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Posted: 4/12/2024 5:36:10 PM EDT
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Neat if true. |
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Originally Posted By GBTX01:
Neat if true. View Quote I mean how can you build an anti ballistic missile system without having a state of the art stealth target exceeding the payload of a potential threat... Click To View Spoiler It's safe to assume Taiwan's F-16's can safely racetrack behind the island and play whack a mole with CCP ships, missiles and any aircraft stupid enough to take off near the coast. |
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Jewish rust never sleeps
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"People, ideas, and hardware...in that order!" Col John Boyd
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Originally Posted By michigan66: Iran says no retaliation planned, as both sides seek distance from Isfahan attack. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir..tweeted the single word “lame!”. Link to article View Quote Lot of chicken sh1+ coming from both Iran and Israel if this report is to be believed. Not the earthquake Bibi spoke of by any stretch of the imagination. |
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Originally Posted By QueenDeNile: Why would anyone want war? I believe Israel should protect itself either reactively or proactively but I don't believe that the US should we in the middle of this. The Middle East needs us more than we need them. I don't want my son fighting in Iran. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By QueenDeNile: Originally Posted By madmathew: Originally Posted By southerncross: Westerners don't have the stomach for total war anymore. This has been true for many of the conflicts/wars that the US has gotten tangled up in. Vietnam onward. Too many little shit countries eating up our people and resources for debatable returns when we get involved. If American people or assets are targeted then fine. Follow General Sherman's lead. Otherwise I'd think long and hard about getting involved. Old George Washington was right. Beware of foreign entanglements. That being said, I do support Israel and wish them victory. |
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'' THE STRONGEST REASON FOR PEOPLE TO RETAIN THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS IS,AS A LAST RESORT,TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST TYRANNY IN GOVERNMENT.'' THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Originally Posted By RonGonzo: Yes Not sure why people are having such a hard time with this. They did a similar face saving strike after Solemani. Israel responds with a fairly minor attack of their own and everyone can chill tf out for a while. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RonGonzo: Originally Posted By WoodHeat: To save face, for their proxies, for their enemies, and for internal consumption. Yes Not sure why people are having such a hard time with this. They did a similar face saving strike after Solemani. Israel responds with a fairly minor attack of their own and everyone can chill tf out for a while. Precisely. |
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Seems to have been a bit of a technical demonstration (using older tech for emphasis).
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Don't you tell me about galaxies! I walk them in the timeline.
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Iran backing down is the smart move....they will either choose to not respond to the latest round (or publicly deny any response that actually happens) and then when Israel makes its next strike, the western media vilifies Israel for striking a party that had already conceded. At that point, all eyes get focused on the US to see who we back. Biden has no choice at that point but to back Iran and condemn Israel.
None of this will surprise me. |
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Biden will echo his current string puller Obama.
In my 2nd term...I'll have more flexibility... |
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For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
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beat like a red headed baby step seal. |
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Originally Posted By pavil58ar: This has been true for many of the conflicts/wars that the US has gotten tangled up in. Vietnam onward. Too many little shit countries eating up our people and resources for debatable returns when we get involved. If American people or assets are targeted then fine. Follow General Sherman's lead. Otherwise I'd think long and hard about getting involved. Old George Washington was right. Beware of foreign entanglements. That being said, I do support Israel and wish them victory. View Quote Our military and leaders lack Sherman's resolve. |
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Nobody will be coming to save you, plan accordingly.
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damn I just read in the news only therad that the Izzies had some shit that just completely went undetected by the Russian AA systems...
Russia, China and their Ilk should be shitting their pants right about now. |
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Take it easy and if it's easy take it twice
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Originally Posted By macro: Iran backing down is the smart move....they will either choose to not respond to the latest round (or publicly deny any response that actually happens) and then when Israel makes its next strike, the western media vilifies Israel for striking a party that had already conceded. At that point, all eyes get focused on the US to see who we back. Biden has no choice at that point but to back Iran and condemn Israel. None of this will surprise me. View Quote I doubt there will be further strikes. |
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China delenda est
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One of the talking heads I listened to yesterday said, before the retaliation attacks, that someone at the White House leaked that if Israel keeps their attacks at a very small scale they'll not push back against them invading Rafah. In that context in makes a lot more sense.
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NO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SEEN AT ISFAHAN AIR BASE IN SATELLITE IMAGES: CNN There does not appear to be any extensive damage at an air base purportedly targeted by an Israeli military strike, according to exclusive satellite images obtained by CNN from Umbra Space. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite images were taken around 10:18 a.m. local time. There does not appear to be any large craters in the ground and there are no apparent destroyed buildings. Additional visual satellite imagery will be needed to check for burn scars – which cannot be seen by SAR images -- around the complex. |
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Originally Posted By fisherman: Lot of chicken sh1+ coming from both Iran and Israel if this report is to be believed. Not the earthquake Bibi spoke of by any stretch of the imagination. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By fisherman: Originally Posted By michigan66: Iran says no retaliation planned, as both sides seek distance from Isfahan attack. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir..tweeted the single word “lame!”. Link to article Lot of chicken sh1+ coming from both Iran and Israel if this report is to be believed. Not the earthquake Bibi spoke of by any stretch of the imagination. This “attack” showed Iran how vulnerable they are to Israeli weapons. While from the outside this doesn’t seem like much, this was an earthquake to Iranian leaders. They know Israel can get them, any time, any place now. |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
NO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SEEN AT ISFAHAN AIR BASE IN SATELLITE IMAGES: CNN There does not appear to be any extensive damage at an air base purportedly targeted by an Israeli military strike, according to exclusive satellite images obtained by CNN from Umbra Space. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite images were taken around 10:18 a.m. local time. There does not appear to be any large craters in the ground and there are no apparent destroyed buildings. Additional visual satellite imagery will be needed to check for burn scars – which cannot be seen by SAR images -- around the complex. View Quote If they were targeting air defense systems, they would have likely used air burst frag warheads that don't leave craters. Even the radars themselves might look normal from sat images, but up close they would be full of small holes. |
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Originally Posted By Coffin-Nail: One of the talking heads I listened to yesterday said, before the retaliation attacks, that someone at the White House leaked that if Israel keeps their attacks at a very small scale they'll not push back against them invading Rafah. In that context in makes a lot more sense. View Quote Getting Iran to be quiet while they finish Rafah would be useful. I don't see the WH being ok with IDF going into Rafah since it will drive their Hamas base nuts. And what I heard was that the WH was ok with an attack on Iran if the Rafah thing didn't happen. That makes sense to me, but who knows. |
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Originally Posted By DonS: Getting Iran to be quiet while they finish Rafah would be useful. I don't see the WH being ok with IDF going into Rafah since it will drive their Hamas base nuts. And what I heard was that the WH was ok with an attack on Iran if the Rafah thing didn't happen. That makes sense to me, but who knows. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DonS: Originally Posted By Coffin-Nail: One of the talking heads I listened to yesterday said, before the retaliation attacks, that someone at the White House leaked that if Israel keeps their attacks at a very small scale they'll not push back against them invading Rafah. In that context in makes a lot more sense. Getting Iran to be quiet while they finish Rafah would be useful. I don't see the WH being ok with IDF going into Rafah since it will drive their Hamas base nuts. And what I heard was that the WH was ok with an attack on Iran if the Rafah thing didn't happen. That makes sense to me, but who knows. Based on their current SOP they'll bluster about doing this or that and ultimately do nothing in the hopes that the pro Hamas wing of the party takes strong words as enough, yeah right. |
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Israel basically put Iran in their place. Iran is backing off. Israel basically showed the world they are beholden to no one, and can destroy Irans infrastructure with minimal effort. Iran talked a big talk, launched a huge barrage of weapons, made little impact. Sort of like poking the bear. Fortunately, Israel just basically put them in their place, gave them a little spanking, and made it very clear that Iran better be careful, as Israel could have just as easily destroyed their entire nuclear program and military infrastructure…. Restraint, not sure many could do that.
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There are only two rules in life set in concrete. 1. Survival of the fittest. 2. There will always be the “haves” and the “have nots”.
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Originally Posted By tgmr05: Israel basically put Iran in their place. Iran is backing off. Israel basically showed the world they are beholden to no one, and can destroy Irans infrastructure with minimal effort. Iran talked a big talk, launched a huge barrage of weapons, made little impact. Sort of like poking the bear. Fortunately, Israel just basically put them in their place, gave them a little spanking, and made it very clear that Iran better be careful, as Israel could have just as easily destroyed their entire nuclear program and military infrastructure…. Restraint, not sure many could do that. View Quote You left out basically. |
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This region has been in war and conflict for nearly 5,000 years!
The crap never ends… Canaanite vs Egyptian. Israelite vs Canaanite. Israelite vs Jesubite. Philistine vs Israelite. Egyptian vs Jew. Roman vs Jew. Arab vs Arab. Jew vs Arab. Jew vs Palestinian (né Canaanite). Rinse and repeat. Well, FFS enough! It is time for the world to step back and let them all Battle Royale it out, or let their God’s figure it out. One of the two. Because if they cannot find peace amongst themselves, no one from outside ever will. |
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Originally Posted By tgmr05: Israel basically put Iran in their place. Iran is backing off. Israel basically showed the world they are beholden to no one, and can destroy Irans infrastructure with minimal effort. Iran talked a big talk, launched a huge barrage of weapons, made little impact. Sort of like poking the bear. Fortunately, Israel just basically put them in their place, gave them a little spanking, and made it very clear that Iran better be careful, as Israel could have just as easily destroyed their entire nuclear program and military infrastructure…. Restraint, not sure many could do that. View Quote Cuts both ways. Iran sent Israel a warning. The 300 drones were slow moving and they gave all parties hours of advanced notice. They threw about 40 missiles in the mix and those were the targeting weapon. The drones were never intended to have any mass destructive effect - they were largely decoys and sent to saturate the air defenses while massively drawing down their missile caches. The drones Iran uses are cheap, easy, and fast to make - the Iron Dome guided interceptor missiles are not. That said, don’t be lulled into thinking Iran does not have the capability to strike Israel’s nuclear plant. |
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Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Cuts both ways. Iran sent Israel a warning. The 300 drones were slow moving and they gave all parties hours of advanced notice. They threw about 40 missiles in the mix and those were the targeting weapon. The drones were never intended to have any mass destructive effect - they were largely decoys and sent to saturate the air defenses while massively drawing down their missile caches. The drones Iran uses are cheap, easy, and fast to make - the Iron Dome guided interceptor missiles are not. That said, don’t be lulled into thinking Iran does not have the capability to strike Israel’s nuclear plant. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Originally Posted By tgmr05: Israel basically put Iran in their place. Iran is backing off. Israel basically showed the world they are beholden to no one, and can destroy Irans infrastructure with minimal effort. Iran talked a big talk, launched a huge barrage of weapons, made little impact. Sort of like poking the bear. Fortunately, Israel just basically put them in their place, gave them a little spanking, and made it very clear that Iran better be careful, as Israel could have just as easily destroyed their entire nuclear program and military infrastructure…. Restraint, not sure many could do that. Cuts both ways. Iran sent Israel a warning. The 300 drones were slow moving and they gave all parties hours of advanced notice. They threw about 40 missiles in the mix and those were the targeting weapon. The drones were never intended to have any mass destructive effect - they were largely decoys and sent to saturate the air defenses while massively drawing down their missile caches. The drones Iran uses are cheap, easy, and fast to make - the Iron Dome guided interceptor missiles are not. That said, don’t be lulled into thinking Iran does not have the capability to strike Israel’s nuclear plant. “Drone economics” is a two way conversation as well. |
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Don't you tell me about galaxies! I walk them in the timeline.
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Originally Posted By fike: “Drone economics” is a two way conversation as well. View Quote Agree. But Iran has made substantial capital investment in inexpensive medium range one-way drones and has built up a rather stout stockpile. Notwithstanding their export sales to Russia. Israel to date has not. They followed the true UAV strike package philosophy of use, much like the US. |
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Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Cuts both ways. Iran sent Israel a warning. The 300 drones were slow moving and they gave all parties hours of advanced notice. They threw about 40 missiles in the mix and those were the targeting weapon. The drones were never intended to have any mass destructive effect - they were largely decoys and sent to saturate the air defenses while massively drawing down their missile caches. The drones Iran uses are cheap, easy, and fast to make - the Iron Dome guided interceptor missiles are not. That said, don’t be lulled into thinking Iran does not have the capability to strike Israel’s nuclear plant. View Quote Israel did war shit in space…and it worked. The drone shit cuts both ways. You don’t think Israel can’t play that game…probably much better? |
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Originally Posted By meestermurphy: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/79922/398DC2C4-C243-491D-9538-5023FF81D6F2_jpe-3191684.JPG View Quote Better there than here, but the mullahs seem to have sent several thousand of the most devoted to the prophet through our southern border to set something up anyway, courtesy Pedo Joe and his puppeteers. It’ll be here soon enough |
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Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Agree. But Iran has made substantial capital investment in inexpensive medium range one-way drones and has built up a rather stout stockpile. Notwithstanding their export sales to Russia. Israel to date has not. They followed the true UAV strike package philosophy of use, much like the US. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Originally Posted By fike: “Drone economics” is a two way conversation as well. Agree. But Iran has made substantial capital investment in inexpensive medium range one-way drones and has built up a rather stout stockpile. Notwithstanding their export sales to Russia. Israel to date has not. They followed the true UAV strike package philosophy of use, much like the US. When it turns into an actual gloves off throw down, they are really only just terror weapons that Israel will just ignore for any target beyond military locations. They said as much during the lead up to the Iranian attack. The Israelis were making jokes about having a six hour lead time. They are a very hardened citizenry (both physically and mentally). Beyond that, the world hasn’t been sitting still with defense options and tactics. |
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Don't you tell me about galaxies! I walk them in the timeline.
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"You know how butt ugly people are said to have hit every branch on the way down the ugly tree.
Well, the dumbass tree done drilled you in the butt and laid eggs in ya." -RJinks |
If Iran had an advantage think they would back off? They are just buying time to up their game. When that happens (whether through Axis support or with Nuclear capabilities) they will come back and finish the job. If israel is done, they are foolish for not sending Irans nuclear program back to the stone age. It will only be harder to do that later
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Originally Posted By fike: Seems to have been a bit of a technical demonstration (using older tech for emphasis).
View Quote laying the groundwork for the follow strike at Natanz. |
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Originally Posted By neshomamench: Israel did war shit in space…and it worked. The drone shit cuts both ways. You don’t think Israel can’t play that game…probably much better? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By neshomamench: Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Cuts both ways. Iran sent Israel a warning. The 300 drones were slow moving and they gave all parties hours of advanced notice. They threw about 40 missiles in the mix and those were the targeting weapon. The drones were never intended to have any mass destructive effect - they were largely decoys and sent to saturate the air defenses while massively drawing down their missile caches. The drones Iran uses are cheap, easy, and fast to make - the Iron Dome guided interceptor missiles are not. That said, don’t be lulled into thinking Iran does not have the capability to strike Israel’s nuclear plant. Israel did war shit in space…and it worked. The drone shit cuts both ways. You don’t think Israel can’t play that game…probably much better? Israel is also a leader in directed energy weapons. The argument of "expensive missiles" for slow moving targets will disappear sooner than later. |
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Originally Posted By fike: Seems to have been a bit of a technical demonstration (using older tech for emphasis).
View Quote Now hit the nuke facility… |
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Sic semper tyrannis!
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Originally Posted By thesilvercord:
View Quote What happened to: "Our response will be much larger that tonight's military action if Israel retaliates against Iran"? Now that Russia is saying they don't want an "escalation" sounds like the swamp has been in touch with Putey. |
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Originally Posted By Fives: If Iran had an advantage think they would back off? They are just buying time to up their game. When that happens (whether through Axis support or with Nuclear capabilities) they will come back and finish the job. If israel is done, they are foolish for not sending Irans nuclear program back to the stone age. It will only be harder to do that later View Quote I once worked with a guy who saw himself as a foreign policy expert. Trying to sound smart, he once said, "I think the Arab world could beat Israel right now", to which I reply, "apparently they don't agree", "why do you say that", "because as soon as they think they can, war will break out". That which seems to be obvious to some of us, escapes the intelligent wannabees. No doubt Iran doesn't think they have the advantage right now. |
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Originally Posted By Elijah1: This "attack" showed Iran how vulnerable they are to Israeli weapons. While from the outside this doesn't seem like much, this was an earthquake to Iranian leaders. They know Israel can get them, any time, any place now. View Quote Better yet it let Israel know for sure they can take out Iran anytime they choose |
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I'm on break.
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View Quote I posted that on Facebook......waiting to see how long I have before they try to ban me |
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"The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction"
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Originally Posted By robmkivseries70: Janitorial staff, I'm sure. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By robmkivseries70: Originally Posted By BM1455: Well Fox news is reporting that the lights are on in the oval office which means that someone either flipped the switch or we are one step closer to fucking up the situation even more than it already is. Janitorial staff, I'm sure. Cleaning up after Joe shit the bed |
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"The villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction"
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Originally Posted By fisherman: Lot of chicken sh1+ coming from both Iran and Israel if this report is to be believed. Not the earthquake Bibi spoke of by any stretch of the imagination. View Quote You only shake the ground until aggressor backs down if you're in Israel's position. They can't fight as large war on two fronts. When they get done with the Palestinian animals in their own country , then they can concentrate on Iran. And they will. |
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Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: This region has been in war and conflict for nearly 5,000 years! The crap never ends… Canaanite vs Egyptian. Israelite vs Canaanite. Israelite vs Jesubite. Philistine vs Israelite. Egyptian vs Jew. Roman vs Jew. Arab vs Arab. Jew vs Arab. Jew vs Palestinian (né Canaanite). Rinse and repeat. Well, FFS enough! It is time for the world to step back and let them all Battle Royale it out, or let their God’s figure it out. One of the two. Because if they cannot find peace amongst themselves, no one from outside ever will. View Quote There's a video for that: This Land Is Mine |
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“A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges recklessly towards an irrational death. By doing this, you will awaken from your dreams.” -- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
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Originally Posted By Shadow_Dancer: Cuts both ways. Iran sent Israel a warning. The 300 drones were slow moving and they gave all parties hours of advanced notice. They threw about 40 missiles in the mix and those were the targeting weapon. The drones were never intended to have any mass destructive effect - they were largely decoys and sent to saturate the air defenses while massively drawing down their missile caches. The drones Iran uses are cheap, easy, and fast to make - the Iron Dome guided interceptor missiles are not. That said, don’t be lulled into thinking Iran does not have the capability to strike Israel’s nuclear plant. View Quote I wonder though, given the very low speeds involved, if an older cheaper technology could be used against them instead of these expensive missiles. Something like the electronic warfare anti-drone tech that could be easier to employ. Also something like the phalanx system could be perimeter based creating overlapping fields of fire. Cheaper than missiles and saves the heavy and expensive stuff for the more advanced weapons. My dad was an AA gunner in the 5th Army. He could (and did) shoot down faster planes than the Iranian drones. |
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Could break an anvil with a rubber mallet
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Round 2 happening? Iranian backed militia base just exploded in Iraq.
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