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Warfare HAMAS attack on Israel, Oct 2023 & Iran’s Proxies.
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Heard this one really well.
Well, it's going to be a long night...
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been there, got the medal. Sitting in a shelter while BM come in, is a test of trust in others, and patience.
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So Iran just wasted atleast 200 million $$ for tiny effect.
Unreliable ballistic missiles are a giant waste of money
Could have bought 3 modern jets instead
Unreliable ballistic missiles are a giant waste of money
Could have bought 3 modern jets instead
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The purpose is to achieve PR.
Hitting Tel Aviv won't achieve anything meaningful, but it will hurt the Israeli and that's all Iran/Hamas/Hezbollah wants.
Or rather, to phrase it better, and based on the name given to that retaliatory strike by Iran, "severe punishment", that's the only thing Iran can hit with the certainty it will hit something. Target a densely populated area with a spam of missiles, a lot won't get there, a few will reach the intended area. Iran will take that as a victory and run victory laps with it, and its supporters will cheer and clap.
Meanwhile that won't deter Israel, that won't stop Israel to conduct strikes, etc... Because Iran can't do anything of these things to begin with.
But the strike occurring at night, and the balls of fire coming down the sky at full speed, and explosions, etc make for good optics. And to the masses it is all that matters.
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Depends on how advanced the missiles are and what country you're firing them at.
I bet if Israeli were to fire their "special" missiles in similar volumes at Iran no more than one or two would be intercepted where as in the opposite direction only a (relative) handful get through (or are allowed through as at Nevatim).
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Despite their claims and demonstrations a few years back, Iran does not have the ability to select a target and have its missiles pinpoint it.
Nor do they have any way to conduct accurate and surgical strikes.
On the other hand, Israel can, and they don't need anything bombastic (well... kinda, but no pun intended) to achieve their goal. The munition will hit the ground where it is intended to.
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Excellent thread!
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Giving Iran the benefit, that in peacetime, having mapped the ground, and taken 3 days to warm the missile they can hit a target.
Now, with f35 etc above, your favourite general gone to god, gps not reliable, the sooner you get that thing of your ex-fire engine, the sooner you can get back underground, are you really going to wait for 3 greens?
And financially, Israel is using 100m aircraft to drop $10,000 bombs. Iran is using a $400,000 missile to deliver the same bomb. Israel gets to re-use the f35 for a long time. It’s not sustainable, no-one can re supply them, even if they wanted to. Any g20 country could send f35, or more bombs, by boat, air, truck.
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Probably more for domestic consumption, vs effective anti-air.
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It's like some people don't want to live.
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