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artemisia1

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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
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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.

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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 9 hrs ago #21
Let's get real. You simply don't know what you are talking about. Serbia used them very effectively against U.S. artemisia1 2 hrs ago #23
ISR today compared to over 2 decades ago DetroitLegalBeagle 2 hrs ago #30
Nor is the quality of decoys. The painted plywood models used by Serbia were obsolescent by the earl-200's. The new, artemisia1 2 hrs ago #31
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
A neo-con inspired, CONSERVATIVE think tank made up of war hawks. AloeVera 2 hrs ago #32
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 8 hrs ago #22
I do not get my information from X (Twitter) and I am not repeating garbage. One of my sources is several artemisia1 2 hrs ago #24
War Gamer is not pro-Israel! LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #20
Thanks. Good to know. His sources are Israeli, though, and that is a government that has taken spin and lying to artemisia1 2 hrs ago #28
I remember war saying Ukraine would fall to Russia within a few months questionseverything 2 hrs ago #29
Tel Aviv Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #26
Like Kiev, they have power at times, other times no. They were hit in a transmission or power plant and lost citywide artemisia1 2 hrs ago #27
According to residents in Tel Aviv, last night was the largest strike on Israel since the war began. You may wish artemisia1 18 hrs ago #18
Iran doesn't stand a chance in a fight with the US... Boo1 17 hrs ago #19
Maybe not, but they are curb-stomping Tel Aviv and Haifa as we speak. /nt artemisia1 2 hrs ago #25
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