Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[hasn2009]

tbh it was a waste, the pilot isnt going to be flying any aircraft and will probably go on disability. If I were in charge of CENTCOM I would've just left him there.

Propaganda value my friend, Mr. Trump doesn't care about the single pilot or airman, there are confirmed reports of 100s of US casualties on US bases all around the GCC all for the sake of Netanyahu, but Trump doesn't even acknowledge or honor their sacrifice, he doesn't care.

 

[gambit]

good point. All this talk about ground forces getting wiped out and the US spends 36 hours scouring the countryside looking for one guy...basically unopposed.

The latest news is that we found him.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

The U.S. lost 52 fixed wing aircraft and 23 helicopters in the Gulf War. In the Iraq war the U.S. lost nearly 150 helicopters. Losses have actually been at a minimum both from Iranian fire and friendly fire thus far.

Higher due to Kuwaiti fire.

 

[Kyussis]

What is being lost in all this, is that ALLEGEDLY. US forces used a remote Iranian air base to land at and stage this whole operation.

Which if true….would be embarrassing. Not sure what remote air bases exist close enough to crash site.

If they used a remote air base for their operation then why did they have to destroy a pair of C-130s that they got stuck in the mud?

 

[Oldenwisdom...قول بزرگ]

Land invasion

This rescue is anything but a glimpse... a sustained long war will become untenable if the losses started mounting and each one had to be rescued this way.

Remember this was done to avoid the ensuing optics, generated by the invasion that seeks to keep the aura... a billion could have been dispensed right here to save face.
Ones with an aura problem seldom get their boots dirty... and do it only if they absolutely must!

 

[Immortals]

Interesting enough; the propaganda outlet ISW is reporting that April 4th, Israel destroyed a S-300 position in Tehran province.

The combined force has continued to degrade Iranian air defense capabilities to maintain air dominance in Iran. The IDF struck an S-300 surface-to-air (SAM) air defense site in Kahrizak, Tehran Province, on April 4.

Which makes me believe that video we saw two days ago of an “Iranian BM” being launched inside Tehran was probably another S-300 launcher or AD system, indicating that Tehran still has some AD systems left

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[AZ_HighCountry]

Propaganda value my friend, Mr. Trump doesn't care about the single pilot or airman, there are confirmed reports of 100s of US casualties on US bases all around the GCC all for the sake of Netanyahu, but Trump doesn't even acknowledge or honor their sacrifice, he doesn't care.

Last report I saw, which was a day or so ago, was 350 or 360 US service personnel have been injured to date.

I would say that President Trump absolutely cares a lot more about US servicemen and women than his immediate predecessor did.

 

[Hayabusa]

You should tell that to the Iranians who put out those AI generated vids.

Still better than Trump who claimed US obliterated Iran's military yet still can't find the exit.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The latest news is that we found him.

yes, we are in the other thread over here https://defencepk.com/forums/forums/us-defence.67/

 

[gambit]

Still better than Trump who claimed US obliterated Iran's military yet still can't find the exit.

Sure. So, where is that Iranian 'stealth' fighter?

 

[hasn2009]

Lots of conflicting reports on how they found the pilot:

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But Babak is a Mossad propaganda mouthpiece

Barak makes ship up,

1. US source told me
2. Senior official told me
3. Two officials told me

Most of the times he is making shit up by himself for propaganda.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

You keep saying “deep” inside Iran.

Lordegan is like 200KM from Iraqi border. It’s also apart of the Zargos mountain chain. You act like he fell in middle of Isfahan and hid in a trash can.

What do you consider to be deep inside Iran? At approximately 124 miles inside the country, that would be deep enough to most people.

 

[Asif]

Only source for now and the one pic of a c-130 burning.

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Behind enemy lines part 2 in the making...

this really sucks btw.... a golden opportunity lost

 

[Gripen9]

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@ShapurII

Like I said, seems like Iran tried given its resources and the remote region.

"Military age males" meaning they killed whoever happened to be around that pilot, regardless of whether anyone knew anything. A lot of innocent people were slaughtered and more expensive planes were lost so that Trump could have a Hollywood ending.

I get the disappointment as this is a tactical loss for Iran but bear in mind how expensive this rescue of a single pilot in a remote area was in an overall un-necessary and optional war.