Posted on 06/17/2025 4:32:58 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Fewer than 10 ballistic missiles were launched from Iran at Israel overnight, according to IDF assessments.
The missiles came in three overnight attacks just after midnight, at 3:30 a.m., and 4:30 a.m.
There were no reports of impacts in urban areas or injuries.
The number of missiles marks a significant dip after three consecutive nights in which scores of missiles were fired.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
LOL, no.
Irans last F14s were blown up on the tarmac yesterday.
Now Iran did have the best SAMs Russia and China had to offer. And best radar.
“Did”
LOL
An oldie but goodie.
I always wondered how close to truth it was.
More socialist than communist so two out of three is fine by me.
Iran still has a few jets left....or did anyway.
I went to a military college. We had more than 100 Iranian military cadets there at the time (1979.). Some of them were excited about learning to fly the “new” F14s after they graduated.
Those are the jets you are talking about. LOL
If they could get those engines started, I would be surprised.
“If they could get those engines started, I would be surprised”
I spent 30 years supporting US Navy aviation at the depot level.
My facility overhauled and maintained the Tomcats all the way through sunset and into mothballs.
There’s one static inside the gate of the NAS I worked at.
When I heard Iran had ‘em, my first thought was how in the world are they able to maintain ‘em because I know they’re not getting parts from us. Not to mention all the support equipment required....I think Israel did em a favor by blowing em up.
Trump should brag that we could have done all this all in one day.
The idea is to scare our enemies. Don’t you think Vlad’s paying attention?
They are not running out of missiles, of which I’ve read they have many thousands.
Their launcher count has been reduced by more than a third. They are regularly spotted and bombed.
So the risk of taking a launcher out of a warehouse is high. The regime may not have the leadership at all (they’re dead, Jim), the willingness to risk the remaining launchers, launch teams willing to get into the sitting duck truck, etc.
In any case, Israel has them in hiding rather than shooting missiles at Jewish civilians. This is a win.
Iran’s remaining 1970s F14s were taken out by an unmanned Israeli drone yesterday.
:-)
Which shows the wisdom of buying the extended warranty
Plus I can’t help but think that we’re helping them with useful satellite data
I agree. While Israel has some few good spy satellites, I suspect we are directly feeding launcher coordinates to IAF fighter jets.
And I approve!
Sounds like Iran has blown their load... They’ve given all their money to the Russians and North Korean’s and now that their nuclear dreams have gone up in smoke, all they are left with is an inadequate and depleted arsenal of useless weapons.
The fall of this regime is coming... It should’ve come a very long time ago. They’ve been financing anti-American and anti-Israeli groups for decades and nobody has done anything about it... Until now.
Every time one of those launchers lights up the Israelis home in on it and kaboom.
😂
This has come down to the great scud hunt of GW II. It’s too bad Israel doesn’t have A-10s. They have great range and can loiter over an area for a long period of time.
Good to see that Israel is in a position to win the war and doesn’t need us to intervene.
Ah, but if they have complete air superiority (someone mentioned they can refuel above Tehran, so yeah), a few AC-130’s can have lots of fun. Plenty of YouTube videos showing just that (unless they are game videos, of course).
Puff The Magic Dragon, lived by the sea, and loved to eat VC.
Thanks for that. Really needs it's own thread.
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