🇳🇴🇮🇷 Norway's cashing in on the Iran war by reopening 3 North Sea gas fields that have been shut since 1998.
It's also approving exploration in 17 new offshore areas across the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, and Barents Sea.
Norway, which already supplies 30% of Europe's gas and 40% of what France burns, is betting that energy security wins over climate optics.
The contradiction is hard to ignore.
Oslo has acknowledged the climate crisis, their own officials describe fossil fuels as the main driver. Then they reopen 28-year-old fields and greenlight new exploration in the same breath.
But here's the thing: Europe had no real backup plan. The green transition was supposed to make this unnecessary. It didn't move fast enough.
So the continent is running back to whoever has the gas.
Norway is simply taking the call.
Source: France24_en
🇺🇸🇮🇷 How did Iran manage to attack 3 U.S. destroyers?
Iran's mosquito boats, small and nearly impossible to track, swarmed U.S. destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz.
The CIA had already flagged Iran's underground stockpiles of anti-ship missiles. The U.S. knew what was coming, so they let it happen.
While the destroyers sat in position, carrier fighter jets and cruise missiles were already coordinated and ready.
The moment Iran made their move, the U.S. had already traced them back to their source.
They absorbed the attack just long enough to lock onto the origin, then they hit back with everything.
It's a brutal calculation: take the hit, confirm the location, eliminate the threat permanently.
In one of the most contested waterways on earth, the U.S. turned Iran's asymmetric playbook against itself.
Source: AiTelly