Damn that's pretty kino.
Stock price dropped? Wrap it up boys, Iran won.
Because Teheran is full of AA and one of the most defended locations.
Huge cope, the "scary point missiles" seem to be doing a pretty good job at bypassing or nullifying Israel Air defense for now. We have never seen the Iron come suffer so much to counter other bombing campaigns. If israelis were not bloodthirsty as they are, the prospect of mutual destruction would already led to negotiations
Seems they launched too late, those arcs toward their targets were pretty dramatic but I wouldn't know
My only guess would be the Israelis see no reason to put their airframes at undue risk when they can launch from safe uncontested airspace and still hit their mark. More broadly the severe disparity in technology means the airframes become too precious to be used in ways that put that technology at risk of not being recoverable/falling into the wrong hands so it becomes a strategic limitation
To be fair to the Iron Dome, design wise if I recall correctly it's meant to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells and not whatever type of ballistic missile the Iranians are using.
Defending is inherently more difficult and expensive, even more so when it's a small area with high population density and countless spicy (some literally) targets all over the place and next to residential areas. That's why they're proactive about striking any launch facilities and trying to disrupt Iran's command and control chain, they can't be on the other side of missiles being lobbed every night, interceptors are expensive, limited in numbers and their success rate/attempts have been dropping.
That's what I was thinking. Atlantic Trident lasts until the 27th. So those I guess those KC-135s are going to be in Finland for the NATO exercise for the next two weeks.
Note this isn’t in support of Atlantic Trident 25: those tankers are leaving from RAF Mildenhall. H/t @John_A_Ridge
its the whole system at this point
Seriously, though, I think the odds of China making a move are high if this war escalates any further. Losing Iran would be a huge loss for the Russia-China alliance, and if it looks like that's about to happen, then Xi might decide that it's time to fight.
A few reasons, Tehran is like NYC in terms of density, even more dense actually. Those surgical strike hellfire drones are being used with care in mind. Iran can indiscriminately bomb Israel but Israel cannot do the same to Iran without killing scores of people and pissing off the bleeding hearts all over the world. They also need to preserve the good will of the Iranian people and using surgical strikes buys that opportunity.
I predict the US will step in if Israel gets overwhelmed or there is a threat of a real nuclear warhead in their air. The US is already sending Israel a ton of ammunition with the Hellfire missiles and replenishing the Iron Dome. Its like what we did with Ukraine. My hunch is that Trump is afraid of engaging because of his ego, (doesn't want to get in a forever war) and the threat it would pose to Americans if he went in first. If the US joins, Khamenei could issue a jihad fatwah and soon every large gathering and area in the US becomes a soft target. Staying out also gives Iran a glimpse of
Yes. The US DOD is getting some juicy intel and data about how to combat rising ballistic missile threats from this experience. The data will likely be used in the Golden Dome against Chinas missiles.
the missiles are carrying a baby in a ladder factory and they don wan no trabur
