Posted on 04/25/2024 5:30:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The Iranian attack on Israel seems a historic blunder. It opened up a new chapter in which its own soil, thanks to its attack on Israel, is no longer off limits to any Western power.
Details of the recent limited Israeli retaliatory strike against Iranian anti-aircraft missile batteries at Isfahan are still sketchy. But nonetheless, we can draw some conclusions.
Israel’s small volley of missiles hit their intended targets, to the point of zeroing in on the very launchers designed to stop such incoming ordnance.
The target was near the Natanz enrichment facility. That proximity was by design. Israel showed Iran it could take out the very anti-missile battery designed to thwart an attack on its nearby nuclear facility.
The larger message sent to the world was that Israel could send a retaliatory barrage at Iranian nuclear sites with reasonable assurances that the incoming attacks could not be stopped. By comparison, Iran’s earlier attack on Israel was much greater and more indiscriminate. It was also a huge flop, with an estimated 99 percent of the more than 320 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles failing to hit their planned targets.
Moreover, it was reported that more than 50 percent of Iran’s roughly 115-120 ballistic missiles failed at launch or malfunctioned in flight.
Collate these facts, and it presents a disturbing corrective to Iran’s non-stop boasts of soon possessing a nuclear arsenal that will obliterate the Jewish state.
Consider further the following nightmarish scenarios: Were Iranian nuclear-tipped missiles ever launched at Israel, they could pass over, in addition to Syria and Iraq, either Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the West Bank, Gaza, or all four. In the cases of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, such trajectories would constitute an act of war, especially considering that some of Iran’s recent aerial barrages were intercepted...
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I am sure there is more to come from Iran.
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The Iranian attack on Israel seems a historic blunder. It opened up a new chapter in which its own soil, thanks to its attack on Israel, is no longer off limits to any Western power.
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This isn’t the first time that Israel has attacked Iran, so I’m not so sure what is “historic” about it.
[I am sure there is more to come from Iran.]
Ezekiel 38 IS coming.
He’s not saying that Israels’ attack on Iran was historic. He’s saying that Irans’ attack on Israel was historic in it’s failure.
That’s the maddening thing: they were offered the extended warrant, but failed to buy it. Let that be a lesson!
Exactly. Demonstrating to the world that your weapons are ineffective is a bad policy.
They probably have been believing their own propaganda.
Its failure to stop a much smaller Israel response, coupled with the overwhelming success of Israel and its allies in stopping a much larger Iranian attack, reminds the Iranian autocracy that its shrill rhetoric is designed to mask its impotence and to hide its own vulnerabilities from its enemies.
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1) Iran says: "We now have nuclear weapons! We have tested them, and they work! We will now bomb Israel and the US! Prepare to be amazed!"
2) Iran says: "We are days away from nuclear weapons! Our plan is to attack Israel and the US and devastate them!"
If it was always bluster and nothing but bluster, that's one thing. But now Iran has launched missiles (however badly). If they issue threats, then a pre-emptive strike is really required, in my opinion.
Good summary by VDH detailing that Iran showed it’s just a loud barking dog with no bite.
I think you can buy the extended warranty over the phone from a guy named Abdul.
This is where the rats in congress start applying their DEI logic and appropriating huge give a ways to mad mo, reasoning their incompetence resulted from racism rather then their 7th century murderous depravity.
I read Iran is trying to negotiate for updated Russian surface to air defenses. If I recall ifs called the S-400. I am not sure Russia has any to spare, or how long it would take to deploy, or if it is reliable. If I recall Russia installed some older types (S-300) in Syria but may have never activated them - probably because there are or were half a dozen countries in Syrian airspace and didn’t want any conflict with US or UK or Israel (or its own aircraft). It’s also possible those systems don’t work so they didn’t want to turn them on and show the world their anti aircraft/anti-missile systems suck.
Were they covered under any warranty?
Yes. Allah Insurance Agency. Under the “non performance,” Mohammed clause.
Inshallah.
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IIRC, the Israeli base that Iran targeted is near an Israeli nuclear facility, too?
Granted that as small as Israel is, everything in Israel is “kinda close together”.
They forgot to renew their MissleShield account.
ISWYDT, VDH!
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