The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz.

Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful.

Allah is Great, Greater than ANY power on Earth. In Allah we trust.

Japanese researchers estimate the seabed contains more than 16 million tons of rare earths, including critical heavy elements such as dysprosium, terbium, yttrium, and gadolinium. The yttrium deposits alone could reportedly cover 780 years of global demand, while samples contain little radioactive material compared with many land-based deposits.

Japan plans a month-long full-scale extraction, refining, and smelting test in February 2027, followed by a commercialization assessment in 2028. A future system could extract around 3,500 tons of seabed mud per day. Tokyo expects about $5.7 billion in public and private deep-sea resource investment through 2040, while U.S. firms including Deep Reach Technology have shown early interest.

The project remains extremely difficult: pressure at 6 km is around 600 times atmospheric pressure, commercial development could cost billions and take more than a decade, and extraction may cost roughly three times more than Chinese land-based mining, alongside environmental concerns.

The project has also become strategically important as China controls around 90% of global rare-earth supply and has restricted exports. Chinese survey vessels have operated near Minamitorishima, and a Chinese aircraft carrier entered its EEZ in June 2025. Japan has since strengthened the remote island with a Type 12 anti-ship missile launcher, electronic warfare equipment, and a ScanEagle II drone while considering additional radar, runway, and harbor infrastructure.

If successful, Minamitorishima could become Japan’s only rare-earth mine and help the U.S. and Japan establish a closed-loop “mine-to-magnet” supply chain independent of China, although commercial production is unlikely before Trump leaves office.

You might call Britain the "Islamic Republic of Britain."

Someone said that the first Islamic Republic with nuclear weapons will be the Islamic Republic of Britain.

We’re making sure there won’t be another one—you know, in Iran.

This year we have two and a half times less interceptors than we had in 2025.

Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before.

I'm asking American partners to sell me 5% of their missiles that they have in stock. If the U.S. sells us 5%, we will go through the winter and save people’s lives. If they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all the Russian ballistic missiles.

The answer for today, I have 1%.