OT Things are getting hairy in the Middle East

[RN7]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49721301

A Twilight 2000 RDF scenario or variant perhaps?

[Raellus]

IIRC, and it's been a while since I last read it, Red Storm Rising's WWIII started after a terrorist attack on a Soviet Oil Refinery.

[cawest]

Originally Posted by Raellus

IIRC, and it's been a while since I last read it, Red Storm Rising's WWIII started after a terrorist attack on a Soviet Oil Refinery.

I started listening to it on youtube this morning. because of the news.

[Heffe3737]

Looking at the site itself, combined with pictures of the damage, it looks like the attack which hit the four tanks (pictures in article), came from the west.

Definitely concerning.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by Heffe3737

Looking at the site itself, combined with pictures of the damage, it looks like the attack which hit the four tanks (pictures in article), came from the west.

Definitely concerning.

As the author of this defense blog explains, the direction the attack came from doesn't necessarily indicate the perpetrator.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...greater-issues

[Heffe3737]

Oh of course. I simply meant that the holes in the tanks appear to be on the western side, not that the drones came in from the west or anything. I would note that the oil fields that were also attacked were southwest of the refinery, but that's what, 150km away? Without more information on the drones used, who knows where they were likely being operated from (or if they were in fact drones at all, has that even been confirmed yet?).

In any case, it's concerning because it seems the cold war between the Kingdom and Iran is heating up. To clarify, I'm not saying that Iran caused the attack, but despite denying it they are strongly suspected to support the Houthis, and Iran and the Kingdom have long been known to take proxy action against one another.

[lordroel]

Originally Posted by Raellus

IIRC, and it's been a while since I last read it, Red Storm Rising's WWIII started after a terrorist attack on a Soviet Oil Refinery.

But in that attack there was nothing left of the oil refinery while the Saudi oil refinery is still partly functional.

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by RN7

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49721301

A Twilight 2000 RDF scenario or variant perhaps?

Seems like we have this Thread starter every eight to 12 months.........so what the difference this time?

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

....so what the difference this time?

The plebs who watch the MSN needed reminding who the "big bad" is and how terrible their own current leadership is supposed to be?
All really just part of the propaganda cycle. Events like this are relatively commonplace, but the media only reports on those which fit the overall narrative they happen to be pushing.