oh!
I was not aware that this missile was in IDF service yet. This explains much...
Yesterday the IDF used 3 of the anti-radiation version of this missile to take out a Russian made S-300 anti-aircraft (SAM) site that was attempting to defend that Iranian airfield.
Four were fired. One suffered an engine failure and hit Iraq. The other 3 destroyed the site, launchers, and radar.
S-300 are supposed to be the "best" SAM systems that Iran has in service.
Now it's one less.
Civilian flights resuming from Tehran.
Firetrucks seen at dawn rolling into the air base that was hit.
Dunno what the IDF hit there but they must have hit it good and hard.
Iran definitely backing down for now.
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In other war news, Ukraine while short on anti-aircraft missiles still managed to shoot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber inside of Russian air space.
That's an expensive almost irreplaceable loss for the Sov...er...Russians.
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Calling a lid here.
Dawn video from Isfahan nuclear reactor site shows all quiet. 23mm anti-aircraft guns manned but gunners standing around smoking cigarettes.
No fire, no smoke.
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Iranian media downplaying the attack, calling it "Small and everything intercepted".
That might be an indicator that they're deescalating.
Might.
ABC now reporting that at least one Israel ballistic missile was fired into Iran.
(how that happened without the Russians or Chinese spilling the beans is beyond me)
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Iranian news is claiming "no explosions on the ground and all aerial targets eliminated."
As if...
Video of the fires on the ground in Isfahan are already flying around the Internet and Iran didn't activate their air defenses or NOTAM until the attack was already over.
BTW
This is also not confirmed, yet.
NBC reporting 7 sites in Iran hit, all nuclear related.
Israel only has 2 weapons that can reach Bandar Abbas.
1: Jericho II ICBM's (conventional wahead)
2: Popeye Turbo (sub launched cruise missile, conventional warhead).
The whole world (with access to real time satellite images) would have screamed bloody murder if the Jericho silos opened up.
Pattern recognition. A cognitive process that matches incoming information with information retrieved from memory.
Zionist because it's a responsibility.