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

This is actually brilliant. I recall us having various ATGMs in production and this would be a great way to utilize them
 
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🇮🇷 Iran war will end up costing US $1 TRILLION, former White House economist says

🔊“They’re almost approaching $50B in expenditures – so the transparent things that Hegseth’s been forced to say – it’s close to $50B. I have estimated at the end of the day, this thing will cost a trillion dollars,” Johns Hopkins economics professor Steve Hanke told the Wealthion podcast.

Hanke, who served as a senior member of the Council of Economic Advisors in the first years of the Reagan administration, when it was trying to tackle the stagflationary crisis of the early 80s, bases his estimate on historical precedent, including the second Bush administration’s guesstimate that the Iraq War would cost $200B, vs an actual final cost of up to $5T (25 times higher).

🗣“Applying that same multiple to the current conflict, if the war winds down quickly, the final direct cost for the war on Iran will likely reach at least $1 trillion,” Hanke says.

Hanke isn’t alone. Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Linda Bilmes, who previously accurately predicted that the Iraq War would cost trillions, estimated the Iran war’s price tag would reach $1T or more. University of Michigan economist Johnathan Wolfers said in May that military costs plus energy prices, inflation, interest rate hikes and slowed growth would cost from $400B to “very possibly trillions.”

Others predict even more extreme consequences, up to and including a housing, stock or bond market crisis, or a collapse of the dollar triggered by a vicious circle of energy price hikes, inflation, higher interest rates and higher government borrowing costs.

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We should start using tankers in the region as target practice for our cruise missiles and drones. If we can hit moving targets, then all we'll need then is more cruise missiles and drones to saturate a CSG's air defense systems.
 

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