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On the other side, iran's launch capability had fallen by 92% since the start of the war https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 https://www.jpos

by breppp 7mo ago

On the other side, iran's launch capability had fallen by 92% since the start of the war https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 Iran is actually attacking their former close friends at the gulf uninvolved civilian population centers more often than it attacks Israel EDIT: fixed to 92%

wodenokoto 7mo ago
They are attacking close friends who literally harbor the armies attacking Iran. The logic seems very straight forward imho. Attack the US army bases and pester the nations that allows those bases in hopes that they might ask the us to get bend.
- breppp 7mo ago
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  - gravisultra 7mo ago
    They've attacked many US bases. They've also retaliated against US/Israeli business interests when the US/Israel did the same to Iran. Iran is waging a very strategic war and quite a moral one I might add. They even gave evacuation orders to Tel Aviv neighborhoods they were targeting military installations in.
    - Hikikomori 7mo ago
      Israel uses human shields for their bases? Imagine that.
    - breppp 7mo ago
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    - dogma1138 7mo ago
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      - ethbr1 7mo ago
        They miscalculated the consequences of being an international pariah. Not many countries will lift a serious finger when a rogue country complains about others violating the rules-based international order against it. Sure, there will be general international rumblings about 'dissatisfaction' and expressing 'hope the war will end', but Iran doesn't have nation-state allies of the kind that will go to war with the US over this. It could have, if it had tied itself tighter to other Middle East states and been less disruptive in the region over the last few decades.
        alluro2 7mo ago
        Not sure if you realize that you could easily be talking about Israel.
        ethbr1 7mo ago
        Indeed, and yet Israel has a seemingly strong alliance with the world's strongest military and normalized relations with many of its Arab neighbors. I'm no fan of Israel's current insane government, but strategically they outplayed Iran badly in terms of international support. And when push comes to shove, actual support matters in internal geopolitics.
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    - data_maan 7mo ago
      Strategic? Yes. Moral? Hm. From a moral POV this would be about who has the right to terrorize the Iranian population: the Iranian government or the US/Israel government.
      - gravisultra 7mo ago
        The Iranian government didn't blow up a school of children and bomb a huge oil reserve in the middle of the largest city in Iran.
  - pseudohadamard 7mo ago
    Morally, it's abhorrent. Strategically, it's very effective. The IRGC can't take on the US directly but they can make it really difficult for the US to keep going, as well as sending a strong we-know-how-to-hit-you-where-it-hurts signal for the future. The US is basically -ed now, the IRGC is still firmly in control and Trump has got most of the world (as collateral damage) into something he has no idea how to get out of.
- spwa4 7mo ago
  They've attacked everyone they possibly could with ZERO regard for anything. They attacked Cyprus! They've attacked Turkey. They've attacked Afghanistan (are you seriously going to claim Afghanistan is harboring the US army?) They've attacked everyone they possibly could attack, zero exceptions. Next time all the gulf countries will know: get America and everyone else to launch attacks against Iran from your soil. Make sure to participate. Why? Iran will attack everyone regardless of alliances, who attacks, whether anyone attacks at all, what bases exist, whether or not they participate, or whether they avoid hostilities. So obviously, it's better to be part of the hostilities against Iran, to have an army on your soil that will protect at least some of your territory.
  - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
    They're attacking US/Israel assets in all of those countries. It's effective too, the US is pulling out and showing that they are not a reliable ally. Just today the US told all US citizens to leave Iraq.
    - palmotea 7mo ago
      > They're attacking US/Israel assets in all of those countries. What US/Israel assets are in Afghanistan? > Just today the US told all US citizens to leave Iraq. Isn't that pretty standard practice when there's a war on?
      - pandaman 7mo ago
        >What US/Israel assets are in Afghanistan? When did Iran attack Afghanistan? I've never heard of this and googling does not return anything.
        palmotea 7mo ago
        > When did Iran attack Afghanistan? I've never heard of this and googling does not return anything. I don't know, but the GGGP comment mentioned it, and the comment I responded too left it completely unaddressed, referring to countries with "US/Israel assets."
spaghetdefects 7mo ago
Where are you getting that 95% number from? Given that Trump has announced multiple times that the US has "won the war", I don't see how that could possibly be credible. Iran continues to launch successful attacks against Israel and Israel/US assets across the entire region.
- breppp 7mo ago
  For example here from March 10 detailing a progressive decline by 92% in ballistic missiles https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 Previously I had seen 95% somewhere else but cannot find the link, but that's close enough. The reason why this is credible is Iran is limited by its amount of launchers, and Israel is very effective at destroying these. With complete air superiority and drones flying over, it's very easy to spot the heat signature for a launcher. Add to that the launchers that were effectively buried at the start of the war when the openings to Iran's underground missile storage facilities were bombed. https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-evening-special-report-march-13-2026/ https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-updat...
  - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
    Jpost is an Israeli propaganda outlet not a credible source. In fact Iran just hit Tel Aviv again.
    - breppp 7mo ago
      That's hardly true, but sure try this one or just google yourself https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/iranian-strikes-down-96-per-cent-thanks-to-successful-interception-by-us-defence-systems/news-story/2c4bc0522f84673e942852ff79110328 https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/iranian...
      - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
        Like I said, Iran just hit Tel Aviv again. They do this every day in addition to destroying Israeli/US assets across the Middle East. There has been no slow down, despite Trump announcing nearly every day that Iran has been defeated. The western media is shambles trying to spin the reality of the situation. https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2032983767430664447 https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2032983767430664447
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DrProtic 7mo ago
Imagine believing that.

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wodenokoto 7mo ago

They are attacking close friends who literally harbor the armies attacking Iran. The logic seems very straight forward imho. Attack the US army bases and pester the nations that allows those bases in hopes that they might ask the us to get bend.

breppp 7mo ago
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- gravisultra 7mo ago
  They've attacked many US bases. They've also retaliated against US/Israeli business interests when the US/Israel did the same to Iran. Iran is waging a very strategic war and quite a moral one I might add. They even gave evacuation orders to Tel Aviv neighborhoods they were targeting military installations in.
  - Hikikomori 7mo ago
    Israel uses human shields for their bases? Imagine that.
  - breppp 7mo ago
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  - dogma1138 7mo ago
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    - ethbr1 7mo ago
      They miscalculated the consequences of being an international pariah. Not many countries will lift a serious finger when a rogue country complains about others violating the rules-based international order against it. Sure, there will be general international rumblings about 'dissatisfaction' and expressing 'hope the war will end', but Iran doesn't have nation-state allies of the kind that will go to war with the US over this. It could have, if it had tied itself tighter to other Middle East states and been less disruptive in the region over the last few decades.
      - alluro2 7mo ago
        Not sure if you realize that you could easily be talking about Israel.
        ethbr1 7mo ago
        Indeed, and yet Israel has a seemingly strong alliance with the world's strongest military and normalized relations with many of its Arab neighbors. I'm no fan of Israel's current insane government, but strategically they outplayed Iran badly in terms of international support. And when push comes to shove, actual support matters in internal geopolitics.
    - gravisultra 7mo ago
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      - dogma1138 7mo ago
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  - data_maan 7mo ago
    Strategic? Yes. Moral? Hm. From a moral POV this would be about who has the right to terrorize the Iranian population: the Iranian government or the US/Israel government.
    - gravisultra 7mo ago
      The Iranian government didn't blow up a school of children and bomb a huge oil reserve in the middle of the largest city in Iran.
- pseudohadamard 7mo ago
  Morally, it's abhorrent. Strategically, it's very effective. The IRGC can't take on the US directly but they can make it really difficult for the US to keep going, as well as sending a strong we-know-how-to-hit-you-where-it-hurts signal for the future. The US is basically -ed now, the IRGC is still firmly in control and Trump has got most of the world (as collateral damage) into something he has no idea how to get out of.
spwa4 7mo ago
They've attacked everyone they possibly could with ZERO regard for anything. They attacked Cyprus! They've attacked Turkey. They've attacked Afghanistan (are you seriously going to claim Afghanistan is harboring the US army?) They've attacked everyone they possibly could attack, zero exceptions. Next time all the gulf countries will know: get America and everyone else to launch attacks against Iran from your soil. Make sure to participate. Why? Iran will attack everyone regardless of alliances, who attacks, whether anyone attacks at all, what bases exist, whether or not they participate, or whether they avoid hostilities. So obviously, it's better to be part of the hostilities against Iran, to have an army on your soil that will protect at least some of your territory.
- spaghetdefects 7mo ago
  They're attacking US/Israel assets in all of those countries. It's effective too, the US is pulling out and showing that they are not a reliable ally. Just today the US told all US citizens to leave Iraq.
  - palmotea 7mo ago
    > They're attacking US/Israel assets in all of those countries. What US/Israel assets are in Afghanistan? > Just today the US told all US citizens to leave Iraq. Isn't that pretty standard practice when there's a war on?
    - pandaman 7mo ago
      >What US/Israel assets are in Afghanistan? When did Iran attack Afghanistan? I've never heard of this and googling does not return anything.
      - palmotea 7mo ago
        > When did Iran attack Afghanistan? I've never heard of this and googling does not return anything. I don't know, but the GGGP comment mentioned it, and the comment I responded too left it completely unaddressed, referring to countries with "US/Israel assets."

spaghetdefects 7mo ago

Where are you getting that 95% number from? Given that Trump has announced multiple times that the US has "won the war", I don't see how that could possibly be credible. Iran continues to launch successful attacks against Israel and Israel/US assets across the entire region.

breppp 7mo ago
For example here from March 10 detailing a progressive decline by 92% in ballistic missiles https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-889435 Previously I had seen 95% somewhere else but cannot find the link, but that's close enough. The reason why this is credible is Iran is limited by its amount of launchers, and Israel is very effective at destroying these. With complete air superiority and drones flying over, it's very easy to spot the heat signature for a launcher. Add to that the launchers that were effectively buried at the start of the war when the openings to Iran's underground missile storage facilities were bombed. https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-evening-special-report-march-13-2026/ https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-updat...
- spaghetdefects 7mo ago
  Jpost is an Israeli propaganda outlet not a credible source. In fact Iran just hit Tel Aviv again.
  - breppp 7mo ago
    That's hardly true, but sure try this one or just google yourself https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/iranian-strikes-down-96-per-cent-thanks-to-successful-interception-by-us-defence-systems/news-story/2c4bc0522f84673e942852ff79110328 https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/iranian...
    - spaghetdefects 7mo ago
      Like I said, Iran just hit Tel Aviv again. They do this every day in addition to destroying Israeli/US assets across the Middle East. There has been no slow down, despite Trump announcing nearly every day that Iran has been defeated. The western media is shambles trying to spin the reality of the situation. https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2032983767430664447 https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2032983767430664447

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DrProtic 7mo ago

Imagine believing that.