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This seems really low considering one of the early warning radars taken out cost around $1bil on its own.... and it's possible a second one was at least damaged

This seems really low considering one of the early warning radars taken out cost around $1bil on its own.... and it's possible a second one was at least damaged. (one in Qatar the other in Bahrain)

google234123 7mo ago
The only footage I've seen is damage to maybe a satellite receiver. Have you seen proof of the radar damage
- spaghetdefects 7mo ago
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  - joecool1029 7mo ago
    Not helpful, this is an AI generated post. We do have actual video of that one radome in Bahrain getting directly struck (from multiple angles). It's possible it was a satellite communication antenna and not a radar. But the still images shown with before/after are AI generated. (the surrounding buildings are completely different in the before/after image). The radar that is likely to have been damaged is the one in Qatar, here is reporting from an NPR editor using Planet satellite imagery: https://nitter.net/gbrumfiel/status/2028227786750476627 https://nitter.net/gbrumfiel/status/2028227786750476627
nosmokewhereiam 7mo ago
NSA (Naval support) Bahrain lost a ground station (maybe two), not a radar.
- dmix 7mo ago
  I believe Qatar(?) lost part of a THAAD system which is expensive. But that money has already been spent.
Havoc 7mo ago
Possibly. There are a lot of things around that story that seem very off Aside from the obvious bad AI images floating around the one credible looking video shows a shaheed flying into a radome. A Radome in the middle of a bunch of buildings. You don't put radars in between buildings. And if it's a phased array I don't think it would be in a round Radome either. They seem to have hit something of value, but don't think it was a 1bn radar Everything around this smells like the Iran hilariously oversized F35 misinformation https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1ldffvd/its_confirmed_superpower_iran_has_indeed_shot/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1ldffvd/its_confi...
slumberlust 7mo ago
The contract to rebuild it will mean huge profits too. The circle of life (MIC).
- incognition 7mo ago
  This is a Keynesian argument, which has largely been disproved. Keynes famously said if you just paid people to dig holes and fill them back up again, that this would be net stimulative to the government. It works until it doesn't work, because digging holes, as you can reason from common sense, does not actually create value. This U.S. operation is meant to bomb the Iranians into the Stone Age, so presumably THAAD-level air defense wouldn't be needed again. The Qataris, Saudis would have sold off to South Korea, Taiwan if they wanted.

This seems really low considering one of the early warning radars taken out cost around $1bil on its own.... and it's possible a second one was at least damaged. (one in Qatar the other in Bahrain)

google234123 7mo ago

The only footage I've seen is damage to maybe a satellite receiver. Have you seen proof of the radar damage

spaghetdefects 7mo ago
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- joecool1029 7mo ago
  Not helpful, this is an AI generated post. We do have actual video of that one radome in Bahrain getting directly struck (from multiple angles). It's possible it was a satellite communication antenna and not a radar. But the still images shown with before/after are AI generated. (the surrounding buildings are completely different in the before/after image). The radar that is likely to have been damaged is the one in Qatar, here is reporting from an NPR editor using Planet satellite imagery: https://nitter.net/gbrumfiel/status/2028227786750476627 https://nitter.net/gbrumfiel/status/2028227786750476627

nosmokewhereiam 7mo ago

NSA (Naval support) Bahrain lost a ground station (maybe two), not a radar.

dmix 7mo ago
I believe Qatar(?) lost part of a THAAD system which is expensive. But that money has already been spent.

Havoc 7mo ago

Possibly. There are a lot of things around that story that seem very off Aside from the obvious bad AI images floating around the one credible looking video shows a shaheed flying into a radome. A Radome in the middle of a bunch of buildings. You don't put radars in between buildings. And if it's a phased array I don't think it would be in a round Radome either. They seem to have hit something of value, but don't think it was a 1bn radar Everything around this smells like the Iran hilariously oversized F35 misinformation https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1ldffvd/its_confirmed_superpower_iran_has_indeed_shot/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1ldffvd/its_confi...

slumberlust 7mo ago

The contract to rebuild it will mean huge profits too. The circle of life (MIC).

incognition 7mo ago
This is a Keynesian argument, which has largely been disproved. Keynes famously said if you just paid people to dig holes and fill them back up again, that this would be net stimulative to the government. It works until it doesn't work, because digging holes, as you can reason from common sense, does not actually create value. This U.S. operation is meant to bomb the Iranians into the Stone Age, so presumably THAAD-level air defense wouldn't be needed again. The Qataris, Saudis would have sold off to South Korea, Taiwan if they wanted.