Hypersonic missiles, like „Dark Eagle", travel at five times the speed of sound. They are not standard cruise missiles. They are not ballistic. They do not follow a predictable trajectory, and missile-defence systems detect them only when it is too late. For Iran, this is not war. It is a surprise operation. And that is the distinction Tehran probably understood long ago.

And all of this is happening on the same day the administration declared the war „is over". The paradox is not accidental - it is a technique for managing the public. When the next strike comes, the White House will call it a „response" or „defence", not „war". The terminology is prepared in advance. The Balkans has seen this hundreds of times - when something has to be done without public consent, the words are changed first.

For everyone who thinks Hormuz is far away - it is not. The price of oil has already jumped this week. Airlines are rerouting. Shipping is more expensive, which means the distribution of basic goods across the Balkans will be more expensive. The war isn't here, but the bill is arriving. And as one American soldier said in the sixties about Vietnam - „distant wars never stay distant". Not then, and not now.