Probably means worse for the US if their flagship f35s got intercepted by s300s and BUK missiles.
Yes, ‘impact’ is a colloquialism akin to saying the missile shot ‘hit the target’ - but in this case, the detonation must have been rather further away than designed, if that is the origin of the shrapnel. There cannot be a lot of missiles left in circulation that were designed to use kinetic energy to destroy.
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Yeah, it is a hard target for old Soviet GBAD to get lock on, so fire and pray; hope it detonates close enough for the sector charge to bring it down. Sometimes it works. Serbia famously made it work.
It’s a bit like lottery, but with a far higher chance to win.
Frankly, the Ayatollah would be a better POTUS.
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Russia is providing targeting information to Iran related to US Military Bases
Plus Russia is supplying drones back to Iran
Steve Witkoff 2 weeks ago claiming Russia is not supplying information to Iran - “we can take them at their word”
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The defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, prayed during a religious service at the Pentagon that there be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy”.
The Christian worship service, held on Wednesday before military and civilian workers at the Pentagon, was Hegseth’s first since the Iran war began, the Associated Press reported.
Hegseth called for violence during a prayer he said originated from a military chaplain and was given to troops after Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, was captured by the US, the AP said.
Hegseth instituted monthly prayer sessions at the Pentagon during his tenure, though all of the prayer meetings have been presided over by evangelicals, the AP reported
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Vance suggests Iran could have used nuclear suicide vests: “You talk about people who walk into a crowded supermarket and have a vest on, and they blow up the vest and a couple of people get killed, and that’s a terrible tragedy. What happens when what’s on the vest is not something that can kill a couple of people, but can kill many, many tens of thousands of people?”
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Wouldn’t stop them doing it though,then blame anyone else that they don’t like!
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-drone-warfare-russia-ukraine-b7369cf6?st=jHqSJj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
It’s a good article (I read Trofimov every day myself). Also free.
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No less ridiculous ;
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Interesting. I got that bit it verified (from Germany).
The article points out that Iran is using tactics similar to those employed by Russia in Ukraine, particularly in respect to the use of fibre optic connected first-person-view drones.
It says that the best way to counter this is to locate and kill the drone operators. The US does have the capability to do this, but a Ukrainian politician points out that the UK lacks the technical experience and mentality to carry this out.
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