Israeli compound in Kirya, housing the IDF's secure command centre. Paper Dome did not prevent it from being nearly completely destroyed.

X ^ | June 13, 2025 | Pepe Escobar

[Racketeer]

Israeli compound in Kirya, housing the IDF's secure command centre. Paper Dome did not prevent it from being nearly completely destroyed.

[Cronos]

We need the zot viking kitties

[Cronos]

I think you should say “the Ayatollahs regime ruling Iran “.

Hopefully Netanyahu’s plan will come yo fruit and the ordinary Iranians will overthrow Khamenei

[wardaddy]

Oh please
Everything isn’t quantum chess

Iran has a ton of projectiles and SAMs

Don’t underestimate Russian anti aircraft tech

Both sides have it in Ukraine and devastating effect

Which is why Russia flies low and seldom

Their own gear lol

That said Iran is no match for Israel and our help in exchange war

Ground war they would have to have us

[Captain Walker]

Nonsense. Have you seen the video of the missiles coming in? Iran is firing so many at once, targeted at the same area, a few always leak through.

A poster on another thread pointed out that the Iron Dome was never designed for what it's currently being hit with.

That being said, the "tombstone" technology that will come out of this will probably help the Israelis to improve on its deficiencies.

[Uncle Miltie]

Any recorded military damage, or do I remain correct?

[Captain Walker]

And the Shah will return.

Don't be so sure about this.

It took the CIA to put a Shah into power the first time, and we ended up with egg on our faces for it when our embassy was stormed. I don't think we're in a hurry to install another puppet regime.

[Kudsman]

Astute. You think East Asian countries are paying close attention?

[NorthMountain]

MIC

People who whine about "Military Industrial Complexes" have no credibility.

[ETCM]

In the videos you see of ballistic missile impacts, the Iron Dome interceptors are a last ditch defense, with a very low probability of kill, probably less than 10%. The Iron Dome Interceptor, the Tamir, is roughly equivalent in capability and size to the AIM-9X Sidewinder, and was never intended to engage ballistic missiles. The Arrow 2, Arrow 3 and THAAD batteries Israel employs for ballistic missile defense intercept at very high altitude, frequently exo-atmospheric. Iron Dome tries, mostly in vain, to stop those missile that get past the ballistic missile defenses. It looks like THAAD/ARROW are somewhere between 80% and 90% effective.

In dark skies, exo-atmospheric intercepts can be quite colorful and spectacular.

[ETCM]

Any recorded military damage, or do I remain correct?

So far, only civilian and a few industrial/infrastructure targets have been successfully struck (that we have confirmation of). When your missiles have an CEP of almost a kilometer, hitting hardened or dispersed military targets is difficult. Population centers are much easier. Iran has lost a significant portion of its Air Force, Air Defenses, Ballistic Missile Force and military leadership, and inflicted relatively minor damage on Israel in response. Iran has also suffered significant damage to their nuclear program and military industrial base, and Israel has just started conducting limited strikes on oil and gas infrastructure - a warning shot in my opinion.

Bottom line is Iran should have taken Trump's deal. They still should.

[I-ambush]

I think Japan and South Korea would both want in on Golden Dome.

[Zathras]

Agree!
Iran is very close to total collapse.

[Blennos]

Don't be so sure about this. It took the CIA to put a Shah into power the first time, and we ended up with egg on our faces for it when our embassy was stormed. I don't think we're in a hurry to install another puppet regime.

It's not a certainty, but almost anything would better than the murderous psychopaths in power now. Maybe the Iranian people should be permitted to vote for their government.

[Captain Walker]

Maybe the Iranian people should be permitted to vote for their government.

Well, we didn't let them keep the guy they voted for the last time (Mohammad Mossadegh); he was the one the CIA overthrew in 1953.

It's an open secret that the US supports democracy in the Middle East only insofar as a country votes for the candidate the US wants.

[rmlew]

Israel’ military HQ a there before the area was built up, like the Pentagon.