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@seapowerdesk · 16 Feb 2026 · 14:20

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Seapower Desk @seapowerdesk · 16 Feb 2026 · 14:20

The under-reported number from last night is not the missiles that hit. It is the missiles that were spent.

Fourteen percent of the entire American global JASSM-ER inventory, in twelve hours, against the radar picture of one medium-sized country. Phase II needs several times that.

Magazine depth is a strategic variable and it is the one nobody campaigns on.

↩ 8.1K ⇄ 104K
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16 February 2026 · in the recordPhase I: the first strikes on Britain since 1945

148 cruise missiles cross the line of departure at 04:12 GMT. Eighty-four are shot down and sixty-four get through. Newport News is torpedoed and scuttled. Both Vanguards remain un…