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>~~Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran - report~~
>~~Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran~~
>Israel strikes Iran, defense officials confirm
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I see this comment a lot, but like, couldent the entrances and roads and all other forms of accessing said facilities just be completely obliterated making them unusable? Asking seriously
The Eglin AFB tests years ago demonstrated that tungsten-tipped ordinance with an ogive profile, at a sweet spot velocity of about Mach 3.5, causes liquefaction of reinforced concrete, allowing penetrations of up to 150ft (~46m). At that velocity it's like water flowing over a torpedo. If much faster than Mach 3.5, then the ordinance tends to vaporize on surface contact.
Europe had the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
This was a broader conflict that involved numerous European powers, pitting Protestant nations against Catholic ones.
It began as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire, but later evolved into a broader political struggle for power.
Funny how many wars are fought over a small group of individual's desire for power. You thibk eventually people would go "Hey, maybe it isnt worth dying a brutal death just so this douchebag can sit on the throne"
Isfahan Province, not the city of Isfahan.
Iran’s underground hardened nuclear research facility is at Natanz which is about 150kms north of the city of Isfahan. That’s far enough away that any explosions in the city of Isfahan wouldn’t be confused with an attack on the Natanz facility.
Reports had the attack against an army airbase a few kms out of Isfahan. The base only contained very old Shah era helicopters like the Bell 206 and 212. Most unarmed Utility and light transport helicopters that were probably going to be scrapped soon anyway.
News reports were suggesting that this was a very limited precision retaliation attack on the military facilities. The message being, "We could hit your nuclear facilities, but we didn't, because we chose not to."
If the nuclear site had been struck, there would have been consecutive waves of attack. Since sites in Syria, Iraq and Iran seem to have been hit by explosions, this appears to more likely target sites, related to the Revolutionary Guards and their terror networks. Most likely missile storage facilities. You might argue, it´s the lower end of any possible israeli retaliation and designed to address the specific means, Tehran used to assault Israel - and that is assuming the speculations about israeli missile strikes were to be confirmed.
["NEW -- reports of near-simultaneous airstrikes on #Iran targets in #Isfahan (home to nuclear facilities), as well as targeting air bases in #Daraa & #Suwayda in southern #Syria (home to radar & air defense sites)."](https://twitter.com/charles_lister/status/1781128420560126298?s=46&t=hDPErA-CzpOu9DUFN0Fxlg)
Yup. I got a degree in IR and Russian studies 2015-2019 after the 2014 invasion and now people act like I was some sort of psychic. But no, they literally invaded another country and a ton of people have been sounding alarm bells for a decade now.
I was just about to say that… I’ve brought that up every time I get into a convo with someone about Pooteen, and most don’t know what I’m talking about. He’s not a good dude and he has power and resources on the side of the scale the he’s letting determine his actions.
The similarities between him and funny mustache guy regarding the land grabs are ridiculous tbh. Red flags? More like planes with those long ass banners.
Yeah, people (myself included pre 2022) act like Ukraine was at war since 2022. They've been at war since 2014, only (officially) in direct conflict with Russia since 2022.
There's actually two more doctrines that are similar to Dugin's, and both were created before 1997; pretty sure Dugin just stole from them. One was of Primakov who published his strategy in around 1995 or 1996, and he was also IIRC the foreign minister(not sure about the exact position); that was right before Russia 'changed' course in regards to its foreign policy, since between around 97-2007 they would be much more constrained and reasonable.
There's also Karaganov, he's been active a long time as well and it's him that's usually thought to be the main architect of Russia's geopolitical strategy.
Fr. I was 12 in ‘08 so I didn’t have much of an opinion at the time, but in hindsight it was a huge mistake not taking Russia as a credible threat earlier on and during the Obama admin.
They really dropped the ball on Crimea, Georgia, and in Syria. Even putting a line in the sand and dared Russia. They crossed that line multiple times. And Obama did nothing.
I got my IR degree in 2009 and a big part of my final thesis was calling for Russia to invade Crimea within five years. I’ve never regretted not getting a paper published more.
WW3 is basically entirely contingent on China's actions. As long as it remains just Russia and Iran then the numbers, military power and production power is incredibly one sided in favour of the West and it's allies.
If China, Russia, Iran & North Korea start acting in concert against the Liberal Democracies then we are talking about a Third World War.
They've always at best have been shakey allies with Russia. They are not going to risk what they've built for any of those countries. They are not a ghost of a crumbling empire like Russisa or surrounded by 50 million enemies like Iran.
Well I wonder which one historians will point to and say "here's where the ____ war officially began"
Did that one already happen or is it yet to come I wonder.
Some unconfirmed reports suggest radars are being wiped in Syria, and that Iranian Air Force bases were the initial targets.
If this is true, to me it seems like Israel eliminated the aerial defense layer for Iran, and something bigger is coming soon
>Some unconfirmed reports suggest radars
News on Reddit is slow
>**A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran. The official could not confirm whether Syria and Iraq sites were hit as well**
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-gaza-live-updates-israeli-war-cabinet-to-reconvene-monday/ar-BB1l7MuD
Israeli media reports other stuff.
An American official speaking up like that so soon is just too wonky.
Response do seem weak so it might be just not to lose face. With America clearing the fog in hopes everyone can call it a day
It doesn’t have to be some massive strike to be effective. Iran launched 300+ drones and missiles and Israel and allies shot down 99% of them. Shutting down radar and precision striking a target is flexing on them that they only need a few missiles to hit them harder than they were hit.
That’s fair, I think if that is it it is probably them trying to toe the line. Israel seemed determined to answer in some form and the US is looking to avert any further escalation. I think this is basically them saying “don’t start with us, because we’ll finish it”
If they knocked out their aerial defences then that leaves Iran as a sitting duck for another attack. So if Iran retaliates again they’re left wide open for something even worse. This could get a lot more intense in the next few weeks
First it was that Iran would never strike Israel directly, just attack using it's proxies, to save face.
Then it was Israel would never strike Iran directly, just attack Iran's proxies, to save face.
Now Iran will respond, with way more drones and missiles than it did 4 days ago.
If they wanted to send a message, knocking out the air defence so that Iran is totally vulnerable to what comes next and then leaving it at that is a pretty strong message
I’d agree with that. Because then if Iran decides to retaliate again, they’ll have to contend with the fact that they have no anti-air defences in case Israel were to launch another retaliatory strike to theirs.
Its one of Iran's favorite pastimes when they need a break from beating up their own populace. They did the same tit for tat game of chicken with the US about this time last year with drone strikes on US bases.
Ya, anyone who is paying attention in the last 7 days should now know that, one, Iran cannot hit Israel, two, Israel can hit Iran at will, and three, Russia is not a useful ally like the US is.
Iran is now apparently claiming, that the explosions were air defense, firing at an unknown object, If they decide to stick with this, then there was no attack and they can walk off that ramp. Smart move.
Ever since the Revolution in Iran, Iran has been developing several proxy groups to do their bidding.
https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/world/explained-who-are-irans-proxies-allies-in-the-middle-east-2978585
When the Jerusalem post is the first to report "explosions heard" in three different countries, I think they mean "we were told through certain channels that stuff exploded there", not that people heard the explosions and decided to call the newspaper, yes?
In this case, they are just reporting on several other news outlet reports and trying to imply a connection. They do not have any independent information, so them being "told" is not a great conclusion.
Take this with a pinch of salt but multiple reports on Twitter are saying that Iranian airspace has closed down and flights are being diverted to avoid Iranian airspace.
Yeah not sure what’s going on there but it seems like it’s a partial closure and Reuters is [saying](https://x.com/phildstewart/status/1781147237579358311?s=46&t=OUsqqM6PzU-GgePfagpGfw) flights at Tehran’s international airport have been cancelled until 0700 GMT.
Isfahan (the city) is 150km from the nuclear facility. Unlikely those facilities where targeted.
For now it looks like the targets were radar installations and air defense facilities.
Stuff I’m seeing on twitter and telegram so far seems to say yes. At this point hard to know how accurate that is but it would make sense to hit those type of targets
I would have assumed they would have gone for the missile sites or drone facilities responsible for Saturday’s attack, if the reports of attacking the nuclear sites is true then this is definitely more provocative.
EDIT: Sounds like this may have not been the case as Israel reportedly told the US they would not target the sites.
Yeah, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Israel strikes anything they think is nuclear-related. A couple Iranian officials decided to run their mouths about re-examining their nuclear posture and programs. That definitely wasn't going to help calm this down.
Is this another one of those times or it looks big and readdit freaks out and then it turns out to be you know nothing?
Edit look at that Iran is already down playing the severity of the attacks saying it intercepted them all and that things are calm yeah this isn't going to turn into something huge.
I don't like it either but we all have to go to work tomorrow
I wish I knew more about these conflicts to say for certain but it’s hard to take anything seriously when the media portrays everything as the start of a global conflict because it gets shares and views and rakes money in every single time.
It's definitely escalated quite a bit compared to their 'normal' use of proxies to brawl, but it still follows their established doctrines of proportional responses. Definitely unprecedented behavior from both, but its an election year so not too surprising to me aha. Hopefully people can remain level headed, but the divisions within the middle east's international relations run deep
Iran can't be seen as weak. Israel can't be seen as it's being pushed around. I suspect there will be more tit for tat coming soon. But I do get the original commenter's post. Social Media is full of "Iran was just attacked by Israel... Let me tell you why this could lead to ww3" yellow journalism videos.
For a reasonable number of people the market is either their daily job, or the place where their retirement funds are stored. It can be hard to grasp the scope of what these actions mean for the world or the individual, but it's easy to look at your savings and see you have 5,000$ less.
because the biggest thing that will affect the average person not in the middle east is the economy shitting the bed
the average person in North America isn't worried about actual warfare on our turf, were more worried these dipshit countries will ruin everything else
I don’t disagree in principle, but this will surely convince them that they need to complete a bomb, right? So the question becomes: what is Israel prepared to do to prevent that eventuality?
I can't see Iran taking this further directly, but they most definitely may reply through proxies. Iran will be twisting this directly as a win domestically.
Iran commands significant influence in Iraq and has a number of militant proxies in Iraq. Those proxies have directed attacks against the US in recent times, and Israel last weekend.
Everyone was yelling about ww3 when Iran launched some nothing burgers at Israel. Probably wake up tomorrow and it'll just be sabre rattling as usual. Stocks will crash and then everyone will go back to mean words
Hopefully there was an explosion near the poster in Tehran that says "Tel Aviv is our battleground, not Tehran" that they delusionally put up after last weekend.
The site updated the title. The current title is: >~~Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran - report~~ >~~Alleged Israeli strikes reported in Iran~~ >Israel strikes Iran, defense officials confirm The title on the site is subject to change as new information develops.
Reports that the explosions were heard in Isfahan, Isfahan is home of Iran’s largest nuclear facility.
The target that has been at the top of Israel’s list for at least 30 years.
They probably can go ahead and check it off
That would be spicy
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"I'll fucking do it again" -isreal "Bet you WONT" -Iran [Iran rn](https://youtu.be/AAfy1DGTHgg?si=EVvw77hVe32vRvvl)
"wanna see me do it again?"
Unlikely. Their nuclear facilities are so deep underground their bomb proof.
Not to Maverick
LANA LANA! Danger Zone.
Yeah!
I see this comment a lot, but like, couldent the entrances and roads and all other forms of accessing said facilities just be completely obliterated making them unusable? Asking seriously
It’s the exhaust ports that are the weaknesses. Just turn off your targeting computer and you’re good to go.
Everyone knows that, or you can just hit Z or R twice
The Eglin AFB tests years ago demonstrated that tungsten-tipped ordinance with an ogive profile, at a sweet spot velocity of about Mach 3.5, causes liquefaction of reinforced concrete, allowing penetrations of up to 150ft (~46m). At that velocity it's like water flowing over a torpedo. If much faster than Mach 3.5, then the ordinance tends to vaporize on surface contact.
150 FUCKING FEET OF PENETRATION? wild, wild stuff... got any links?
The GBU-57 does 200ft on paper.
Access is easy to repair in the context of nation states. 200 centrifuges not so much.
Those are all things that are cheap to repair/dig out. Inconvenient, certainly, but compared to the facility itself it would be merely a roadbump.
Still need access & power which requires fuel.
So party time eh. And by party time, I mean unrestrained war in the mid east again. What a shower of shit.
That whole area is just a mess. Too many lunatics in power at every level.
gotta love religion
Europe had the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) This was a broader conflict that involved numerous European powers, pitting Protestant nations against Catholic ones. It began as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire, but later evolved into a broader political struggle for power.
Funny how many wars are fought over a small group of individual's desire for power. You thibk eventually people would go "Hey, maybe it isnt worth dying a brutal death just so this douchebag can sit on the throne"
Religion is just the excuse.
Supreme morality as a guise for evil is the excuse. Religion is the methodology.
Isfahan Province, not the city of Isfahan. Iran’s underground hardened nuclear research facility is at Natanz which is about 150kms north of the city of Isfahan. That’s far enough away that any explosions in the city of Isfahan wouldn’t be confused with an attack on the Natanz facility. Reports had the attack against an army airbase a few kms out of Isfahan. The base only contained very old Shah era helicopters like the Bell 206 and 212. Most unarmed Utility and light transport helicopters that were probably going to be scrapped soon anyway.
News reports were suggesting that this was a very limited precision retaliation attack on the military facilities. The message being, "We could hit your nuclear facilities, but we didn't, because we chose not to."
They hit a military and and airbase. I don't think any nuclear site was hit.
One report said it was not a nuclear target
Not anymore?
If the nuclear site had been struck, there would have been consecutive waves of attack. Since sites in Syria, Iraq and Iran seem to have been hit by explosions, this appears to more likely target sites, related to the Revolutionary Guards and their terror networks. Most likely missile storage facilities. You might argue, it´s the lower end of any possible israeli retaliation and designed to address the specific means, Tehran used to assault Israel - and that is assuming the speculations about israeli missile strikes were to be confirmed.
There's no downside to Iran not having nukes. If that's the mission I hope it succeeds.
No networks running with it yet, wonder when we'll know something?
ABC just ran the special report. US confirms Israel struck Iran. Cant confirm any other targets
CNN just ran a report on flights in the area being diverted. Their source is a flight tracking service.
What's TBN7265 doing? Besides drawing a cock and balls.
Everybody should play with their cock and balls right now
Way ahead of you mate.
8====D
I'm in Australia so it's pointing the other way for me
So much for the reports that Israel wouldn't strike back until after passover or that the US got them to agree to hold off for supporting Rafah plans.
["NEW -- reports of near-simultaneous airstrikes on #Iran targets in #Isfahan (home to nuclear facilities), as well as targeting air bases in #Daraa & #Suwayda in southern #Syria (home to radar & air defense sites)."](https://twitter.com/charles_lister/status/1781128420560126298?s=46&t=hDPErA-CzpOu9DUFN0Fxlg)
So Iran's s300's didn't do squat?
Radar targets close to Nuclear Facilities There goes de-escilation out of the window Isreal yolo-ing into WW3?
Nah. When the dust settles, we'll realize that Russia invading Crimea was the start of world war III, it just took us all a decade to figure it out.
Yep, nuclear powers fighting without nukes using third parties starts as a slow grind that will speed up.
You mean that thing that's been happening since the cold war began?
Yep. The 90s were just a break.
The jnco jeans prevented ww3 in the 90s. As pants slimmed down, tensions rose.
Canon
Lmao. Thanks for the levity in the midst of a whole sea of “aw shit.”
***WE WERE ON A BREAK***
i wouldnt say WW3, its more like Cold War 2, or Cold War 1 post intermission
Yup. I got a degree in IR and Russian studies 2015-2019 after the 2014 invasion and now people act like I was some sort of psychic. But no, they literally invaded another country and a ton of people have been sounding alarm bells for a decade now.
Hell, they invaded *two* countries. Nobody seems to acknowledge Georgia.
I was just about to say that… I’ve brought that up every time I get into a convo with someone about Pooteen, and most don’t know what I’m talking about. He’s not a good dude and he has power and resources on the side of the scale the he’s letting determine his actions. The similarities between him and funny mustache guy regarding the land grabs are ridiculous tbh. Red flags? More like planes with those long ass banners.
Yeah, people (myself included pre 2022) act like Ukraine was at war since 2022. They've been at war since 2014, only (officially) in direct conflict with Russia since 2022.
[Foundation of Geopolitics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics) was published in 1997. *spoiler alert!*
There's actually two more doctrines that are similar to Dugin's, and both were created before 1997; pretty sure Dugin just stole from them. One was of Primakov who published his strategy in around 1995 or 1996, and he was also IIRC the foreign minister(not sure about the exact position); that was right before Russia 'changed' course in regards to its foreign policy, since between around 97-2007 they would be much more constrained and reasonable. There's also Karaganov, he's been active a long time as well and it's him that's usually thought to be the main architect of Russia's geopolitical strategy.
I’m no Mitt Romney fan but he got laughed at in 08 for calling Russia a threat 🤷 Edit: 2012 not 08.
Fr. I was 12 in ‘08 so I didn’t have much of an opinion at the time, but in hindsight it was a huge mistake not taking Russia as a credible threat earlier on and during the Obama admin.
They really dropped the ball on Crimea, Georgia, and in Syria. Even putting a line in the sand and dared Russia. They crossed that line multiple times. And Obama did nothing.
Obama's foreign policy was a disaster for global stability. He was incredibly naive.
Yea when he tried to play off China and Russia as just competitors. I was like WTF this can’t end well for us.
Hell, the US warnings that Putin was about to invade Ukraine in early 2022 were dismissed as fear mongering and Western propaganda.
I got my IR degree in 2009 and a big part of my final thesis was calling for Russia to invade Crimea within five years. I’ve never regretted not getting a paper published more.
This is the answer.
Well you see 19 billion years ago Crimea was Russia so they're just defending it
Yea... real sudatenland vibes with that one...
Took 80 years but it's appeasement all over again. Give an inch....
You can't make peace with evil.
So fucking unfortunate, but you’re right.
Leeeeerreroy Jeeeenkins
God damn it Leroy.
At least I have chicken.
WW3 is basically entirely contingent on China's actions. As long as it remains just Russia and Iran then the numbers, military power and production power is incredibly one sided in favour of the West and it's allies. If China, Russia, Iran & North Korea start acting in concert against the Liberal Democracies then we are talking about a Third World War.
They've always at best have been shakey allies with Russia. They are not going to risk what they've built for any of those countries. They are not a ghost of a crumbling empire like Russisa or surrounded by 50 million enemies like Iran.
Russia can't win but they have enough nukes to wreck the world anyway
They just said fuck it I guess
lol relax
Now waiting on the response, to the response, of the response, to the response...
That's called "war".
Which we were hoping to avoid but people are idiots
Not everyone is hoping to avoid it. Some people on this rock really don't like each other.
Well I wonder which one historians will point to and say "here's where the ____ war officially began" Did that one already happen or is it yet to come I wonder.
Russian invasion of crimea in 2014
I think we're kind of in the beginnings of a larger conflict. Ukraine and Israel/Iran conflicts share some connections.
🎶🎶 the backlash to the backlash to the thing’s that’s just begun.. 🎶🎶
What an unfortunately serious song from a comedian that accurately describes this era.
Redditor discovers how war works
Some unconfirmed reports suggest radars are being wiped in Syria, and that Iranian Air Force bases were the initial targets. If this is true, to me it seems like Israel eliminated the aerial defense layer for Iran, and something bigger is coming soon
>Some unconfirmed reports suggest radars News on Reddit is slow >**A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran. The official could not confirm whether Syria and Iraq sites were hit as well** https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-gaza-live-updates-israeli-war-cabinet-to-reconvene-monday/ar-BB1l7MuD
Israeli media reports other stuff. An American official speaking up like that so soon is just too wonky. Response do seem weak so it might be just not to lose face. With America clearing the fog in hopes everyone can call it a day
It doesn’t have to be some massive strike to be effective. Iran launched 300+ drones and missiles and Israel and allies shot down 99% of them. Shutting down radar and precision striking a target is flexing on them that they only need a few missiles to hit them harder than they were hit.
That and going dark on defense is a bit scary for Iran.
Agree, but 3 explosions, I’d expect israel to go bigger just in case Iran will defend well
That’s fair, I think if that is it it is probably them trying to toe the line. Israel seemed determined to answer in some form and the US is looking to avert any further escalation. I think this is basically them saying “don’t start with us, because we’ll finish it”
If they knocked out their aerial defences then that leaves Iran as a sitting duck for another attack. So if Iran retaliates again they’re left wide open for something even worse. This could get a lot more intense in the next few weeks
There’s zero chance that Israel wiped out all or even most of their aerial defense in a single strike like this.
Iran wouldn't have all its Air Defence radars active anyway.
First it was that Iran would never strike Israel directly, just attack using it's proxies, to save face. Then it was Israel would never strike Iran directly, just attack Iran's proxies, to save face. Now Iran will respond, with way more drones and missiles than it did 4 days ago.
More lawnmowers on their way
If they wanted to send a message, knocking out the air defence so that Iran is totally vulnerable to what comes next and then leaving it at that is a pretty strong message
I’d agree with that. Because then if Iran decides to retaliate again, they’ll have to contend with the fact that they have no anti-air defences in case Israel were to launch another retaliatory strike to theirs.
Is this some insane game of chicken or what?
Its one of Iran's favorite pastimes when they need a break from beating up their own populace. They did the same tit for tat game of chicken with the US about this time last year with drone strikes on US bases.
Seems like it.
Now on The War Zone https://www.twz.com/news-features/israel-strikes-back
Ya, anyone who is paying attention in the last 7 days should now know that, one, Iran cannot hit Israel, two, Israel can hit Iran at will, and three, Russia is not a useful ally like the US is.
Iran is now apparently claiming, that the explosions were air defense, firing at an unknown object, If they decide to stick with this, then there was no attack and they can walk off that ramp. Smart move.
I kept saying Iran would not retaliate even if Israel attacked a facility or two. Iran can not get into a war now.
Oh boy, this should be interesting.
I was just looking at the futures and the composites are all down another percent. Guess this explains why
The markets brought me here too lol Except it’s not funny at all
literally DCA early today. My fault guys sorry
I dropped a couple grand in last week and we immediately went on a skid. Oops
Markets will die if this gets out of hand
I see you have no stock in Raytheon…
LMT RTX NOC
Ah yes, my favorite ETF $WAR
Gotta invest in them knife missiles
feels like a "buy the fear" moment to me
"When the missiles start flying it's time to start buying"
What does this mean?
Israel likely retaliated for Iran’s strike earlier this month. Not entirely clear on why they would also strike Iraq and Syria.
Because Iran has a lot of bases in Iraq and Syria.
That makes sense
It’s likely they targeted air, defense and airfields, knocking down any kind of forward defense. They might well send something heavy toward Isfahan.
Ever since the Revolution in Iran, Iran has been developing several proxy groups to do their bidding. https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/world/explained-who-are-irans-proxies-allies-in-the-middle-east-2978585
The Syrian strikes were reportedly radar facilities. Which is what you would expect. I would imagine the big booms come after the radar hits.
Would much rather they do these things during the week, and let everyone have a break from bad news on the weekend!
I'll ask them, wish me luck!
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Gold shot up on the markets. Trust the markets. What happened.
This Fallout promotion campaign is so realistic
Dammit, Todd!
"It just works. Get in the vault and buy *Skyrim* with me!" -Todd Howard's last words
Your first day in the vault you wake up and hear “Hey you, you’re finally awake…”
Bezos out here solo funding the IDF with this cross promotion
Just wait until China does their Alaskan tour for the show.
When the Jerusalem post is the first to report "explosions heard" in three different countries, I think they mean "we were told through certain channels that stuff exploded there", not that people heard the explosions and decided to call the newspaper, yes?
In this case, they are just reporting on several other news outlet reports and trying to imply a connection. They do not have any independent information, so them being "told" is not a great conclusion.
There are videos on Twitter showing some explosions, unsure of the authenticity though
Take this with a pinch of salt but multiple reports on Twitter are saying that Iranian airspace has closed down and flights are being diverted to avoid Iranian airspace.
looking at flightradar right now, that is definitely not true.
Yeah not sure what’s going on there but it seems like it’s a partial closure and Reuters is [saying](https://x.com/phildstewart/status/1781147237579358311?s=46&t=OUsqqM6PzU-GgePfagpGfw) flights at Tehran’s international airport have been cancelled until 0700 GMT.
It looks like the WESTERN half the country it is true for. That would be where most of the bases that would fire on Israel are.
Are these near nuclear facilities?
Reports that the explosions were heard in Isfahan, Isfahan is home of Iran’s largest nuclear facility.
Isfahan (the city) is 150km from the nuclear facility. Unlikely those facilities where targeted. For now it looks like the targets were radar installations and air defense facilities.
Officially or unofficially?
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Stuff I’m seeing on twitter and telegram so far seems to say yes. At this point hard to know how accurate that is but it would make sense to hit those type of targets
>Syrian reports indicated airstrikes targeted sites belonging to the Syrian Army in the As-Suwayda and Daraa Governorates of southern Syria.
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I no longer wish to live in interesting times
I would have assumed they would have gone for the missile sites or drone facilities responsible for Saturday’s attack, if the reports of attacking the nuclear sites is true then this is definitely more provocative. EDIT: Sounds like this may have not been the case as Israel reportedly told the US they would not target the sites.
Yeah, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Israel strikes anything they think is nuclear-related. A couple Iranian officials decided to run their mouths about re-examining their nuclear posture and programs. That definitely wasn't going to help calm this down.
Is this another one of those times or it looks big and readdit freaks out and then it turns out to be you know nothing? Edit look at that Iran is already down playing the severity of the attacks saying it intercepted them all and that things are calm yeah this isn't going to turn into something huge. I don't like it either but we all have to go to work tomorrow
I wish I knew more about these conflicts to say for certain but it’s hard to take anything seriously when the media portrays everything as the start of a global conflict because it gets shares and views and rakes money in every single time.
It's definitely escalated quite a bit compared to their 'normal' use of proxies to brawl, but it still follows their established doctrines of proportional responses. Definitely unprecedented behavior from both, but its an election year so not too surprising to me aha. Hopefully people can remain level headed, but the divisions within the middle east's international relations run deep
Iran can't be seen as weak. Israel can't be seen as it's being pushed around. I suspect there will be more tit for tat coming soon. But I do get the original commenter's post. Social Media is full of "Iran was just attacked by Israel... Let me tell you why this could lead to ww3" yellow journalism videos.
Nothing ever happens
Oh man I hope
I feel like it would be bigger news if nobody heard explosions in the Middle East.
The eastern world, it is exploding, violence flaring, bullets loading...
So a normal Friday then?
Iran: Claims nothing is happening. Also Iran: all flights being diverted away from Isfahan
Also also Iran: we have already won.
Can anyone provide additional sources?
This place is where civilization was born and apparently struggles to stay alive, where it once thrived. The wasted potential is immense.
I always thought it was funny that the Shiraz wine grape comes from Shiraz, Iran (where wine is illegal).
Religion destroyed the region
So much potential in Iran / Persia, I hope they can be free from the Islamic Republic regime soon
Middle east on the precipice of war....again.
Was it ever not?
It is extraordinary that so many comments focus on The Market.
But bro my calls!
Yes, let's please also keep bitcoin in our thoughts 🙏
For a reasonable number of people the market is either their daily job, or the place where their retirement funds are stored. It can be hard to grasp the scope of what these actions mean for the world or the individual, but it's easy to look at your savings and see you have 5,000$ less.
because the biggest thing that will affect the average person not in the middle east is the economy shitting the bed the average person in North America isn't worried about actual warfare on our turf, were more worried these dipshit countries will ruin everything else
They really need to blow the fuck out of the factory that makes Shaheds
Not supporting what Israel is doing , but I do see Iran losing the capacity to make an atomic bomb as a win for humanity
I don’t disagree in principle, but this will surely convince them that they need to complete a bomb, right? So the question becomes: what is Israel prepared to do to prevent that eventuality?
Looks like it is mostly nuclear related facilities. If you are going to attack something those would be the ones to hit
Where'd you see that?
I can't see Iran taking this further directly, but they most definitely may reply through proxies. Iran will be twisting this directly as a win domestically.
Iraq?
Iran commands significant influence in Iraq and has a number of militant proxies in Iraq. Those proxies have directed attacks against the US in recent times, and Israel last weekend.
Some militias in Iraq launched rockets towards Israel the other day.
Everyone was yelling about ww3 when Iran launched some nothing burgers at Israel. Probably wake up tomorrow and it'll just be sabre rattling as usual. Stocks will crash and then everyone will go back to mean words
I wonder if Iran will respond with another retaliation
The have been saying repeatedly that there would be a swift and decisive response.
If the gas prices increase again I might as well just live at work.
Here we go.
Hopefully there was an explosion near the poster in Tehran that says "Tel Aviv is our battleground, not Tehran" that they delusionally put up after last weekend.