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The Washington Post and other sources have reported that two ships owned by an Iranian company that the US has accused of supplying material to Iran's missile program left a Chinese chemical-storage port during the week and appeared to be headed towards Iran, according to a Washington Post analysis of ship-tracking data, satellite imagery and Treasury Department records. They are known to have transported perchlorate in the past to make rocket fuel. I wonder how far they'll get.

The ceremony would have been a lot more respectful if he hadn't shown up at all.

She obviously doesn't like him much.

An even bigger irony is that the US manufactures it’s own version of a Shahed 136 drone called LUCAS. They reverse engineered a Shahed.

So it wasn't invented by Biggles then?

I wonder if he factored in the cost of the jerrycans. He may not be saving much.

There were three Australians in the submarine crew who basically stayed in their bunks so we could say that Australia took no part in the attack.

It’s been reported that the Russians are supplying Iran with targeting information for their missiles. Donald might have to give his friend Vladimir a call.

I tapped the history icon on the screen menu, entered the date and time (4 March, 17:20Z) and it replayed the flights around that time. If you tap on the aircraft symbol on the map it brings up all the aircraft details. One flight left Perth and headed to Singapore and passed the incoming aircraft which I assume was the one you heard.

The free version only limits historical data retrieval to 7 days, which is pretty reasonable. I have an adblocker on the PC so I only use FR24 on my phone.

This is from the website. It doesn't like an Adblocker for the free version, but it is free. The 7 day trial is for the paid versions which makes sense..

This is what AI said when I asked if the free version was time-limited: Yes, the free version of Flightradar24 is time-limited. Specifically, the website times out after 30 minutes of continuous use. Additionally, free users are limited to 7 days of historical flight data and only 3 sessions in the 3D view, along with having advertisements displayed throughout the app and website. Flightradar24 +1 Key limitations for the free tier include: Session Timeout: Website sessions time out after 30 minutes. Historical Data: Limited to 7 days of past flight data. 3D View: Restricted to 3 sessions. Functionality: Ads are present, and access to advanced features like weather layers, ATC boundaries, and detailed airport data is restricted. Usage: The free version is intended for personal use only. Flightradar24 +1 To remove these restrictions, users can upgrade to a Silver, Gold, or Business subscription. Flightradar24

I use the free version which I've had on my phone for years.

Looks a like a Malaysian Airlines A330 coming in from the west and looping around to the north before landing.

Interesting analysis of the tax situation in the US if you've got 25 minutes. Probably pretty relevant to Australia too.

Doesn't seem like much of a prophet. He allows himself plenty of wriggle room to adjust his prophesies to match what actually happens.

Typical house and land prices in Perth have gone through the roof. Up around 40-50% in just the last 2-3 years. I was talking to a real estate agent last week. He sold a house near mine for $1.1m about 18 months ago. He said he would list it today at $1.5m. One of my daughters is renting and there’s no way she can afford to buy now. Three years ago she could probably have managed a mortgage but not now. Our other kids are reasonably secure but I worry about her. Once a parent, always a parent!

You mean banks are lawless rogues. I'm shocked!

I'm more curious about the black bits.

Gavin Newsome was being interviewed recently by Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart. He recounted being in a meeting with Trump and Jarrad Kushner when Trump said Ivanka should have married Tom Brady. It was an interesting interview, worth watching:

Leave your ex in Sydney, stay where you are, extend your place and get a dog. 😊

You can be just as lonely renting somewhere else. If everything is pretty good where you are now, apart from the distance to a larger town, maybe it's being on your own too much that's the main problem?

All the talk seems to be about Trump and his motives and expectations, but there's not much being said about Netanyahu in initiating this war. Trump was obviously intent on doing something because he sent the Navy and Airforce into the region, but I'll bet he didn't know what he was going to do with them. However, when Netanyahu got tipped off that Khamenei was going to be in a meeting with his senior leadership, there was no way he was going to pass up the opportunity to knock him off. I think he probably said to Trump, "I'm going after Khamenei, and If you don't do something the Iranians are going to lob missiles at your fleet and air force so you had better get in first before they respond". That probably pushed Trump into action but left him floundering for excuses to convince the US population that America was in dire peril from Iran. Nobody knows how this ends, least of all Trump. All Trump wants at this point is a reason to declare victory and walk away because he can't afford politically to string this out for too long. Therefore he'll deal with anyone in Iran who will talk to him and make him look good. Meanwhile, the Iranians are not lying down and are doing their best to drag the rest of the region into the war. Netanyahu is now attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon. Overall, it's a mess.

And Russia.

I read a report that said that both Mahommad bin Salman from Saudi Arabia and Netanyahu from Israel put pressure on Trump to take this opportunity to attack. The Saudi's would be very happy to see the Khamenei gone.