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RFalvo69 -> Some Storm Rising? (9/15/2019 11:47:30 AM)
Those who remember how Tom Clancy’s magnum opus on WWIII begins will find some eerie parallelisms here... Drone attacks on Saudi plant could hit global oil supplies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/15/drone-attack-on-saudi-hits-global-supply Houthi rebels in Yemen are claiming responsibility, but US’s fingers are already pointed towards Iran. Also... Only ten drones were able to cause such damage? [X(] The face of warfare is really changing.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/18/2019 4:12:59 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 Those who remember how Tom Clancy’s magnum opus on WWIII begins will find some eerie parallelisms here... Drone attacks on Saudi plant could hit global oil supplies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/15/drone-attack-on-saudi-hits-global-supply Houthi rebels in Yemen are claiming responsibility, but US’s fingers are already pointed towards Iran. Also... Only ten drones were able to cause such damage? [X(] The face of warfare is really changing. There are some intriguing similarities -- and we haven't heard the last of this. However, some key differences. No country is facing economic collapse because of a shortage of oil. If there is an escalation (and that is indeed possible) it will be because the attack will have been found to be launched from Iranian soil, rather than a suicide terrorist attack. I would humbly speculate airstrikes and naval attacks, but no ground invasions. (I wonder if Matrix is working up a Command: Modern Warfare module?) One other item: It looks like there were cruise missiles as well as/instead of drones, and more than 10 of them: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49733558 I expect that some of the missiles did not make it to their targets, and might be recovered from their crash sites.

dengken -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/18/2019 7:00:10 AM)
the oil price will go up or down then?

RFalvo69 -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/18/2019 8:21:53 AM)
It depends. Yes, now it would seem that they were cruise missiles, but this attack revealed the vulnerability of oil’s production. I guess that they will improve AA defenses all around, but the market, IMHO, will remain jittery for a while. One thing I can’t find an answer for is: what’s Iran end game (if Iran is involved for real and this is not another “WMD” fiasco)? “Start a war” doesn’t seem to be a rational answer - as long as the West avoids another quagmire on the ground.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 3:51:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 It depends. Yes, now it would seem that they were cruise missiles, but this attack revealed the vulnerability of oil’s production. I guess that they will improve AA defenses all around, but the market, IMHO, will remain jittery for a while. One thing I can’t find an answer for is: what’s Iran end game (if Iran is involved for real and this is not another “WMD” fiasco)? “Start a war” doesn’t seem to be a rational answer - as long as the West avoids another quagmire on the ground. Speculating about the end game gets dangerously close to politics. Let me therefore just say that Iran wants the Houthi rebels to be successful, so it can have a client state on the Arabian Peninsula. To do this, Iran must weaken the Saudi economy, since money is "the sinews of war".

certsout -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 7:56:43 AM)
Thanks for share

zakblood -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 8:02:34 AM)
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RangerJoe -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 1:39:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: larrybush quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 It depends. Yes, now it would seem that they were cruise missiles, but this attack revealed the vulnerability of oil’s production. I guess that they will improve AA defenses all around, but the market, IMHO, will remain jittery for a while. One thing I can’t find an answer for is: what’s Iran end game (if Iran is involved for real and this is not another “WMD” fiasco)? “Start a war” doesn’t seem to be a rational answer - as long as the West avoids another quagmire on the ground. Speculating about the end game gets dangerously close to politics. Let me therefore just say that Iran wants the Houthi rebels to be successful, so it can have a client state on the Arabian Peninsula. To do this, Iran must weaken the Saudi economy, since money is "the sinews of war". Rather difficult to comment on this world event without being somewhat political I'd say. Then do it from an economics standpoint. How much production and/or processing was lost compared to the national total. Then how much it would cost to harden (if possible) and defend the site. Then, how effective would that be.

VPaulus -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 5:13:20 PM)
Please note that we are observing the post. This is a sensitive topic, where what has happened is still unclear, and obviously there is tremendous potential for this to quickly devolve into a political discussion. For now we are leaving this open, but warily and please try to avoid political point of view, and even the "facts" on this are going to be slanted to one point of view or another, so while we can discuss the economic ramifications it would be unwise to discuss the political ones.

Blond_Knight -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 5:36:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 The face of warfare is really changing. Ive been led to believe war, war never changes.

RangerJoe -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 5:37:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: VPaulus Please note that we are observing the post. This is a sensitive topic, where what has happened is still unclear, and obviously there is tremendous potential for this to quickly devolve into a political discussion. For now we are leaving this open, but warily and please try to avoid political point of view, and even the "facts" on this are going to be slanted to one point of view or another, so while we can discuss the economic ramifications it would be unwise to discuss the political ones. +1

Lobster -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 10:10:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: larrybush quote: ORIGINAL: VPaulus Please note that we are observing the post. This is a sensitive topic, where what has happened is still unclear, and obviously there is tremendous potential for this to quickly devolve into a political discussion. For now we are leaving this open, but warily and please try to avoid political point of view, and even the "facts" on this are going to be slanted to one point of view or another, so while we can discuss the economic ramifications it would be unwise to discuss the political ones. Yep, I agree. War is politics taken to the last degree. It is political negotiations at the end of a bayonet. [;)]

RFalvo69 -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 10:22:26 PM)
CNN does seem to agree re: the economics of the event: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/19/middleeast/saudi-air-defense-analysis-intl/index.html “The cruise missiles used in the attacks were re-tooled versions of a Russian design from the 1970s -- and drones are still the poor man's missile even if they are getting more sophisticated. In other words, 5% of global oil supply was taken out by weapons worth not even millions -- let alone billions -- of dollars.“ IMHO, this is the most disturbing part of the whole event for two (rather obvious) reasons: - Upgrading the AA defenses around the oil fields/pipelines and other petrochemical structures could impact the overall oil prices even if there are no more attacks (the possibility of them being already enough). - Now that this new form of warfare has been successfully tested, other sensible structures can become potential targets. I won’t elaborate on them (I think that everybody can make his/her predictions). However, my guess is that this will not remain the only case. It could be really the dawn of a new kind of battlefield.

Gilmer -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 10:25:19 PM)
I think they've always known these are soft targets.

Lobster -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/19/2019 11:38:45 PM)
As long as ** has some minors to do their dirty work for them so they can deny involvement this will not be the last of it in the ** **. It is an ongoing power play for domination of a region.

RangerJoe -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 1:32:11 AM)
Please reconsider your remark and keep it to economics. How much elasticity is there to oil production and processing? I know that there is some plus there are alternatives for some things that oil is used for. Soy based inks for example instead of inks made from oil. Plastics made from things other than oil. Recycling can be given a boost as well. Plus, where does most of this oil from the region go to? Japan, East and South Asia? Europe?

Lobster -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 2:23:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Please reconsider your remark and keep it to economics. How much elasticity is there to oil production and processing? I know that there is some plus there are alternatives for some things that oil is used for. Soy based inks for example instead of inks made from oil. Plastics made from things other than oil. Recycling can be given a boost as well. Plus, where does most of this oil from the region go to? Japan, East and South Asia? Europe? Saudi Oil is a strategic target. Oil is an economic target. Did you think that attack was only an economic strike? Not even close. War, and make no mistake, that was a war target, is about many things. Never about just one thing. As far as how much oil there is in the world...the U.S. has enough shale oil deposits to satisfy national use for 300 years at current rates with known deposits. The entire planet has enough oil in different types of known deposits to last 500 years at current rates. Currently it isn't economically feasible to extract much of it. But as oil prices increase and technologies advance more of those deposits will be exploited. Known recoverable oil reserves are enormous. At current rate of production it will take over 300 years to exhaust Venezuela's known reserves alone. So in cutting the Saudi output they simply increase the price per barrel and make it economically feasible to extract more difficult deposits. They end up making no difference at all and just piss off the rest of the world. BTW, one of Saudi's biggest customers, Japan, is modifying two of their helicopter carriers to carry F35B. Izumo and Kaga. Until Japanese pilots get fully trained the U.S. Marines will pilot those aircraft. Marines piloting aircraft off Japanese carriers. Life is stranger than fiction.

z1812 -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 2:27:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 CNN does seem to agree re: the economics of the event: I would not trust CNN's analysis of anything.

z1812 -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 2:33:42 AM)
Given all of the military hardware in the vicinity, I have to wonder how it is that the incoming missiles and drones were not at least tracked, and interceptions attempted. It seems a very convenient incident for those pushing to increase tensions in the region.

Lobster -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 3:45:30 AM)
I would guess all of the hardware is at the straights.

RFalvo69 -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 8:01:48 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: z1812 quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 CNN does seem to agree re: the economics of the event: I would not trust CNN's analysis of anything. Well, in this case CNN just stated the obvious. I wonder if this event (and similar others) can be recreated in Command. Most possibly it will need a DB expansion - but IMHO it would be a fascinating study.

Chickenboy -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 12:08:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lobster BTW, one of Saudi's biggest customers, Japan, is modifying two of their helicopter carriers to carry F35B. Izumo and Kaga. Until Japanese pilots get fully trained the U.S. Marines will pilot those aircraft. Marines piloting aircraft off Japanese carriers. Life is stranger than fiction. That does raise one's eyebrow, doesn't it? Off of the Kaga no less. I think the F35B USMC pilot exchange / training thing is akin to what we did for the British with the QEII's air wing training.

Chickenboy -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 12:17:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 Those who remember how Tom Clancy’s magnum opus on WWIII begins will find some eerie parallelisms here... Drone attacks on Saudi plant could hit global oil supplies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/15/drone-attack-on-saudi-hits-global-supply Houthi rebels in Yemen are claiming responsibility, but US’s fingers are already pointed towards Iran. Also... Only ten drones were able to cause such damage? [X(] The face of warfare is really changing. I don't see a Red Storm Rising war so much as a 'Tanker War' eventuality here. The latter is an oft-forgotten brushfire war when the misbehaving Iranians (caught mining the Gulf) damaged several other tankers and military ships in an effort to stanch the flow of oil through the straits of Hormuz. Again-similar motive and MO: Attack civilian shipping, deny all accusations or proof of culpability, hit Saudi (or Kuwaiti) economic targets and attempt to cause panic in the international oil market as a 'spoiler'. The only real difference is the incredible production of US shale oil. As the swing producer-and soon to be largest producer of oil in the world-we can function as a relief valve. The Iranians really don't matter that much in the new oil supply dynamics.

RFalvo69 -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 2:04:26 PM)
And now we hear rumbles from China, too... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/20/business/china-saudi-oil-attack-trade-war/index.html ...Which is pretty obvious if you think about it... I’m more and more of the idea that this way of making warfare is here to stay. After all, it is a variant of what the US and other countries already do, adapted for entities on a shoestring budget.

Chickenboy -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 2:49:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 And now we hear rumbles from China, too... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/20/business/china-saudi-oil-attack-trade-war/index.html ...Which is pretty obvious if you think about it... I’m more and more of the idea that this way of making warfare is here to stay. After all, it is a variant of what the US and other countries already do, adapted for entities on a shoestring budget. Non-kinetic warfare or the melding of cyberwarfare, economic warfare, 'strategic bombing' campaigns to dent / deny production of critical infrastructure, 'debt diplomacy', economic 'sanctions' and the like have been around for a looong time and will be around a long time.

Lobster -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/20/2019 2:50:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: RFalvo69 And now we hear rumbles from China, too... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/20/business/china-saudi-oil-attack-trade-war/index.html ...Which is pretty obvious if you think about it... I’m more and more of the idea that this way of making warfare is here to stay. After all, it is a variant of what the US and other countries already do, adapted for entities on a shoestring budget. Non-kinetic warfare or the melding of cyberwarfare, economic warfare, 'strategic bombing' campaigns to dent / deny production of critical infrastructure, 'debt diplomacy', economic 'sanctions' and the like have been around for a looong time and will be around a long time. I guess you could call a naval blockade an economic sanction. [:D]

RangerJoe -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/21/2019 1:53:09 AM)
quote: Anything Into Oil Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year. http://discovermagazine.com/2003/may/featoil

Lobster -> RE: Some Storm Rising? (9/21/2019 2:38:28 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe quote: Anything Into Oil Technological savvy could turn 600 million tons of turkey guts and other waste into 4 billion barrels of light Texas crude each year. http://discovermagazine.com/2003/may/featoil "If a 175-pound man fell into one end, he would come out the other end as 38 pounds of oil, 7 pounds of gas, and 7 pounds of minerals, as well as 123 pounds of sterilized water." If I fell in there would be a lot more gas than anything else. Especially on a Saturday night. [:D] BTW, things like that process tend to vanish overnight after being bought out by 'big business'. The whole process sounds so simple you wonder what took so long. Countries that depend on oil for an income may be in trouble.

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