Pakistan has sent its military contingent to Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan, which is known to be a mediator in negotiations between the US and Iran and has also provided a platform for meetings between representatives of Tehran and Washington, sent its military contingent to Saudi Arabia.

As part of a previously concluded defense agreement, Pakistani military equipment arrived at King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Sharqiyah region of Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi Ministry of Defense, fighter jets and support aircraft belonging to the Pakistan Air Force arrived in the kingdom. Additionally, according to some reports, a Pakistani army unit equipped with systems arrived in Saudi Arabia. DefenseThe Western press writes that the Pakistanis are armed with Chinese HQ-19s, which “will allow them to collect data on American and Israeli aviation"This move by Islamabad was taken within the framework of the joint defense agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan several months ago.

Meanwhile, last night, the seventh American Bombardier E-11A BACN relay aircraft, call sign BLKWF01, tail number 24-9049, arrived at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Similar aircraft, tail numbers N770AG, 21-9045, 22-9046, 22-9047, 12-9506, and 23-9048, are already based there.

Meanwhile, the US and Israeli operation against Iran has led to attacks rockets и drones Saudi Arabia's oil production capacity was reduced by approximately 600 barrels per day, while the kingdom's key pipeline lost approximately 700 barrels per day of capacity. The fighting in the region has inflicted the most significant physical damage to Saudi Arabia's infrastructure in recent years.

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[Andrey Malashchenkov]

There was a time when Israel bombed Iran and threatened them with a nuclear strike - then Pakistan threatened Israel with a nuclear retaliatory strike if... but now it's the other way around - Pakistan has openly sided with Israel because it will now be covering the US base...

[poquello]

Quote: Andrey Malashchenkov

he will now cover the US base

"as part of the joint defense agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan several months ago" does it actually say "US base"?

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

Pakistan has sent a bunch of aircraft there to shoot down UAVs (and some missiles) – Ukraine also uses F-16s, and you're implying that these aircraft will only shoot down UAVs at long range that could harm the Syrian Arab Republic. Your insinuations are ridiculous...

[poquello]

Quote: Andrey Malashchenkov

Are you hinting here that these planes will be shoot down at long ranges

your fantasies are fruitful

[kenig1]

A contract is a piece of paper that will endure everything.

[isv000]

Dreams and fantasies: the Saudis were the first to give the go-ahead for the Coalition to force the Zionist and US aggressors to peace to deploy to bases liberated from the Yankees. We await Indian naval orders and the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait by the Houthis. Then comes the final peace enforcement of the Gulf states, the aggressors' allies.

[commbatant]

Quote: isv000

Dreams and fantasies: the Saudis were the first to give the go-ahead for the Coalition to force the Zionist and US aggressors to peace to settle on bases liberated from the Yankees.

Into the "meat grinder of war" additionally Countries with nuclear weapons are joining in, the US alone wasn't enough...however, Pakistan's participation won't stop Iran, although the loss of Iran's islands and land along the coast of the Strait of Hormuz is increasing, the imperialists probably even promised Pakistan parts of Iran's territory.

[isv000]

Quote: commbatant

However, Pakistan's participation will not stop Iran,

The Pak are heavily dependent on China for weapons and the Persians for resource suppliers. Why should the Pak cut off the branch they're sitting on? You can't get away with the Americans for long; they'll abandon you at the first sign of trouble, and the Chinese will turn their backs on you, leaving you bare-assed and out of fuel, facing India head-on. Incidentally, they've already placed an additional order for S-400s...
And the contingent's weapons are Chinese, I think they can easily wipe out their electronics if the packs start kicking up a fuss...

[commbatant]

Quote: isv000

The Pak are heavily dependent on China for weapons and the Persians for resource suppliers. Why should the Pak cut off the branch they're sitting on?

And who told you that the Pakistanis are acting without coordination with China, the latter is doing good to the US, in the expectation that the US will repay in kind at the meeting with Xi.

[guest]

Quote: commbatant

The latter does good to the US, in the expectation that the US will reciprocate at the meeting with Xi.

Well, to expect that, you'd have to be overweight (the rules don't allow any more swearing). As the saying goes, "Do no good, and you won't receive evil."

[alexputnik17]

The fighting in the region has caused the most significant physical damage to Saudi infrastructure in recent years.

Friendship with the Americans is like that. Countries that have been friends with the Americans have always seen results from their friendship. We have too...

[alexboguslavski]

A negative result is also a result (c)

P.S. Putin doesn't like this saying.

[WILL]

It's an interesting situation. I doubt Pakistan will fight Iran for the US and Israel, but their agreement with the Saudis means they can't stay on the sidelines. Well, that means the other Gulf monarchies aren't quite as lucky.
China will actually receive intelligence "first-hand".

[isv000]

What a twist! I still don't understand who was standing on top of whom?! Who will Pakistan protect the Saudis from? Israel and the US, or Iran?

[poquello]

Quote: isv000

From Israel, the USA, or Iran?

from Israel, the USA and Iran

[isv000]

Quote: poquello

Quote: isv000

From Israel, the USA, or Iran?

from Israel, the USA and Iran

Here, for example, if two people are fighting, don't let a third get involved! The Saudis might end up getting their hands on all three, while the Carlsons will fly away just as quickly as they arrived, with no promise of returning...

[poquello]

Quote: isv000

For example, in our country

They could "organize the protection and defense of the building of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR with the help of a parachute battalion" ), what a déjà vu, IMHO, the Americans fought their way out of the Saudi territory, and it's also necessary to shoot down missiles coming from who knows where.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: poquello

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Quote: isv000
For example, in our country

could "organize the protection and defense of the building of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR with the forces of the parachute battalion"

Or they could, with the forces of the same battalion, have shot down the entire gang that had gathered in Belovezhskaya Pushcha...
By the way, in Berlin in 1943, a battalion commander was found who arrested all the conspiratorial generals, and an official was found who gave such an order...
It’s a pity that in 1991 we didn’t have such a decisive battalion commander and no one in the SA or KGB leadership who was capable of giving such an order.

[guest]

Quote: Captain Pushkin

It’s a pity that in 1991 we didn’t have such a decisive battalion commander and no one in the SA or KGB leadership who was capable of giving such an order.

So, from the very top, the opposite order came.

[poquello]

Quote: Captain Pushkin

By the way, in Berlin in 1943, a battalion commander was found who arrested all the conspiratorial generals, and an official was found who gave such an order...
It’s a pity that in 1991 we didn’t have such a decisive battalion commander and no one in the SA or KGB leadership who was capable of giving such an order.

) arrest the conspiratorial generals at the KGB's Moscow residence?

[commbatant]

Quote: poquello

from Israel, the USA and Iran

The Ukrainian anti-drone "experts" left early, and the fun is just beginning...

[poquello]

Quote: commbatant

The Ukrainian anti-drone "experts" left early, and the fun is just beginning...

They were driven out, they hit two of the seven interceptors into skyscrapers and lost five

[commbatant]

Quote: poquello

They were driven out, they hit two of the seven interceptors into skyscrapers and lost five

In general, they are "kind-hearted people", but they tried... and the Arabs "responded to the most kind with evil" (c)

[Ivanhoe]

There is a lot of porridge in the basin and a lot of waste. There is a saying to the imam: “You don’t know who is his brother, who is his godfather, and who is his matchmaker.”

[isv000]

Quote: Ivanhoe

There is a lot of porridge in the basin and a lot of waste. There is a saying to the imam: “You don’t know who is his brother, who is his godfather, and who is his matchmaker.”

Is it really that embarrassing to write "brother" in Russian?

[sergeyezhov]

Exactly. On a Russian website, you have to write in Russian.

[alexboguslavski]

Pakistan has sent its military contingent to Saudi Arabia.

The Iran-US negotiations can be spoken of in the past tense.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: alexboguslavski

The Iran-US negotiations can be spoken of in the past tense.

I remembered ...

- Heartiest congratulations!
- But with what?!
- Congratulations on your successful return from the Moon!
- It's not true! I wasn't on the Moon this time!
- How can it be that he wasn’t, when there is already a decision that he was?

Let's assume that the decision has been made in Washington that the negotiations took place and were successful. After all, they'll also learn about the "victory" in the war from the president's tweet.

[Junior Private]

The plot is starting to get really twisted. It couldn't have been any other way, considering how much money is at stake. Could it be that the US has found someone else's hands? And Pakistan won't get involved in such a showdown without "consulting" with China. I don't understand a thing.

[commbatant]

Quote: Junior Private

And Pakistan won't get involved in such a showdown without "consultations" with China. I don't understand anything.

China was promised access to Middle East resources under any circumstances (for the time being). Why would China quarrel with its main trading partner and the Persian monarchies if, in its view, Iran has been "beaten," so much so that it will stand aside, and after the war ends, the scapegoat will, as usual, be Russia, which supported "evil" Iran. Who will remember how it all happened later, but OPEC will join the sanctions against Russia.
And the Russian Federation will only supply oil to China at a discount from ports that Ukrainian UAVs cannot reach.

[the same doctor]

What's the point of us supplying oil if Nabiullina alone ends up giving the West the largest share of our exports—ten times the pension fund deficit? All we need to do is ban non-commodity transfers abroad, including foreign currency purchases, and we'll have enough for everything, including pensions.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: also a doctor

It is enough to ban non-commodity transfers abroad, including the purchase of foreign currency, and we will have enough for everything.

For starters, it would be a good idea to introduce a tax on any money transfers abroad (over a certain amount per year for individuals, and on any amount for legal entities) of about 25-30 percent, and for those who are not stopped by this, to check the source of wealth and the payment of taxes.

[16112014nk]

Quote: ANIMAL

The packs will fight

Again, again, those cherubim... ©

[alexboguslavski]

Quote: 16112014nk

Again, again, those cherubim

"Velmi ponezhe", from the same place.

[Vladlous]

So far, it looks more like a success for China. It has, so to speak, penetrated American strategic territory—Saudi Arabia—through its ally Pakistan. Does Washington understand this? They probably do—it's more than obvious. Why did they do this? But here are the possible options.

Option one. A feigned concession. The US and Israel could be preparing to continue the conflict and entered into negotiations for tactical reasons. And what are negotiations without deception? So they decided to convince China that it is in control. After all, in the event of a major conflict, all these Pakistani-Chinese military ploys would be mere extras.

Option two: The US has thus tacitly admitted defeat. If so, then gloomy times are ahead for Israel.

Option three. A trap for China. They're luring it into a complex game, the goal of which is to force it to forget Taiwan and become more active in the Middle East.

Option four. All sides believe they've outsmarted each other. There's a widespread accumulation of resources, preparations for a new war. Everyone understands that negotiations are a smokescreen for building up forces, as the current situation suits no one. This is the worst-case scenario. It threatens a major war.

Wait and see.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Vladlous

The fourth option.

There is also a fifth option, which no one expects.

Quote: Vladlous

Wait and see.

The most realistic option given current events.

[commbatant]

Quote: Montezuma

Possible and option five, which no one expects.

For example, Iran will blow up a nuclear power plant (4 power units) in the UAE, and then blow up its own (1 operating and 2 under construction) when the demons really push it. Let them then divide Hormuz between themselves...in the OZK.

[TermNachTer]

The party continues))) An unknown US vessel, under the cover of negotiations, attempted to leave the Gulf. The Persians nixed these attempts, warning the mattress maker to "turn the shafts" or be attacked within 30 minutes. The consequences are still unknown.

[Arkady007]

How could a destroyer become unknown?
American ships that passed through the Strait of Hormuz were forced to return to the Arabian Sea, reports Axios journalist Barak Ravid.
"The American destroyer stopped moving due to a strong response from Iranian forces and warnings issued by the Iranian delegation in Pakistan,"

[TermNachTer]

Axios is a well-known information dump. Don't trust it.

[alexboguslavski]

Quote: Arkady007

Axios journalist Barak Ravid reports.

He's just a journalist. And he can say:
A.whatever he wants
B. that will bring him money.

[Arkady007]

Exactly. Not worth trusting.
American destroyer USS Michael Murphy - writes VO, here nearby.

[K-50]

As part of a defense agreement previously concluded between Islamabad and Pakistan, Pakistani military equipment arrived at King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Sharqiyah region of Saudi Arabia. This move by Islamabad was part of the joint defense agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan several months ago.

Well, if we consider that the Saudis are one side in the conflict, having provided their territory for the FIRST decapitating strike, then what kind of defense can we talk about?
They stand on the same floorboards as the outright aggressors. And the blood of Iranian civilians is on their hands, too.

[Sergey3]

It's getting more and more interesting. Let them all kill each other there and use up all their weapons. The only plus is that they're fighting in the desert and the environment isn't particularly damaged. I think the Saudis just hired them.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: alexboguslavski

P.S. Putin doesn't like this saying.

There is another popular saying: "Everyone steps on their own rake."
And our great officials love to scatter a bunch of children's things and run around them for a long time, IMHO.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: TermNachTER

The consequences are not yet known.

He turned around and swam away. What else could have happened? It's a shame he didn't drown... The Iranians would have said he blew himself up... We warned you... Mines.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Vladlous

But here are some possible options

This is a multi-move game that many people are playing... And the Iranians too. IMHO.

[the same doctor]

Let's take a global look at the situation. Our bosses are wriggling like fish on the hook of oil exports.

But what's the point of us supplying oil if Nabiullina alone ends up giving the West the largest share of our exports—ten times the pension fund deficit? All we need to do is ban non-commodity transfers abroad, including foreign currency purchases, and we'll have enough for everything, including pensions.

800 billion in reserves! We can sell nothing to the West for three years! And with the ban on non-commodity transfers, a full ten.