The Navy's 5" "Deck Pecker" is 20% greater than the 105mm/M102, "Flying Fuck You", I am familiar with from my youth.

It says it hates you, without giving a shit, what you think...

And it makes me happy.

Olde Zoomie, sez, "Go Navy!" Hooyah...

Git 'um, Squids!

I rather lift them all day instead of the 155mm rounds.

Someone has to police the brass.

I don't understand the BBC'S use of "redundancies". It seems Iran is experiencing a lack of redundancies:

Iran sees mass redundancies from war with US and Israel
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Iran has been hit by a massive wave of redundancies, both directly and indirectly as a result of the conflict with the US and Israel.

Its Deputy Work and Social Security Minister, Gholamhossein Mohammadi, said two days ago that two million people had lost their jobs because of the war.

The widespread lay-offs are one of the biggest topics of conversation among ordinary Iranians on social media. Employers and government officials euphemistically refer to it as "balancing the workforce".

The impact goes far beyond factories closed down after being hit by air strikes. It also includes other manufacturers, retailers, import and export business, and the digital sector.

"You can see it from the emptiness of the metro," posted one user on X. "You can see it from the abundance of parking spaces near the office," said another. "You can get it from the emptiness of the Hemmat [highway in Tehran]. My one-and-a-half hour journey took only half an hour," came another comment.

The war has also had a negative impact on consumer spending, with many people cutting back to essentials, which has reduced demand in sectors such as tourism, restaurants, and retailers other than groceries.

The Iranian authorities' decision to impose an internet blackout since the war broke out has also hit Iran's relatively thriving tech and digital sectors.

Officials say the decision to shut down the internet was taken for security reasons, suggesting that it is to prevent surveillance, espionage and cyber-attacks. It took the same step during the brutal clampdown of protests earlier this year, which was mainly aimed at restricting protesters' ability to organise and access information.


Back in January, Iran's Information and Communication Technology Minister, Sattar Hashemi, said that every day of internet blackout cost the economy at least 50 trillion rials ($35m; £28m; €32m).

By that count, the 52 days of internet shutdown since the start of the war have cost the Iranian economy more than $1.8bn.

The blackout has particularly hit female earners. Only one in nine working-age women in Iran were in work before the war, official data shows, and hundreds of thousands of women relied on platforms such as Instagram to connect with their customers to sell products.

And even at a time when there is increased demand for news as a result of the conflict, many media outlets have also shed their workers. This includes the Iran Labour News Agency (Ilna) that made all its journalists redundant last week and asked them to work as freelancers.

In late March and early April, the US and Israel hit two of Iran's largest petrochemical plants, in Asaluyeh and Mahshahr, as well as two of the largest steel manufacturers, Mobarakeh Steel and Khuzestan Steel.

While tens of thousands of people lost their jobs directly, hundreds of thousands more work in firms that either supply these key industries or those that rely on them for raw materials.

One example is Iran's huge car manufacturing sector, which is estimated to directly or indirectly employ one million people, with multiple reports of layoffs across its supply chain.

On top of losing domestic supplies, the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has also forced some factories to shut and dismiss their workers.

Why and how is US blockading Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz?
An executive in a manufacturing firm in the central province of Qom told the BBC that they had to stop production due to lack of materials: "We were hoping that when the war stopped, things would go back to normal. But we cannot even get the material loaded on the ship, as our foreign suppliers are worried that the ship won't be permitted to enter the Iranian waters."

Another social media user has reported that the textile company where their sister-in-law worked has fired 600 out of their 650 personnel, as they cannot import raw material from Australia anymore.

There are reports that some companies are making redundancies with the promise of rehiring people as soon as conditions improve, while others are forcing their employees into taking unpaid leave.

The government has announced a loan scheme for small businesses of 440m rials (less than $300) per worker, which has to be paid back in six months with an interest rate of 18% to 35%, based on how many redundancies they make.

This wave of unemployment across different sectors comes at a time when the official inflation rate passed 50% in March 2026, and many experts believe that it is likely to increase in the coming months.

If the war resumes or Iran remains under strict international sanctions, life could get much harder still for tens of millions of Iranians. Air strikes alone will have devastating consequences, but economic downturn, heightened unemployment and runaway prices could deepen the crisis considerably.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...Ev1vXQ1OFv4mIqFx8%3D

Trump Announces Extension of Iran Ceasefire

The U.S. naval blockade of the country’s ports will continue, the president says.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he is extending a ceasefire with Iran, citing what he said are fractures in the Iranian regime, while he said a U.S. military blockade of the country will continue.

“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 in a post on Truth Social.

Trump added he told the U.S. military to extend its more than one-week-long naval blockade of Iranian ports and “in all other respects, remain ready and able.”

The president “will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other,” he wrote.

This is a breaking news story. More details will follow.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
I don't understand the BBC'S use of "redundancies".

“Redundancy” is a common British term that generally refers to people losing their jobs, as the article indicates.

I.e., “You’re redundant, and we don’t need you any more.”

We're sneaking up on that 90 day War Powers window. If he's going to finish this he needs to finish it now because Congress will never approve of further hostilities.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
We're sneaking up on that 90 day War Powers window.

Good point, but do you believe they would want to take the blame for whatever wasn’t accomplished? Trump hatred really does make some people totally unhinged, but I could see pros and cons from the Democrats’ standpoint to ending our efforts. Whatever else can be said about them, they are not all box-o’-rocks stupid. Would killing the benefits to the Republicans be worth it to take some heat for ending it unfinished (to whatever degree)?

Discussion?

^^^ I don't know...they are pretty damn stupid, but the biggest problem is their TDS that they can't seem to shake.

They won't take any blame, they'll simply twist the narrative because orange man bad. WE STOPPED THE WAR CRIMES!!!!

I didn’t recall, so I searched online whether the Supreme Court has ever ruled on the constitutionality of the War Powers Act, and according to what I found, it hasn’t. I can see arguments both ways, but if anyone was going to push a case to force a ruling, I believe it would be our current President. The possible outcome of such a ruling might make some of our Leftists’ blood run a little cool.

power shmower

Finish em!

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
We're sneaking up on that 90 day War Powers window. If he's going to finish this he needs to finish it now because Congress will never approve of further hostilities.

I wouldn't put it past some of the left (can you say BHO) to push that information to the Iranian negotiators to keep stalling until the 90 days is up and that they'll Neuter the whole thing.

And keep it up to the midterms to derail the R hold on congress, Chinese are probably pushing that narrative too, if Trump can't get this done soon Iran could end up being a Waterloo moment...

As good as a negotiator he is, this involves a lot of parties, Iran isn't the only group interested in a US political intervention strategy to push back on MAGA/Trump.

i found live hosted streaming video from the streets in Iran with the source saying the video was coming in via Starlink. the host is saying these gatherings are all over Iran, this one in particular in Tahran, and that some IRGC or Police are simultaneously retreating, and attacking, highly fluid. So I'm guessing the citizens of Iran are starting a revolution in real time.

People are blocking roads preventing IRGC movement, and saying things and waving flags that would otherwise get them drt. Saying to bring back the prince, etc.

As far as I can tell the civilians have no arms. I guess the worse the conditions get the more determined the citizens will become.

^^^ I really hope that's true. And that they're armed....somehow.

Police and IRGC safe houses in Tehran are burning, IRGC is rearming to come back for more mahem. Don't see anyone with arms, except molitov cocktails.

Can you post the links?

He just went offline. It was Tousi TV Live. I don't know anything about him except he's an US Iranian, involved in media, seems to strongly support the USA, and excited to see the people rising up. His family lives there and he's not been able to contact them for some time. At least it seems like a good guy in the short few hours I've been listening so far.

Surprised that Musk hasn't positioned Starlink Sat's over Iran and provided free internet access, or maybe he has and I've missed it.

That would put a big dent in the IRG's ability to silence any form of information or speech they don't like, and for us to feed in to the population of Iran the facts on what's going on.

Maybe he has and I've missed it..