My best guess: There were no casualties from Iran’s missile attack because Iran did not want any casualties. So they deliberately missed.
This strategy is actually quite clever. By launching missiles at American targets, the mullahs can now claim that they retaliated for the killing of that general. But by causing no casualties, Iran avoids a crushing punitive strike by Trump.
Judging from the smoke trails, looks to be a video game.
The video shown is not actual footage, but simulation or video game. The system shown is C-RAM. Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar. It’s a Navy CIWS system on a trailer. It’s great for incoming short range stuff, but it’s not a Ballistic Missile defense system, and can only defend a small area. I sent a lot of my CIWS guys to the sandbox to operate and maintain these systems.
Contrary to the internet meme, the missiles were right on target. The base received adequate warning both from our own systems and the Iranians. The missiles hit their objectives and in some instances right in the middle. That no one died is a function of the warning as well a preparedness.
The rest is fake news or bad reporting.
That is a cartoon.
Please. These Neanderthals have yet to figure out hi def cameras.
Iran controls it’s media that is available to it’s citizens. If they show missiles launched in the direction of Iraq, they can claim any success they want, even if the missiles were all intended to crash out of sight in the desert. If Iran wanted to negotiate after their general was taken out, this would be a way of doing that and saving face to it’s citizens. Until they shot down the airliner...
Yes. And US was warned.
The Iranians have managed to kill more Iranians with their counterstrike than anything to hurt the west.
I know the IDMDS is in Israel but not sure if we have these located at bases in Iraq.
Video game. If you look up actual footage of the system firing you’ll see the bullet arcs look different. The bullets also explode (timed fusing), the motion of the camera is very steady and artificial, and finally the dynamics of what happens to an intercepted missile are too consistent - there are several things that can (and do) happen when you hit an inbound warhead.
hey were afraid to kill Americans and probably even told us to please take shelter before sending the face-savers...
Wasn’t it reported by command and control resources at the base that they had forewarning of the attack and that base personnel were moved to safe areas?
This is an animation folks...saw it last year...sorry.
I would always bet on missile failure due to overkill.
That is, even the best missiles in the world (US) still have a high failure rate. And other missile makers are far worse than us. The stresses and strains on missiles are very extreme, so this is not surprising.
Any missile that fails for its payload to reach the target and explode has failed due to overkill.
These missiles have limited guidance with a circular error circle in the range of hundreds of feet. They do not have gps systems like their cruse missile counterparts that hit the Saudi refinery.
