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Satellite imagery shows that a precision attack damaged an air defense system at an Iranian base.
NY Times ^
| April 19, 2024
| Christoph Koettl and Christiaan Triebert
Posted on 04/20/2024 12:24:24 AM PDT by McGruff
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posted on
04/20/2024 12:24:24 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: McGruff
I imagine that Ali Khamenei and his colleagues may now be feeling a little naked and are asking the Russians, “WTF is up with that expensive air defense system you sold us?”
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posted on
04/20/2024 2:00:17 AM PDT
by
Rockingham
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To: Rockingham
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posted on
04/20/2024 2:18:22 AM PDT
by
4Runner
To: McGruff
Iran’s attack on Israel was not designed to do damage.
It was designed to provoke or elicit a military response from Israel so that the Ayatollahs could evaluate Israeli defenses and capabilities.
This was a standard procedure ‘Simple Simon’ military procedure, which is why there were no casualties.
This is a ‘cat and mouse’ process, with each side testing each other’s capabilities and resolve, as well as both world and US political support.
The real test could come this week, with Passover observance in Israel an inviting target for Iran.
However, it’s unlikely that the Israelis will be caught off guard a second time.
The wild card is the rumored possibility of an Iran atomic device within days or weeks. If true, this would upset the proverbial Apple Cart on a major scale.
Waiting for Armageddon ……………..
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posted on
04/20/2024 5:00:09 AM PDT
by
Thapsus_epiphany
(Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
To: McGruff
Why in hell does anyone give us links to the New York Times? I will never subscribe to those enemy agents - and posting a single, small photo without any obvious damage is worthless.
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posted on
04/20/2024 5:11:05 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Alia)
To: Chainmail; McGruff
Why in hell does anyone give us links to the New York Times? I will never subscribe to those enemy agents - and posting a single, small photo without any obvious damage is worthless. ↑↑↑THIS!↑↑↑
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:22:06 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: Chainmail; McGruff
To be fair, a quick web search shows the reportage right now is very thin. The Slimes, NBC and NPR.
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:31:03 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: Chainmail
Why in hell does anyone give us links to the New York Times? I will never subscribe to those enemy agents - and posting a single, small photo without any obvious damage is worthless. Because with minimal effort and computer skill you can read the entire article without having to subscribe to the NYT:
https://archive.ph/mRztC
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:36:32 AM PDT
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
To: thegagline
With minimal skilz you can post the article with that link rather than giving The Slimes clicks.
(Thanks for the tip. I’ll try it!)
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:44:27 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: thegagline
"Because with minimal effort and computer skill..."Sure - then next time, use your minimal effort and computer skill in posting the workaround the NYT paywall - instead of a direct link to the communist mouthpiece.
And that photo is still worthless.
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:45:29 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Alia)
To: thegagline
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:45:58 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: McGruff
To be clear, thanks to the enemy-supporting idiocy of the Biden administration, Israel missed its only chance to eliminate the Iranian progress toward building the nuclear weapon. The Iranians have already proven that they have delivery systems and sufficient accuracy to hit Israel - and likely the United States if they have solved the warhead reentry issues, so we are in very dangerous territory.
If the Israelis have been cowed by Biden's (Obama's) gang into missing this critical opportunity, we are all going to suffer and soon.
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posted on
04/20/2024 6:51:53 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Alia)
To: null and void
The link works for me. Try scrolling down. Here is a screenshot on the link
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posted on
04/20/2024 7:14:43 AM PDT
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
To: thegagline
Hmmm. Maybe my VPN thinks it’s a dodgy site?
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posted on
04/20/2024 7:27:50 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: Chainmail
The nuclear effort has been. thwarted many times before
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posted on
04/20/2024 7:34:42 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
To: null and void
Maybe my VPN thinks it’s a dodgy site? I thought that the whole purpose of having a VPN was to visit “dodgy sites.” :-)
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posted on
04/20/2024 7:35:33 AM PDT
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
To: thegagline
LOL! There’s dodgy then there’s dodgy.
I don’t visit either.
But I don’t like giving by history to any munchkin on the web, nor getting infected by any bad actor, that would be bu hao...
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posted on
04/20/2024 8:04:03 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
To: thegagline
Some of us older folks don’t have those computer skills. I wouldn’t read the NY rag for any reason.
To: McGruff
This feels like deliberate mockery...
Israel destroys an air defense system at an Iran air force base.
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posted on
04/20/2024 8:19:13 AM PDT
by
zeestephen
(Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
To: McGruff
Am I missing something? I don’t see any damage.
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