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\u201cIDF shoots down Houthi missile; sirens triggered in West Bank, Dead Sea area,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 7-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNo injuries or damage reported in attack, the second launched by the Iran-backed Yemen group in 3 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStrikes on Iran thwarted fission and fusion nukes, and \u2018electronic pulse\u2019 bomb \u2013 report,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 7-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0First, \u201cAccording to the report, the 12-day war with Iran also destroyed roughly half of Tehran\u2019s 3,000 ballistic missiles and 80% of its 500 missile launchers. Unnamed Israeli sources were cited as saying Tehran was planning to raise its ballistic missile stockpile to at least 8,000.\u201d\u00a0 And can you imagine what EMP weapons would do to the U.S. or Europe?\u00a0 It would end life as we know it.\u00a0 Second, this appears to be the first we are hearing about Iran\u2019s EMP program.\u00a0 \u201cDevelopment of an EMP device was said to have been promoted by Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard as an alternative to nuclear arms, since atomic weapons are nominally banned under a religious decree by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.\u201d\u00a0 (the fatwa has been repeatedly debunked on this blog).\u00a0 Last, \u201cA well-informed Israeli source cited in the report said \u201cIran is no longer a nuclear threshold state\u201d \u2026 and would require one to two years to build a nuclear weapon, if it could do so covertly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least five killed in courthouse attack in Iran\u2019s Sistan-Baluchestan,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 7-26-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIDF shoots down Houthi missile; sirens triggered in West Bank, Dead Sea area,\u201d Times of Israel, 7-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNo injuries or damage reported in attack, the second launched by the Iran-backed Yemen group in 3 days.\u201d \u201cStrikes on Iran thwarted fission and fusion nukes, and \u2018electronic pulse\u2019 bomb \u2013 report,\u201d Times of Israel, 7-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0First, \u201cAccording to the … <\/p>\n

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