BREAKING: Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase

jpost.com ^ | 01.07.2020 | TZVI JOFFRE

[rxsid]

Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase
By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 8, 2020 01:21

Initial reports stated that 9 rockets hit the Ain al-Assad airbase on Tuesday. The base hosts American soldiers.

Heavy missile attacks were carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq that hosts both Iraqi and US soldiers on Tuesday night. Nine missiles hit the airbase, according to Al-Hadath.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I don’t think Einstein deals in plane parts.
Oh. Commas.
Never mind.
KEK

[Mariner]

“I bet the sophistication of what we are doing is going to blow our minds much like other wars have.”

For sure and correct.

But we always follow up with tonnage.

[DEPcom]

B-52 has been upgraded many times. The Air Frame might be old but the engine and tech is pretty up to date. They even have newer engines in the works for a future upgrade.

I use to work on B-52g, I launch them from Diego back during the first Gulf War.

[rxsid]

Link didn't go through for that report. Here it is.

[Frank_2001]

That Salami needs to be sliced, not hidden!!!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

and they are SPECTACULAR!
(h/t Jackie Chiles)

[LibWhacker]

I wouldn't want to be anywhere south of 40°N and north of 25°S, between oh, say, Turkey, Iraq and the 'Stans!

[grey_whiskers]

(Nods. Fog of war.
...and in my case, insomnia. Nasty project at work.)

[max americana]

Exactly. Like July 4 but louder.

[Mariner]

“Welp, its’ going to be a late night. “

Aye, grand drama for a few days, at least.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

Iran is dead.. They launched a second wave.

[DesertRhino]

For some reason, all of this reminds me of that movie “1941” and the Battle of Hollywood.

[McGavin999]

I think this was a really foolish move by the Mullahs.

[Smogger]

Yup. Ballistic missiles launched from inside Iran. WTF are they thinking?

[Celtic Conservative]

I keep telling people if we get Toyota to stop selling the hi-lux pickup in the middle east we would cripple Iran’s warfighting ability overnight.

CC

[Williams]

The fat’s in the fire now.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Second shelling at Iraq's Ain Al-Asad air base: Al Mayadeen TV

[madison10]

Whatever Kerry told them to think/do.

[bankwalker]

These are ballistic missiles

how do you know this?

[CMSMC]

Yup. If there is no loss of life, Trump will probably just let it go. If there is a lose of US life, all bets are off. Thinking back to last week of Sen Graham’s comment on Sean Hannity’s show about the Iranian oil refinery workers seeking another line of work and Sean pressing it, I don’t believe that conversation was an accident. Petroleum is the life-blood of any military, and in the case of Iran, it’s whole economy. Won’t need 52 individual targets to put their government out of business.