Posted on 01/08/2020 12:57:52 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Iran is believed to have deliberately avoided U.S. military casualties during retaliatory missile strikes on bases housing American troops in Iraq, following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general, according to U.S. and European government sources familiar with intelligence assessments.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday the Iranians were thought to have targeted the attacks to miss U.S. forces to prevent the crisis from escalating out of control while still signaling Iranian resolve in response to the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week.
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“Fair enough. So they avoided escalating the tensions. Good for them. Now, they know that we are keeping an eye on them are not afraid to act. They now know that we are serious.”
Agreed. Well put.
“They didn’t deliberately miss any more than they deliberately hit.”
I think this contributed to POTUS anger this morning.
Iran fired with the intent to blow things up. They just lucked out and didn’t kill anybody due to early warning.
True. But it was implied.
They didn’t miss an airliner, tho.
Why that’s Jar Jar Mohamed Abdul Salim Ackbar, Famous Iranian General and Rocket expert!...................
Crazy but not stupid.
A win for PDJT who is having his cake and eating it, too.
Scott Adams called it right away!
Agreed. it was a show of capability. On par with our tomahawk strike in, where was it, Syria?
Declaring War is "A Paper thing". IIRC, war was NOT declared for the Korean War or the Vietnam....and Obama did anything he wanted...
And 3 scoops....
“he was certain that the missiles were not deliberately aimed to miss”
Only a ballistic missile with sophisticated terminal guidance is capable of deliberately missing.
Iran doesn’t have that.
They fired a cluster and they landed in a cluster.
1/4 mile accuracy at best.
They even hit 3 buildings.
Lack of casualties was due to advance and early warnings.
Iran simply lucked out. As did those on the ground.
I am not so sure about Iran’s accuracy. The attack on the Aramco facility was a direct hit on several large structures that were separated by a significant distance.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/uploads/images/2019/09/16/175837.jpg
Note the round tank structures, middle right, were almost all hit with one missile each.
Reuter’s not happy until you’re not happy
This reminded me of the time we bombed the bejezus out of a field across from Muammar Gaddafi’s Bedouin tent back in the ‘80s.
Not to mention that the solid propellant casting is somewhat substandard compared to ours. Lol.
So says Al Reuters - the most trusted name in news /NOT
Iran intentionally avoids hitting U.S. forces with missile strikes - and the mullahs save face?
Reuters reporters drink too much koolaid
The Fateh-110 while based on unguided rockets has a guidance system of some unspecified type. Iran also gave Iraq advance warning.
So maybe what happened was, Iran targeted missiles to miss or knew what they would hit would be unoccupied, in order to strike back, save face, and not provoke a U.S. response at the same time.
The fatal-110 has a guidance system that was PERFECTED!
The Qiam was an innovation, and touted as evading radar.
When the attack started, US and Iraq forces took cover, and the attack was a devastating success. One Qiam missile hit and failed to detonate and a second only missed by 20 miles.
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