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

Hassan Al-Somal said:
But somehow the Ansarallah (aka Houthis) in Yemen was targeting the USS Harry S. Truman AC when it was 800 KMs away in Northern Red Sea. And according to US military leaders, the Ansarallah in Yemen converted ballistic missiles to anti-Ship missiles.

Now, couldn't IRGC increase the range of their anti-Ship missiles like the Yemenis did? Remember, the IRGC were the people who assisted the Yemenis to develop their missile capabilities.
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Without knowing the full details of what they did (we know they certainly did attack some USN vessels, but don't seem to have scored any hits, though they did cause some evasive maneuvers that indicates they got pretty close), it's difficult to draw any comparisons. Where was their location intelligence coming from? What exactly were they using? How was this being provided to them? Etc etc. Besides, depending on who you believe, it seems like Iran was able to target some USN ships in the area last month/earlier this month, causing at least some level of disruption. But it's just really, really hard to score an actual hit.
ShapurII said:
Wrong analysis, I think.

@Persian Gulf and @Immortals are probably better at this topic. So, they can correct me if I'm wrong.

But Iran has both AShBMs and AShCMs. Iran's Persian Gulf missile is a solid-fueled ballistic missile that uses INS with IR/EO sensors in the terminal phase. It's probably been equipped with satnav too, but I'm not sure about that. It has been tested against a replica of an aircraft carrier with success previously. Although, the replica didn't enjoy the agility of a US aircraft carrier. So, that's clearly a weakness that can render it useless in real warfare. Its maximum speed is estimated at 4 Mach, and its operational range has recently been extended to 700km.

Iran also has a handful of cruise missiles with anti-ship capabilities. Probably the best one is Abu-Mahdi CM. It is a subsonic missile with a range of 1,000 km, but if fired in large numbers, it may have a chance. After all, there's always quality in large quantity.

If Iran fires, say 100-150 cruise missiles and 5 PG missiles at a carrier, then maybe it can work. Who knows?
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I think in general Simplicius' analysis more or less encompasses and even agrees with what you've said. He talked about satnav too but that has very real drawbacks (sat availability/orbits, lack of active comms to missiles, bandwidth considerations, etc)

>But then there’s still the issue that satellites cannot provide exact real time targeting solutions and direct mid-course updates to a specific missile. This is particularly the case with foreign satellites which cannot really be network-centrically integrated and datalinked that directly with Iran’s indigenous missile systems as to feed them real-time integrated data on firing solutions. At best, the satellites can provide “coordinates” for a given target where the missiles might fly and then autonomously acquire their own targets, which again brings us back to the earlier issues already raised.

In general it's just less about range and more about how to guide munitions accurately. Like if we look at Ukraine and the RN BSF, it's really only with the near constant availability of Starlink, and NATO AWACS/ISR drones and satellite recon that they're able to achieve any kind of success. That's a lot of support needed to score what victories they have achieved.
 
Meengla said:
As I tried to point toward this: Before this war on Iran was launched, the 'negotiations' in Oman were almost done and successful because Iran was willing to give up a lot more than what was given up during JCPOA, short of Iran's long range missles. Basically, Iran was trying to avoid a war and ride it out till Trump leaves the office. But, of course, Netanyahu is too smart to fall for that when the best Israeli stooge like Trump is in office. And hence this war.
Going forward.... if Iran would give similar concessions, as Iran was about to give during the Oman negotiations then that would not be too drastic except now Iran has gained the strategic dominance due to the Strait/global economy and due to Iran's resilience.
There is nothing left in Trump/Netanyahu arsenals except to do a Dresden style carpet bombing of Iran and/or dropping multiple nukes to make Iran to capitulate.
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All of that is known... the concessions, the negotiations, the backstabbing, the coercion, the decapitation strikes...
They all occurred because US is running as a proxy for zion... with two part time realtors shows not how serious they were with these "negotiations" with their direct line to zion.
 
Meengla said:
What is most remarkable about Trump's Pakistan stance is that AFAIK, Trump has not once badmouthed Pakistan and its leadership since assuming his second term. Not even Pakistan's Khwaja Asif's very hostile comments about Israel got a reaction from Trump.
This seems too good to be true but so far--and it is a good 15+ months-- is true.
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I feel Khawaja Asif s tweet was the establishment account putting a ☝️ up IdAF 🇮🇱 🍑 🕳️

Its timing the night PAF was escorting 🇮🇷 in to 🇵🇰
 
Hassan Al-Somal said:
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Colonel is full of himself. IR missiles have been around for decades including IR SAMs this is just click bait. 4th gen, 4.5 gen and 5th gen fighters have IR countermeasures that work in sync with the fighters MAWS. F-35 has THEE best anti IR missile system in EODAS. Colonel should hang up the phone and stay retired.
 
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Meengla said:
Reading Farsi brings back childhood memory of reading Urdu books like the original text of 'Tilism e Hoshruba': It was in Urdu but went over my head a lot because lots of Farsi words. Urdu language is much watered down now to the point too many people use too many English words when easily recognizable Urdu words exist. But then literature is in decline globally. Heck, look at Trump's language!
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Lol. Soon, he will be considered the gold standard, given the rate we are going and the reading, writing, and comprehension skills of the current generation.
 
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To outplay the incoherent and the belligerent, Iran should bore them both with boring predictability, compound interest is less risky than compound crises.
 
Now christians shd cry.. ohh wait their media will inform them to cry
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@FUB
I had removed an infraction so you could post again - then you come back and abuse a mod? Thats not on bro so you are removed from the conversation
 
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