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2024-10-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran claims it launched 400 missiles. Only 200 reached Israel, remainder landed in Iran, incl 2 Iranian cities
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Could Israel somehow have caused this? In the movies hackers are forever reprogramming target coordinates…
Going to the Here’s one of them link, we see a brief video of a missile taking a quick U-turn and hitting the launch point in a fiery explosion. The text, translated from Dutch:
Too much fun not to share!

A malfunction in an Iranian ballistic missile creates a cookie of its own dough:

Some of the ballistic missiles fired from Iran exploded in the sky over Shiraz yesterday, as recorded in aerial images.

In addition, new images have emerged showing two large fires on the outskirts of Shiraz, where an Iranian citizen claims that missiles fired by the Revolutionary Guard, intended for Israel, landed in the Fars district, just 5 km from the launch site.
Posted by Fred 2024-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 A genie on the production line could do all sort of magical things.
Posted by Ululating Platypus 2024-10-04 01:27||   2024-10-04 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Ground videos show damages much more extensive. As with Ukraine Government and media control working together. Ground reference source my contact in Vietnam who handled security during that war. Other sources claim Israel restricting information released. Fog of war.
Posted by Dale 2024-10-04 08:01||   2024-10-04 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 That's 400 that Russia won't have to fire into the Ukraine.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-10-04 08:29||   2024-10-04 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 6 ways Iran could strike US in the Mideast or here at home

"There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, October 1.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-10-04 08:57||   2024-10-04 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 We supply Israels rockets for iron dome. Knowing how depleted stacks are now for USA a prolonged war will be difficult to manage resources. If Russia was a supplier their production levels far surpass the rest of the world. 400 is as nothing when Russia bombards Ukraine daily with far greater number of missiles." the number of individual Russian cruise missiles, rockets and drones targeting civilian areas in 2024. In the first half of 2024, approximately 3,500 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones were fired at Ukraine, double the number compared to the first half of 2023, with the highest numbers in January (620) and March (over 880 airstrikes)".
Posted by Dale 2024-10-04 09:12||   2024-10-04 09:12|| Front Page Top

#6 How's that 2 week Special Military Operation going?
Posted by Frank G 2024-10-04 10:19||   2024-10-04 10:19|| Front Page Top

#7 In the beginning a small number of Russian troops entered Ukraine to encourage a peaceful conclusion to their conflict first do no harm. Pressured by the west and supplied by the west stiffened resolve of Z. So special operations have now transitioned to war. Troops withdrawn so Putin appeared weak. So now lost of life and huge costs drain NATO and Ukraine. Meanwhile Russian has only advanced. Then after election if Harris wins then war will be prolonged and monies spent. As in WW11 Russia will overwhelm and demand complete and total surrender. Absolutely no compromise. Curiously with Z having no authority or not considered by Russia to represent his people. I wonder who the fall guy will be.
Posted by Dale 2024-10-04 12:01||   2024-10-04 12:01|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 Francis, you're thinking like an American (Afghanistan, Iraq, etc...). It took Ivan the Terrible* 3 tries to conquer the Kazan Khanate. It took Russians a 100+ years to destroy Crimean Khanate** (and settle what's became New Russia - the proximate cause of the current war).

*IMO a better translation would've been "the Dreaded".
** Did you know that Peter the Great - the guy who beat Sweden - paid tribute to Crimean Khanate?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-10-04 12:24||   2024-10-04 12:24|| Front Page Top

#9 So, it is kind of like they retaliated even as they were being attacked.
Posted by Penguin_of_the_Best_Desert 2024-10-04 16:04||   2024-10-04 16:04|| Front Page Top

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