Both targets were hit repeatedly. The lesser drones and missiles shot down in the U.S./Israeli multibillion dollar turkey shoot were pawns meant to be shot done. The Israelis and the U.S. acknowledged the Iranian capabilities with the four chintzy quad copter retaliation.
Iranian missile strikes 4/13/24
https://x.com/warmonitors/status/1779311177052373106?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA
The FAIL is great with this one.
“Virtually everything fired at Israel was intercepted before entering the country’s territory, according to the Israel Defense Forces, which reported “very little damage” from the attack.
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A 7-year-old girl who was severely injured by shrapnel was the only known casualty in the attack. The child, from a Bedouin village in Israel’s southern Negev desert, was still fighting for her life on Monday.
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The IDF said none of the 170 drones launched by Iran crossed into Israeli territory, nor did any of the more than 30 cruise missiles fired by the Islamic republic.
Of 120 ballistic missiles fired at Israel from Iran, the U.S. officials told CBS News only five got through Israeli and U.S. air defenses and hit Israeli territory. One U.S. official told CBS News that roughly half of the ballistic missiles failed on launch or crashed in flight.
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One of the missiles hit near the base’s runway, while two landed in open areas and “one more hit near a building, causing minor damage,” IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on Monday, adding that the building was still under construction.
“All this damage will be repaired in the coming days,” Hagari said. “This base is operating around the clock, it functioned during Operation ‘Iron Shield’ and today as well, from this base, aircraft took off to protect the skies of the State of Israel.”
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-israel-attack-what-weapons-launched-how-air-defenses-worked/
Losers.
Interesting article. Thanks
So, Iran claims 15 of the 17 missiles they launched hit their target? All the drones and rockets were fired to distract and overwhelmthe air defense systems. I wonder how true their account is?
“A small number of Israeli aircraft flew from Israel over Syria — striking at least two southern Syria military bases that have air defense systems along the way, he said.
They then entered Iraqi airspace, from where they fired a small number of Blue Sparrow air-to-surface ballistic missiles, likely without ever entering Iranian airspace, Lister said.
Accounts of explosions over Iraq support that scenario, and so does debris from what appears to be the booster of an Israeli-made Blue Sparrow missile that Iraqi security found in a field outside Baghdad, Lister said.
“In other words, the Israelis would never have needed to enter Iranian airspace to conduct this attack,” Lister said. “I think this was Israel’s way of just sending a message that we can reach you anywhere we want.”
https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-mideast-tensions-4-19-2024-a7ccbae2e2844bab089e8e4377a24ddb
the source - thecradle.co cannot be (is unable to be) vetted and is therefore not reliable
“Following the strategic success of Iran’s ‘True Promise’ retaliatory drone and missile operation in response to last month’s Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus,”
stopped reading right there: one of the most stupid and ridiculous lies i’ve seen in print in quite a while ... total waste of time posting ridiculous iranian propaganda ..