New stories report Israel may have used a Rampage supersonic middle to strike a radar installation in Iran.
Rampage supersonic missile used on Iran
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And so escalation begins, not good at all.
??? Both countries are acting like it never even happened....
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That’s one of the targets it was designed to eliminate
I think Israel is playing with them. Passover is done and they will probably do surgical strikes, taking out more radar installations and possibly any nuclear related facilities.
Not sure what a Rampage is exactly, but based on the size of it relative to an F-16, that looks like a load!
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Rampage; The Israeli Air Force’s Deadly and Precise New Standoff Missiles and Why They Are Key to Enhancing its Strike Capabilities
Amid growing threats to Israeli air superiority and the ability of the country’s Air Force to launch strikes against hostile targets in the Middle East, the Israeli
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None really wants open war. They both needed to save face. Iran proved they had enough missiles to shower Israel, regardless that it was unsuccessful. Still, the war in UKR proved that quantity matters.
Israel proved they can obliterate the S300 battery that protects the Nantz nuclear facility using 3 missiles.
I suspect Iran is embarrassed terribly with how piss-poor their weapons worked (or didn't work). They're pretending their "attack" didn't happen and there was no retaliation by Israel because there was no reason to retaliate.
I doubt Israel will miss this opportunity to set Iran's nuclear capability back 20 years.
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Agreed but they realize the cost of knocking out 99% cost Israel $1.2 BILLION that night. and they had help from other countries.
Yes, not knocking them out would cost more in damages but its not without tremendous financial cost for just one attack.
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Its all underground.
They are not. Any failure is a success in certain terms. 10yrs ago they couldn’t do this. Now they can.
Face saving while avoiding a full on, hot war that no one really wants, especially the Saudis who see long term benefits to a positive relationship with Israel. Somewhat like a scaled down version of the Cold War complete with skirmishes by satellite entities.....
Wasn't Iraq's reactor underground as well when Israel bombed it in the early 80s ?
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No.
The reactor had a concrete dome, several inches thick.
The Iranians ( who also attacked the Iraqi reactor ) learned and put theirs underground.
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I am not sure it was unsuccessful.
Tactically? It was. Strategically? It is a long discussion.
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