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

[Pakistan First]

It took Iran hours to launch 6 ballistic missiles and a few drones

Hardly a “crushing” response to major U.S. escalation. Iran is rapidly losing deterrence. If we cannot launch more than a handful of missiles at a time, there are other options to pursue, such as counter value strategies and under sea cables, etc.

Iran's limited response is understandable given the length of this conflict.

We could be in stage of war where enemy might be running low on interceptors and Iran running low on BMs. That's why short during operation from the US and limited response from Iran (only 6 missiles). More important is to be able to respond every time.

US is already building more interceptors and I hope Iran is also continue building BMs in its underground facilities. If any critical facility of supply chain is already hit/destroyed then its problem.

 

[030292]

I think the correct reaction would have been to pound israel again and hit a few super tankers in the persian gulf to send a message, hitting few empty bases in gulf countries is not having any impact anymore, this is probably what trump and natanyahu want, a full blown war between between gcc and iran, iranians are handing it to them on a silver platter.

 

[Arash]

Iran says dey dun-du nuffin.

Obviously an Israeli op to trigger back the war...

 

[Mobius]

 

[Lulldapull]

Please untie my one hand thats fukkin tied behind my back just like it was in Vietnam too......so I can fight properly. I'm not being allowed to fight Iran properly, even though I got a giant dunlappin pot belly and I'm balding........

Come on now this is unfair. I demand that my other arm is freed right away. I can win this, only if its a fair fight:

 

[Cash gk]

I don't really believe that story.

There was rumor uae based airplane was spotted in Iran

 

[ghazi52]

Iran targets American bases in Jordan and the Gulf after fresh US strikes near Hormuz​

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June 10, 2026

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out attacks against a US base in Jordan and 21 other targets in the Gulf on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.

The clashes mark one of the biggest exchanges in hostilities since the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in April.

The Iranian strikes, which included attacks in ‌Kuwait and Bahrain, came after the US military said on X it had targeted Iranian air defence, ground control stations and surveillance radar sites near the strait in response to what US President Donald Trump said was the downing of a US Apache helicopter on Tuesday.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

The escalation in violence deepens doubts about the prospects for a deal to end the war that started on February 28 with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Tehran responded by firing on US bases and assets in Gulf countries and all but choked off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital conduit for oil and gas.

The fresh Iranian strikes came after the United States carried out its own attacks on the Islamic Republic in response to Tehran shooting down an American helicopter.

The latest US strikes lasted around four hours before the US Central Command posted just before 9pm ET (0100 GMT on Wednesday) that they had ended. A US official said almost 20 Iranian targets had been struck.

Iran’s state media reported that ⁠Qeshm island and the port city of Sirik in the Strait of Hormuz were attacked.

 

[ghazi52]

Jordan’s military said it shot down five missiles from Iran, with no casualties or material damage.

The hostilities extended to other countries in the Middle East, with air raid sirens sounding in Bahrain after the Guards said they had struck another US base there.

The Kuwaiti army said its air defence systems were engaging hostile aerial targets and urged the public to follow official safety instructions, after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted the Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait with drones.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said earlier they attacked the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with drones and threatened “more severe responses” if hostilities continued, according to media.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said a warning siren had been sounded and urged the public to head to safety. Air defences had repelled Iranian attacks, a media adviser to Bahrain’s king said soon after.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

Deal or no deal?​

During the US strikes, Iranian media reported at least two series of explosions along Iran’s southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.

Hours earlier, Trump had said talks to end the three-month-long war were in their final stages — a claim he has made repeatedly in the past few weeks.

Asked whether it would be a matter of days or weeks, the US leader said it would take “two or three days”.

But after the downing of the helicopter on Monday, Trump said in a telephone interview with ABC News that the United States was responding “in a strong manner”.

“And I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that’s what this one is,” he said.

The shaky ceasefire between Washington and Tehran already faced a serious test over the weekend when Iran and Israel briefly resumed their attacks, before later announcing a halt.

Iran has insisted any deal to end the war must include a truce in Lebanon, which was drawn into the conflict when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2.

Israel responded with an extensive campaign of airstrikes and a ground invasion that has killed more than 3,600 people. Exchanges of fire with Hezbollah have not stopped despite a nominal truce.

 

[ghazi52]

Strait on the edge​

The renewed fighting has also overshadowed efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway for global fuel supplies that Iran has virtually blockaded since the start of the war.

Crude prices jumped 1pc on Wednesday amid dimming prospects of a deal to reopen the strait, having fallen as much as 5pc at one point the previous day on optimism an agreement would be reached.

On Tuesday, Araghchi urged foreign forces to leave the strait and surrounding areas, warning that they faced a risk of being caught in the crossfire if they remained.

“The Strait of Hormuz is NOT international waters but shared between Iran and Oman,” Araghchi said. “Foreign forces in proximity to our territory are at constant risk… [the] best solution is for them to leave,” he said.

The Apache helicopter is the second crewed aircraft that Washington has confirmed was shot down by Iran during the war, following the loss of an F-15 fighter plane in April.

Centcom said the two crew members were rescued after the helicopter went down near the coast of Oman.

 

[Flotilla]

If the US were to go "all in", it can do so conventionally. With the result being what you consider "all in" now look like a bathroom remodel.

Considering US failed to remodel the kitchen you should be more cautious with such oppinions.

 

[Flotilla]

The U.S. launched three waves of extensive airstrikes targeting radar and air defence systems in south Iran

Iran’s response was slow, weak, ineffective and far from restoring deterrence, unfortunately

Now Iran’s air defences in the west and south have been heavily degraded by Israel and the U.S., while Iran has not achieved any degradation of Israeli or U.S. military power in response (only a small amount of air defence inventory depletion since Iranian salvos were small)

This status quo is no longer favourable for Iran

I don't agree. It is soon to sentence all Iranian response as weak.

We will know in the coming days how many sites has been attacked and more important, how much they were hit.

On the other hand before sentence all operation you must judge first which radar have been hit and how many.

It is difficult to understand there were still long range 3d operative after the war. And if those radar are just surface radars for Mobile radar launchers (Noor or Ghadir) those radars are just commercial navigation radars like Furuno or Simrad that cost at much some hundreds dollars and missile launcher lost should be even cheaper than Apache and Reapers shoot down.

So don't frustrate yourself with It. It is too soon to assess the success or fail of the Iranian answer.