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What’s amazing is the missile is solid fueled and truck based, and has the maneuverability warhead (to avoid anti missiles).

In the first Iraq war Iraq fired scud missiles which are liquid fueled. Liquid fueled missiles need to be fueled before launch. And even those the U.S. had limited success in hunting down. Solid fueled missiles don’t need to be immediately fueled prior to launch.

The Iranians have been steadily improving their missile technology.

And this missile does not represent the cutting edge missile technology the Russians and Chinese have that is more a true hypersonic missile, that the U.S. does not have. And even this lower level of technology Israel and the West did not intercept.

This action is a tit for tat going on between the Iranians and Israeli’s, using the Houthis as a cats paw. Perhaps for the Israeli assassination in Iran, while not upsetting / inconveniencing China and Russia. While Russia improves the Iranian air defenses to reduce Israeli retaliatory ability.

Or perhaps this is a indirect message to the U.S. from Russia, just think what true Russian hypersonic missiles could do.

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St's avatar
Sep 15Edited

Russia could end all these wars tomorrow. Give Lebanon nukes.

Lebanon would say: Play nice chosen ones or else.

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