Israel, US Strike Iran After Weeks Of Warning, Explosions Heard In Tehran

Thunder said:
THAAD and SM-3 production was always low. only PAC-3 has somewhat healthy production line.
Production will increase but it will take time to fill in the gaps, especially after current conflict.
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Good ! Overall production figures & developmental estimates for newer platforms by the US fits in very well with my theory that when the US goes up against China whosoever wins will win a Pyrrhic victory much like what it was in Europe at the end of WW-2 . I'm putting my money on the US prevailing but only just about.

However there will be no Marshal Plan forthcoming as the US economy will itself be in the doldrums & the economy of the EU is unravelling.

Latest reports indicate the EU is ready to purchase Russian O&NG once again now that such supplies are unavailable from the ME except Putin intends to squeeze EU's shriveled balls whereas little britain under Starmer has consistently demonstrated with evidence they don't have any balls since long which is a proven fact even if they pretended otherwise when the Conservatives were in power.


Incidentally do you see Paddy bring up morality vis a vis Indian imports of Russian oil now like he did innumerable times in the past ? No you won't. @BMD
 
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Thunder said:
US used some 150 THAAD interceptors and some 80 SM-3s last year (June 2025).
We will see, how much they will spend this time.
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Seems that Iran missile rate is lower than june 2025.
Or they stored their weapons for tomorrow (unikely, because they are struck hard, every day some launchers are destroyed and the intelligence capacity of US + Israel is very impressive) or the stock wasn't repleanished.
In the second case the need of high technology missiles will be lowered soon.
 
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Bon Plan said:
Seems that Iran missile rate is lower than june 2025.
Or they stored their weapons for tomorrow (unikely, because they are struck hard, every day some launchers are destroyed and the intelligence capacity of US + Israel is very impressive) or the stock wasn't repleanished.
In the second case the need of high technology missiles will be lowered soon.
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Last time iran used some 550 BMs of different types (whatever, they have).
Israel too Used their Arrow/David Sling to shoot down some + US support (THAAD, SM-3 and Patriots)


USN also used a mix of over 200 SM-2s and SM-6s to shoot down houthi drones in red sea.
 
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RationalGuy said:
One of my parents are indeed from Mandya (born but not brought up), damn this comment is gonna have me looking over my shoulder for quite some time now!!!!!! randomradio was absent all this time cuz he was spying on this humble student!!
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Wait till you see randomradio on your caller ID.

RationalGuy said:
Wtr to the Chinese, me no think they will have a permanent fleet in IOR by 2035. Only real way PLAN can threaten IN in IOR is to send aircraft carrier preferably nuclear cuz their conventional carriers wont pose much threat to IN supremacy in IOR, and it will take China beyond 2035 to operationalize 2 nuclear carriers, their first nuclear carrier will be used to further strengthen their position at SCS and first island chain.

But by 2040 yea I am very sure PLAN will have one nuclear carrier strike group permanently stationed in IOR. A pacing problem for India but by then I am quite sure LRHASM will be in mass production and our ISR capabilities across sea air and space would have grown by leaps and bounds. So in a war like situation, their carrier group cannot realistically come within 1,500 km at least to our mainland and Andaman else they will face the risk of LRHASM, Brahmos, SMART, Agni P etc. Not to mention our SSNs and Project 18 destroyers will start coming online by then to supplement our new P75I SSKs.

So PLAN gaining the total supremacy it needs in IOR to thwart an Indian attack on Pak is unfeasable.
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I predicted the PLAN to have 6 supercarriers by 2035 nearly a decade, and now the USN agrees.

They will continue building at that rate to get to twice the USN's size.

They are currently planning to build up to 400 fighters a year, doubling their current rate.

Their SSN numbers will likely cross the USN's by then too.

So they have almost already won the production game.

We need Pakistan denuclearized and the PoK connection cut off from China pretty soon.

The Iran war's main goal is to geolock China (and Russia) into their respective regions. So Pakistan will be next. This is also why Hasina was forced out, 'cause Myanmar is also part of the same agenda. Trump made the foolish mistake of exiting Afghanistan and he is looking to course-correct here too.

Our neighborhood is gonna get really busy under Trump, hence the flurry of defense deals happening all at once.
 
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Strikes by two suspected Iranian Arash-2 kamikaze drones have been recorded in Azerbaijan. It is currently unknown why the Iranian drones were there. One drone crashed into the Nakhchivan airport terminal building, and the second drone crashed near a school in the village of Shekarabad. The Iranian ambassador has already been summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for an explanation.




Technical information about Iran's Arash-2 drone. Russia may also have a similar drone.


 
Gautam said:
GoI may have felt the same thing. I am increasingly of the opinion that Modi went to Israel to set the terms & conditions of our involvement.
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It's not only that but I'm of the opinion the visit may have also discussed what follows viz the Israelis want clear supply lines for the munitions mfgd here without interruptions in the supply chain not just for this conflict but in future as well .

To that end they humoured Leaderji by massaging his ego honouring him with an address to the Knesset & Speaker of the Knesset Medal.

Discussions may have also included what after Iran . My guess is once this war against Iran is over , we'd definitely see action against Paxtan including ending their NWP.

If the US & Israel have gone this far to take out the Mullahs in Iran & their NWP it stands to reason they can't leave this work unfinished & Israel's work will be unfinished as long as Paxtan has a NWP. Hence 1-2 months to sort out Iran & around May we take on Paxtan.
 
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randomradio said:
Over two years. So 2021.
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They stated 18 months.
randomradio said:
So you're saying Muslims haven't taken over university campuses and streets in the West in protests over Gaza?
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And that proves what? Protestors gonna protest.
randomradio said:
They cooperated in Syria against Iran. I've pointed this out multiple times years ago.
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So did the US and Russia. So it means nothing.
randomradio said:
Try your Qatari and Yemeni friends.
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First it was Turkey and now Qatar and Yemen. A move of that magnitude would not have been made without Russia and the timing points their way.
randomradio said:
Sure. Israel backstabbed Russia in Syria. Both sides have chosen political sides not related to each other, but still maintain a "special relationship." Anyway you are way too hung up on what the media says, and this explains the current situation in the UK.
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Sure, that special relationship being dislike and disdain.
randomradio said:

CAT-UXO - Forpost ucav

Information about Forpost ucav
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This is the Forpost-R, the Russian version of the Israeli Searcher Mk 2 reconnaissance drone, produced under license in Russia with the addition of air-dropped aircraft-bombs now also used as an Unmanned-Combat-Aerial-Vehicle (UCAV).
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15 years ago. The US has sold stuff to Pakistan and India.
randomradio said:
This drone was sold so Israel could coordinate with Russia in Syria. Secret defense relations stopped in 2016 due to US pressure.

There, all your arguments dead on arrival.
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2016 being the key then. The relationship is irrelevant because Russia was in deep and the attack on Israel was the best well to pull the US away from Ukraine. But then Russia is never to blame for anything in your eyes, even in Ukraine FFS.
 
RationalGuy said:
They will try to stockpile but they can stockpile only so much and not to mention their oil storage facilities can also come under attack by Tomahawks and other US assets!!!! Man the US is so goddamn lucky with that goddamn geography, surrounded by 2 entire oceans and incompetent neighbors. Poor old China like all the other enemies of unkill has its enemies right at its doorstep.
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Poor old China made all those enemies though, especially with its SCS policies.
RationalGuy said:
No offense but comparing Iranian missiles to Chinese missiles is like comparing a Corolla to a BMX X7. Chinese missiles are way superior. But the US has loads of missiles as well, not as much as China but enough of them with enough range and reach to blow Chinese factories producing fighter jets and missiles to smithereens. And the US can always replenish its stocks cuz it's factories are on the other side of the world where only Chinese nuclear missiles can reach, whereas Chinese factories are all within range of American, Korean and Japanese missiles.

I doubt US could stop most of China's missiles but it doesn't have to, it just has to send waves of Tomahawks and Barracudas and other missiles to destroy their factories and also to starve them of oil by sinking their tankers. But the US will lose a huge number of troops, thousands in the first month. Eventually it will win but will its people be willing to wait for that eventuality? That is the question.

If China attacks US bases first along with attacking Taiwan, then its over. Americans at home will support the war full steam and China will eventually falter.
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One would imagine Chinese missiles are superior, but combat performance under friction remains uncertain. US interceptors on the other hands work pretty well as do their offensive missiles.
 
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