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To: Libloather

Why are we not able to destroy Iran’s ability to launch missiles?


3 posted on 07/29/2026 7:18:13 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Cause we are still pulling our punches. 😡😡😡


4 posted on 07/29/2026 7:20:18 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Easier said than done.


7 posted on 07/29/2026 8:07:12 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (This Phone)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Because Iran is four tines larger than Iraq and their capabilities were underestimated.


9 posted on 07/29/2026 8:13:55 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Why are we not able to destroy Iran’s ability to launch missiles?

I just asked AI, and it said that they still have an estimated 160 mobile launchers, down from 500 at the start of the war.

They're "shoot and scoot", so it's not trivial to find them when they're hiding, and we'd have to have constant airborne surveillance to catch them on the move, in a pretty big country.
10 posted on 07/29/2026 8:26:25 PM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Their remaining missile launchers are scattered underground in the middle of population centers. Tousi TV.


11 posted on 07/29/2026 8:41:54 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek; Captain Walker

Lots of targets, probably moved around, hidden, obscured movement among civilians, hardened facilities (roll in and out of a mountain), some are repaired / replaced. And you have missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.

But most importantly, you have a MSM that is literally sympathetic with Iran.

Their bias / TDS has them “hopping” Iran gets a missile through. You have al Jazeera writing more favorable of what we’re doing than our media, think about that for a second!

al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/30/iran-war-live-trump-threatens-to-hit-back-hard-over-strikes-on-jordan

Our media same time and story
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-increasingly-exasperated-iran-top-officials-cant-agree-strategy-rcna589067

https://www.ms.now/news/oil-prices-iran-war-trump-strikes

Real story: Iran launched 5 missiles (they were shooting 100-200 a day, now 5), we shoot everything down. Now they get hit by an order of magnitude worse that what they “wanted” to inflict but failed at and our media attempts to spin this as some failure.


14 posted on 07/29/2026 8:59:54 PM PDT by Red6
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

We have destroyed Irans nuclear weapons program and much of their air defense and missile launch/ drone capabilities

Iran is no longer a serious threat to their neighbors even if they can launch small , uncoordinated random missile strikes

Iran can do some limited damage to shipping and oil refineries but Iran
cannot shut down the Persian Gulf

The real solution is regime change and that is what President Trump is shooting for. It may take a while, but regime change will likely occur in iran


18 posted on 07/30/2026 5:28:18 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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