Iran Super Thread- Merged

[MilEME09]

I’m not sure what the biggest penetrator the F-35I can carry internally is, but I have to imagine Iran knows and plans around it.

It can do paveway, but internally it can't carry the larger 2000lb DEP's

 

[brihard]

It can do paveway, but internally it can't carry the larger 2000lb DEP's

Yeah, and internally is gonna be key here…

 

[Remius]

Interesting hypothesis: expending 331 pieces of ordinance to gain detailed intelligence on enemy AD capabilities, deployments, and allied support was a worthwhile exchange.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1779426300760850642

Until one reads the last few paras and sees where the OP is coming from ideologically.

No doubt they or someone else will assess Israeli defensive tactics assuming they were all actually used. If anything, that hypothesis may lead to an even bigger justification to counter strike before that info can be of any real use.

 

[KevinB]

Interesting hypothesis: expending 331 pieces of ordinance to gain detailed intelligence on enemy AD capabilities, deployments, and allied support was a worthwhile exchange.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1779426300760850642

The guy who wrote that is not just a moron but clearly aligned against the Israeli’s etc.

The majority of the intercepts where done by aircraft - which tells Iran nothing other than aircraft are flying intercepts- shocked I tell you -

Nothing Israel, Jordan or US Military used to down those missiles where an unknown.

 

[dapaterson]

We we not all oohing and aahing about a first of it's kind ever Israeli interception just yesterday?

 

[brihard]

We we not all oohing and aahing about a first of it's kind ever Israeli interception just yesterday?

Which one specifically?

 

[dapaterson]

I just came here to post the exact same thing. That is friggin’ cool.

Has there been an actual exoatmospheric combat intercept before?

Which one specifically?

This was what first came to mind...

 

[Booter]

Interesting hypothesis: expending 331 pieces of ordinance to gain detailed intelligence on enemy AD capabilities, deployments, and allied support was a worthwhile exchange.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1779426300760850642

Iran is the fight in blue Wimp Lo

 

[Good2Golf]

The guy who wrote that is not just a moron but clearly aligned against the Israeli’s etc.

The majority of the intercepts where done by aircraft - which tells Iran nothing other than aircraft are flying intercepts- shocked I tell you -

Nothing Israel, Jordan or US Military used to down those missiles where an unknown.

Was “meh” at the start and out to lunch on the “what the IRGC could glean from ISL/JOR/US/etc. CJADC2…

We we not all oohing and aahing about a first time filmed of it's kind ever Israeli interception just yesterday?

Not everyone was oohing and aahing. Exo-atmospheric anti-missile missile shots have been seen numerous times in testing…

Here is….checks calendar…a publicized test of USaF (Raytheon’s) EKV (exoatmospheric kill vehicle) taking about a test inbound ICBM.

The Arrow 3 as well as USAF/USSPACECOM’s Next Generation Interceptor have had similar pre-op test shots. Yesterday’s videos just show things in better resolution than the previous EKV shots more than a tenth of a century ago…

 

[GR66]

Checks scorecard:

Israel: 6 missiles from F-35 takes out Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and seven other IRGC officers.

Iran: 300+ missiles and drones with "only minor damage to one military base"

Clearly a massive Iranian strategic victory!

 

[daftandbarmy]

Checks scorecard:

Israel: 6 missiles from F-35 takes out Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and seven other IRGC officers.

Iran: 300+ missiles and drones with "only minor damage to one military base"

Clearly a massive Iranian strategic victory!

A 7 year old girl sustained a serious head wound, so not exactly without consequence:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/young-girl-seriously-hurt-in-iran-attack-remains-in-life-threatening-condition/

 

[GR66]

A 7 year old girl sustained a serious head wound, so not exactly without consequence:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/young-girl-seriously-hurt-in-iran-attack-remains-in-life-threatening-condition/

Certainly not downplaying the injury to the young girl, but simply pointing out that the suggestion made upthread that the Iranian attack was in some way a huge victory for Iran due to the intel they gained on Israel's defences is simply ludicrous. And given the scale of the attack the impacts were thankfully extremely limited.

 

[brihard]

Was “meh” at the start and out to lunch on the “what the IRGC could glean from ISL/JOR/US/etc. CJADC2…


Not everyone was oohing and aahing. Exo-atmospheric anti-missile missile shots have been seen numerous times in testing…

Here is….checks calendar…a publicized test of USaF (Raytheon’s) EKV (exoatmospheric kill vehicle) taking about a test inbound ICBM.

The Arrow 3 as well as USAF/USSPACECOM’s Next Generation Interceptor have had similar pre-op test shots. Yesterday’s videos just show things in better resolution than the previous EKV shots more than a tenth of a century ago…

Yes, but there’s something special about actual combat shots in uncontrolled circumstances.

 

[dapaterson]

Yes, but there’s something special about actual combat shots in uncontrolled circumstances.

You mean, manufacturers juice test results and "your experience may vary"?

 

[brihard]

You mean, manufacturers juice test results and "your experience may vary"?

Sounds like some Iranian MRBM missile hulls dotting the Iranian desert is suggestive of that.

 

[dapaterson]

Sounds like some Iranian MRBM missile hulls dotting the Iranian desert is suggestive of that.

No, that was all part of the deception plan. "If we don't know which missiles will work, the enemy can't know either!"

 

[Fishbone Jones]

 

[Good2Golf]

Yes, but there’s something special about actual combat shots in uncontrolled circumstances.

I like a good “works as advertised” video as well, but was speaking to the ‘first time filmed’ comment earlier…not really the first time and EVK took out an inbound vehicle.

 

[OldSolduer]

No, that was all part of the deception plan. "If we don't know which missiles will work, the enemy can't know either!"

Maybe they are getting rid of almost expired missiles??

 

[brihard]

Not clear how solid this is, but I’m seeing various posts on Twitter than Iran’s air defense has gone to highest alert and flight restrictions are being put in place. Might be a busy night.