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On Day 1, Iran launched 504 ballistic missiles at it's neighbors... by day 5, it was 29 (Original Post) WarGamer Yesterday OP
Since you're doing stats,... LudwigPastorius Yesterday #1
fortunately drones don't carry 1000 LB payloads. WarGamer Yesterday #3
Because the US has destroyed their launchers Melon Yesterday #2
No it hasn't. They, most, at least, are in underground tunnels that shoot through the sand then are immediately artemisia1 Yesterday #10
Let's get real RoseTrellis 1 hr ago #21
Isn't Jinsa fucking part of the pro Israel lobby aligned with Likud and other MAGA adjacent fuckstains? SoFlaBro Yesterday #4
Are you saying the numbers are off? There are more sources like JPost... WarGamer Yesterday #5
By next week StoolPigeon Yesterday #6
How about "Surrender is imminent"? dpibel Yesterday #7
I have no idea what will happen... but I do recognize nonsense on social media WarGamer Yesterday #8
You didn't mean that, right? dpibel Yesterday #12
Yeah, I almost had to laugh when I heard that Trump was trying to get the Kurds to attack Metaphorical Yesterday #11
That was their strategy. Saturate Israel and U.S. bases with cheap, older missiles, and exhaust their interceptors to artemisia1 Yesterday #9
Pretty much everything you just wrote is inaccurate. WarGamer Yesterday #13
Swap some country names and it'd look like it was sourced straight from a Russian Telegram channel. Lancero Yesterday #14
Do you get your news from Fox? I am in contact with several residents of Tel Aviv and the situation there is dire. artemisia1 Yesterday #15
I'm not fond of Israel, they're bullies in the region, specifically re gaza... WarGamer Yesterday #16
They are fighting using asymmetrical warfare as the NVA did so successfully. No, they are not matching our artemisia1 Yesterday #17
Agreed RoseTrellis 1 hr ago #22
War Gamer is not pro-Israel! LeftInTX 8 hrs ago #20
According to residents in Tel Aviv, last night was the largest strike on Israel since the war began. You may wish artemisia1 11 hrs ago #18
Iran doesn't stand a chance in a fight with the US... Boo1 9 hrs ago #19

Melon

(1,456 posts)
2. Because the US has destroyed their launchers
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:13 AM
Yesterday

They aren’t shooting because they lack the ability , not because they lack the hatred.

artemisia1

(1,785 posts)
10. No it hasn't. They, most, at least, are in underground tunnels that shoot through the sand then are immediately
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:55 AM
Yesterday

moved elsewhere as in "shoot and scoot". We return fire to where they were and declare it a "destruction". We are wasting Tomahawk missiles on inflatable decoys as well. BDA after the Serbian campaign, 1992 Gulf War and other engagements have shown that we count as "destroyed" multiple times in numbers than they, our adversaries, actually possessed. Do not forget how much punishment North Vietnam took from American bombers and stayed in the fight -- to the end.

They are firing less missiles because the ones they are now using do multiple times the damage of the volleys they fired initially to deplete Israeli/American interceptors.

This, "they are running out of launchers", etc. are simply talking points to dodge the disaster this has been and is. Remember when Russia was "out of missiles" in UKR 3 + years ago? They were not and are not.

RoseTrellis

(156 posts)
21. Let's get real
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:30 AM
1 hr ago

No missile are launched thru the sand. That’s just impossible.
Don’t fall for the Iranian propaganda about tomahawks being wasted on inflatable decoys.
That might have worked to fool militaries in the early days of reconnaissance when overflights were infrequent, a tank/plane that just showed up one day could easily be identified as a valid target.
Those days are over. In today’s persistent surveillance, targets just don’t “appear”; the war planners/targeting cells can easily review previous footage to determine from where they came from and will easily reject those decoys. If you wanna do a deep dive, look up “gorgon stare” to get an idea of what’s possible. What you’ll,find is just the publicly availability capability, or doubt the system can do far more than that.
This target analysis is a core competency of the military that has existed for decades and is independent of who is in the White House.

SoFlaBro

(3,773 posts)
4. Isn't Jinsa fucking part of the pro Israel lobby aligned with Likud and other MAGA adjacent fuckstains?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:36 AM
Yesterday

WarGamer

(18,517 posts)
5. Are you saying the numbers are off? There are more sources like JPost...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:39 AM
Yesterday

Unless you don't like anything connected to Israel.

dpibel

(3,875 posts)
7. How about "Surrender is imminent"?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:41 AM
Yesterday

Should we believe that?

What happened to those Kurds you were counting on the other day? It was all coming into focus!!!

Tell me the one about how air superiority is all you need to defeat a nation of 90 million. I'm all ears.

dpibel

(3,875 posts)
12. You didn't mean that, right?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:27 AM
Yesterday

I mean, like...

Self own.

Fill in the blanks quiz:

"The _________ will lead the __________ assault on _______."

I guess you could argue that DU is not social media, and thus recognition is different. But that's a bit of stretch.

Metaphorical

(2,629 posts)
11. Yeah, I almost had to laugh when I heard that Trump was trying to get the Kurds to attack
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:11 AM
Yesterday

Somehow, I'm not surprised when they replied, "Um, no."

Iran's goal is simple at this stage - outwait the US. The Iranians can continue bombing ships and US bases, as well as continuing to take out soft targets like data centers, but the US does not have the logistical support at this point to wage an extended ground war without this thing dragging on for months or even years. The next attacks I expect will be cyberwarfare-related, and the US is considerably more vulnerable in that regard than the Iranians.

The US has a massive fight ahead of it if it wants to control Iran, while the Iranians only have to wait long enough for the rest of the world to rein in the US in order to clear the straits.

artemisia1

(1,785 posts)
9. That was their strategy. Saturate Israel and U.S. bases with cheap, older missiles, and exhaust their interceptors to
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:46 AM
Yesterday

make way for the real stuff. They are doing substantially greater damage to Israel with a much smaller number of newer, more effective missiles. Tel Aviv is in the dark now and their radar capabilities have been so damaged, as has the U.S.'s in the region, that Tel Aviv residents no longer get a 20 minute warning but now only about 90 seconds or none at all.

Our ships have not retreated out of range without reason and we are not using Indian ports for resupply rather than the one in Bahrain because Iran is on its "last legs". They are winning this simply by surviving and staying in the fight.

WarGamer

(18,517 posts)
13. Pretty much everything you just wrote is inaccurate.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:42 AM
Yesterday

1) the US moved out of Bahrain BEFORE the attack

2) Israelis still get an alert from their cell phones upon launch from Iran and the shorter alarm when they're incoming

3) There is no reduction in US radar coverage.

Lancero

(3,269 posts)
14. Swap some country names and it'd look like it was sourced straight from a Russian Telegram channel.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:46 AM
Yesterday

Legit, I had to double check and make sure I didn't somehow end up on one with how similar the argument is.

artemisia1

(1,785 posts)
15. Do you get your news from Fox? I am in contact with several residents of Tel Aviv and the situation there is dire.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:50 AM
Yesterday

Yes, we moved many, but not all, personnel from the GCC States because we knew they were vulnerable. The radars they destroyed were still being used and were essential to successful intercepts.

Israelis themselves are complaining about the short notice now.

I suspect you are pro-Israeli, which is your right, but don't drink the Flavor-Aid please.

WarGamer

(18,517 posts)
16. I'm not fond of Israel, they're bullies in the region, specifically re gaza...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:52 AM
Yesterday

But this full court press to make it seem like Iran is holding their own is just silly.

X.com is literally FULL of Russian and Iranian propaganda hyping up Iranian attacks...

artemisia1

(1,785 posts)
17. They are fighting using asymmetrical warfare as the NVA did so successfully. No, they are not matching our
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:00 AM
Yesterday

Air power, and yes, their Navy has been largely destroyed. It, however, was never going to be a player in this battle. Iran has more emotionally resilient and hardship hardened people than the U.S. has had in generations and they will take far more punishment than we ever will. For them, to stay in the fight is the route to eventual victory as it was for the NVA, the Taliban, etc. We also sold out our industrial capacity and cannot replace missiles, radars and interceptors in anything approaching realistic levels required to continue our present intensity. They are also going to win on the political front -- as Vietnam did -- as Europe, India, Japan and South Korea have their economies devastated by Trump's foolish actions.

They can and will take significantly more punishment than either the U.S. or Israel is able or willing to. They are also backed by two superpowers with industrial capacity in arms production that WILL NOT allow them to fall.

RoseTrellis

(156 posts)
22. Agreed
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:41 AM
1 hr ago

X is generally unusable now to try to figure out what’s going on.
The signal to noise ratio is terrible.
It’s full of AI videos and pictures posted by accounts laughably inflating the US losses and understating the beating Iran is taking.
It’s a shame to see some of that garbage regurgitated here.

artemisia1

(1,785 posts)
18. According to residents in Tel Aviv, last night was the largest strike on Israel since the war began. You may wish
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:40 PM
11 hrs ago

to reconsider your thread's assumptions.

Boo1

(307 posts)
19. Iran doesn't stand a chance in a fight with the US...
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 01:28 AM
9 hrs ago

but they don't have to beat us. All they have to do is last until the politcal cost is too high for us to continue.

They don't have to sink aircraft carriers and blow up bases. All they have to do is keep Hormuz jammed up and threaten oil production long enough that the political pressure makes Trump TACO out.

Judging from the support that the war started with, and the most recent reports coming out of the White House, that's pretty damn soon.

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