In between errands today I listened to an excellent interview with Scott Ritter: INTERVIEW: Scott Ritter - Iran vs Israel: What’s Next? Obviously, Scott gets into the various possible scenarios going forward, especially what form any Israeli “retaliation” might take. Scott leans toward the view—which he presents very articulately—that Israel is in a box and will find it very difficult to retaliate at all. Scott addresses this from a military standpoint. Judge Nap and Max Blumenthal address the turmoil—very real—within the Israeli war cabinet over these issues. All agree that Iran called the Israeli bluff by responding militarily to the Israeli attack on a diplomatic establishment. Israel had not thought ahead and asked, ‘What if?’
1. Israel has attacked Iran confirmed by US officials
2. So far only small drones have been reported to have struck Iran according to Iranian strikes
3. Iran claims to have shot down 100% of said drones
(1/2)
4. My opinion is this is a strike prior to a "main strike" to detect Iranian radar and air defense systems.
5. This strike seems to be extremely small in scale. Either Israel is planning a 2nd larger strike or Israel is just launching a mini attack to avoid escalation.
 CNN, about an American official: We understood from Israeli officials that they will not target any Iranian nuclear facilities
War Intel @warintel4u
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"A well-placed military source has told Fox that the [Israeli] strike was 'limited.'"
BNO News @BNONews
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Iranian official: "There's been no airstrike in Isfahan or other parts of the country. They only made a failed and humiliating attempt to fly quadcopters, and they were all shot down."
So now Israel is bombing Iran, so much for the “holding off hypothesis”. Gee, and I thought “Don’t” was such a stunning geopolitical idea. Think I’ll go see if there’s any chocolate chip ice cream in the freezer.
So, the obvious question is, does a n y o n e in the Biden Administration realize how totally screwed we are? All their delusional, fantasyland notions about how things work in the real world just came crashing down on their heads. All of this empty posturing has been revealed to be what it truly is, just hot air and as the old saying goes, “ there’s no there, there “.
Well, at least we have an ice cream eating buffoon who doesn’t know what century he’s in play acting as POTUS, so we’ve got that going for us.
Why do I have a sinking feeling that the country is doomed?
This is the first report I've seen or heard of that said Iran hit some targets. Everything I saw the day after said no targets were hit. Granted, I didn't think about it too much because it was also said Iran announced ahead of time they were going to do something. Iran was already justified in attacking US or US targets because of Stuxnet in 2009-2010. Michael Hayden even said at the time that the attack on Iran's nuclear labs carried great risk of response from Iran.
I have only seen this idea alluded to , but not really commentated on in depth. Here it is, by Scott Ritter in passing.....
" Adding to the capability and lethality of the US-Israeli ballistic missile defense architecture was the presence of at least two US Navy ballistic missile defense (BMD) system-capable Aegis-class destroyers equipped with the SPY-1 S band radar and SM-3/SM-6 interceptor missiles. The Navy BMD-capable ships are configured to tie into the ground-based AN/TPY-2 X band radar as well as the broader BMD system through the Command and Control, Battle management, and Communications (C2BMC) system. The combination of ground-based radars and interceptors with the US Navy BMD system provides US military commanders with theater-wide protection from hostile ballistic missile threats. This integrated system is designed to detect, acquire, and track incoming threats and, using complex computer-drive algorithms, discriminate targets and destroy them using hit-to-kill kinetic warheads (i.e., a “bullet hitting a bullet”).
On April 13-14, 2023, this system failed. In short, the combination of US and Israeli anti-ballistic missile defense capabilities deployed in and around the Negev desert made the Israeli air bases located there the most protected locations in the world from threats posed by ballistic missiles."
Does everyone understand the Ramifications of this information? NO? Well here it is.
For years we were told, and the Pentagon constantly reminded everyone, that the Aegis Missile Defense system was the Premier ADA system in the world. Nothing could defeat it. Because of the Aegis, US Aircraft Carriers were invulnerable due to the sophisticated and comprehensive ADA bubble created by escort ships and the Aegis system in combination with phalanx and associated ADA radar systems.
For us as servicemen, this was accepted as a matter of course. It assured us dominance of the air and provided protection for ship to shore ground units.
So if the Aegis is not the vaunted deterrent it once was, then the United States as a Real BIG Problem. Its Aircraft Carriers are now vulnerable and so is the rest of the fleet. In a battle with a near peer or peer enemy, how are you going to steam to the South China Sea or to the Med
and make it there in one piece? The answer is, that most likely, you are not.
This is an item (if true) that needs to have the "blinding light of notice" shined on it, so it can be discussed and we as a country figure out the brutal question of: "What are we going to do now?" Now, that the world has changed.
OT, but would someone please tell me what the hell is with Mike Johnson? Is every Republican in DC a closet Democrat??
Talk about taxation without representation, if this isn’t it then I guess I don’t know what it looks like.
US given advanced warning = US gave advanced approval.
-- GEROMAN -- time will tell -  --
@GeromanAT
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It was so far a face saving PR attack with some drones probably launched from locations inside or near Iran.
Some say Azerbaijan - others say Iraqi Kurdistan.
Both sides reported is as "limited attack" - for sure to prevent further escalations.
Weeb Union @WeebUnionWar
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3m
What we know so far.
1. Israel has attacked Iran confirmed by US officials
2. So far only small drones have been reported to have struck Iran according to Iranian strikes
3. Iran claims to have shot down 100% of said drones
(1/2)
4. My opinion is this is a strike prior to a "main strike" to detect Iranian radar and air defense systems.
5. This strike seems to be extremely small in scale. Either Israel is planning a 2nd larger strike or Israel is just launching a mini attack to avoid escalation.
(2/2)
dana @dana916
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11m
 CNN, about an American official: We understood from Israeli officials that they will not target any Iranian nuclear facilities
War Intel @warintel4u
·
11m
"A well-placed military source has told Fox that the [Israeli] strike was 'limited.'"
BNO News @BNONews
·
13m
Iranian official: "There's been no airstrike in Isfahan or other parts of the country. They only made a failed and humiliating attempt to fly quadcopters, and they were all shot down."
So now Israel is bombing Iran, so much for the “holding off hypothesis”. Gee, and I thought “Don’t” was such a stunning geopolitical idea. Think I’ll go see if there’s any chocolate chip ice cream in the freezer.
So, the obvious question is, does a n y o n e in the Biden Administration realize how totally screwed we are? All their delusional, fantasyland notions about how things work in the real world just came crashing down on their heads. All of this empty posturing has been revealed to be what it truly is, just hot air and as the old saying goes, “ there’s no there, there “.
Well, at least we have an ice cream eating buffoon who doesn’t know what century he’s in play acting as POTUS, so we’ve got that going for us.
Why do I have a sinking feeling that the country is doomed?
Game on!
This is the first report I've seen or heard of that said Iran hit some targets. Everything I saw the day after said no targets were hit. Granted, I didn't think about it too much because it was also said Iran announced ahead of time they were going to do something. Iran was already justified in attacking US or US targets because of Stuxnet in 2009-2010. Michael Hayden even said at the time that the attack on Iran's nuclear labs carried great risk of response from Iran.
I have only seen this idea alluded to , but not really commentated on in depth. Here it is, by Scott Ritter in passing.....
" Adding to the capability and lethality of the US-Israeli ballistic missile defense architecture was the presence of at least two US Navy ballistic missile defense (BMD) system-capable Aegis-class destroyers equipped with the SPY-1 S band radar and SM-3/SM-6 interceptor missiles. The Navy BMD-capable ships are configured to tie into the ground-based AN/TPY-2 X band radar as well as the broader BMD system through the Command and Control, Battle management, and Communications (C2BMC) system. The combination of ground-based radars and interceptors with the US Navy BMD system provides US military commanders with theater-wide protection from hostile ballistic missile threats. This integrated system is designed to detect, acquire, and track incoming threats and, using complex computer-drive algorithms, discriminate targets and destroy them using hit-to-kill kinetic warheads (i.e., a “bullet hitting a bullet”).
On April 13-14, 2023, this system failed. In short, the combination of US and Israeli anti-ballistic missile defense capabilities deployed in and around the Negev desert made the Israeli air bases located there the most protected locations in the world from threats posed by ballistic missiles."
Does everyone understand the Ramifications of this information? NO? Well here it is.
For years we were told, and the Pentagon constantly reminded everyone, that the Aegis Missile Defense system was the Premier ADA system in the world. Nothing could defeat it. Because of the Aegis, US Aircraft Carriers were invulnerable due to the sophisticated and comprehensive ADA bubble created by escort ships and the Aegis system in combination with phalanx and associated ADA radar systems.
For us as servicemen, this was accepted as a matter of course. It assured us dominance of the air and provided protection for ship to shore ground units.
So if the Aegis is not the vaunted deterrent it once was, then the United States as a Real BIG Problem. Its Aircraft Carriers are now vulnerable and so is the rest of the fleet. In a battle with a near peer or peer enemy, how are you going to steam to the South China Sea or to the Med
and make it there in one piece? The answer is, that most likely, you are not.
This is an item (if true) that needs to have the "blinding light of notice" shined on it, so it can be discussed and we as a country figure out the brutal question of: "What are we going to do now?" Now, that the world has changed.