🛢️ NEW DELHI — Delhi escapes US pressure on Russian oil — the arrangement has a price. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Moscow resupplies Iran's missile program; India absorbs discounted Russian crude. Washington's silence signals a tacit trade: Delhi stays neutral on Epic Fury, Washington ignores the oil lifeline. That caps US leverage over Moscow and limits the Iran sanctions coalition to actors who need no such accommodation.
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🎖️ FAIRFORD — Two charged at the UK base housing Epic Fury's heavy bombers. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: RAF Fairford hosts the B-52H and B-1B bombers central to the Epic Fury strike package — the same platforms just earmarked for the revived ARRW hypersonic program. An incident here during DEFCON 1
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✈️ AVIATION — Premium-only airlines survive oil shocks; mass-market ones don't. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Jet fuel now absorbs a structurally larger share of operating costs with Brent at $114. Economy demand softens first as consumers absorb fuel surcharges. Air France's pivot signals carriers are pricing in no
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🛡️ RIYADH — Interceptions are working, but the volume tells the real story. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Coalition air defenses absorbing another salvo means Houthi launch tempo hasn't dropped despite Saudi-Egyptian coordination announced yesterday. Each intercepted wave tests Saudi Patriot inventory and radar saturation thresholds. With Yanbu — the Hormuz bypass terminus
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Qatar mediates, Pezeshkian flies to Moscow, US forces ready to strike within 96 hours. Diplomacy holds — but only because November midterms keep Trump's hand stayed. Brent remains above $114 a barrel.