-up KC-135R Stratotanker that arrived at RAF Mildenhall on Apr. 12, 2026 was among the aircraft deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base when
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New Anti-Jam Antenna Seen on USAF F-15E Strike Eagle During Epic Fury

The new Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) is part of the Digital GPS Anti-jam Receiver (DIGAR) system installed in the F-15E Strike Eagle
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New Images Provide Clearest View Yet of Damage to U.S.-made AN/FPS-132 Early Warning Radar in Qatar

The imagery offers a closer look at the damage to the giant phased-array AN/FPS-132 radar struck during Iran’s attack on Qatar last month. Newly published
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More on the damaged KC-135(s).

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Shrapnel-Damaged KC-135 Arrives at Tinker AFB For Repairs

The battle-damaged KC-135R Stratotanker photographed transiting through RAF Mildenhall has safely arrived at Tinker AFB, the hub for depot-level KC-135
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“The US on the other hand continues losing irreplaceable items, like the now apparently-confirmed loss of an MQ-4C Triton, a form of the RQ-4 Global Hawk, which is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars for a single one. You’ll recall the Triton squawked an emergency code on April 9th and was suspected as having gone down near the Persian Gulf. Now the official Naval Safety site appears to list it as a crash on precisely that date:
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The hit is interesting particularly for how far from Iran it took place:
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Initial reports and navigational indicators suggest the potential crash or downing of a Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton, a strategic U.S. unmanned surveillance aircraft, while operating over Persian Gulf waters.
According to aviation tracking and flight data, the aircraft recorded a sudden and sharp descent while over international waters. Immediately before its signal vanished from radar screens, the drone transmitted a Squawk 7700 code—the international signal for a critical and sudden in-flight emergency.​
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If the above image corresponds to its final signal, that would put it nearly 200km from Iranian shores. There is virtually no air defense missile that can reach that far besides the longest-range variants of S-300. But more and more evidence has been emerging that Iran’s still extant airforce has been far more covertly active during the conflict than previously thought, with a Russian Fab-500—likely launched by an Iranian Su-24—being seen amongst the ruins of a Kuwaiti base where six US soldiers reportedly died:
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The Iranian attack which killed 6 Americans at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait was carried out with Su-24 bombers, not drones, and a FAB-500 Soviet-era unguided bomb can be seen near the rubble

This is consistent with reports from during the war, when Qatar claimed to have shot down two Su-24 bombers minutes before reaching Doha​
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That means Russian bombs did infact take their pound of flesh from US troops in recompense. It is therefore plausible that an Iranian interceptor jet of some kind may have unwound the rare quarter-billion-dollar MQ-4 heavy drone.”
 
I can’t help but wonder how many tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars could have been saved if Iran had received the world class *** whuppin they deserved in 1979. I sincerely hope we Finally do whatever is necessary to take those clowns off the board permanently. If they don’t get on board asap we need to bomb ‘em back to the Middle Ages ( you know, where the were 130 years ago). You ever notice how they can attack anyone anywhere and that’s ok, but if we even mention bombing a power plant or bridge we suddenly are guilty of “war crimes”?
 
UPDATE: 4:50 PM EDT –

Trump took to Truth Social to announce an “extended ceasefire” with Iran at the request of Pakistan, but is maintaining the blockade.

“Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal,” Trump wrote. “I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.”

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UPDATE: 1:32 PM EDT –

Vance’s trip to Pakistan for a second round of negotiations with Iran has been put on hold after Tehran failed to respond to American positions, The New York Times reported, citing a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation. Iran, for its part, said it had not yet decided whether to resume talks with the United States.

Vance had been scheduled to depart Tuesday morning for the Pakistani capital, where talks were set to resume on Wednesday — the same day the fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran is set to expire. Without an Iranian response, the official said, the diplomatic process is in effect paused, though the trip has not been canceled.
 
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