Anybody else having trouble believing anything at all about the Iran missile attack on Israel?
IDF says 350 missiles and drones were sent, Us says 115-130 ballistic missiles.... half intercepted the rest just crashed along the way.
One 7 year old injured.
WTF?
No way to verify any of it.
Why spend a minute thinking about it?
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Only a few weren’t stopped. 99% were shot
down.
Every interceptor is accounted for and recorded.
Israel, the U.S., The UK, France, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia all have a precise record of what was used to shoot down every drone and missile. It is all absolutely verified. There is also video of every aircraft encounter.
This is why it was reported today that the cost of repelling last night’s attack from Iran cost approximately 1.3 Billion dollars.
For you:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18863203
I didn't know who else helped intercept besides the UK So TY Again.
Saudi Arabia helped?! Wow.
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Good to know!
As Iran launched its much-anticipated attack on Israel on Saturday, the night sky was filled with deadly threats. More than 100 ballistic missiles were fired, senior U.S. officials said, complemented by about 30 cruise missiles and more than 150 explosive drones.
Israel’s vaunted missile defense systems ramped up to engage the munitions as they were launched from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. But they were flanked by U.S. and British fighter jets, a Patriot missile defense system manned by U.S. troops in Iraq and U.S. destroyers off the coast of Israel, each ready to assist.
But the attack still imposed new challenges on Israel, Bendett suggested. To achieve a 99 percent interception rate required defenses that are probably “much costlier than the total number of threats arrayed against Israel,” he said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/14/iran-attack-israel-us-military/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEzMDY3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE0NDQ5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTMwNjcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjI5Y2QwMTBhLTZhNDEtNDg5YS04M2I2LTc0NjcwY2Y2YmM5YiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI0LzA0LzE0L2lyYW4tYXR0YWNrLWlzcmFlbC11cy1taWxpdGFyeS8ifQ.fjf2dn5w6txWB20QtlTWVcrLiCd2S239Ez0PUrIh3ew
Totally believe it. I used to watch the Hamas rocket alerts. Those intercept systems take out just about everything....
People ask , "Is Hamas still attacking Israel?" Yep, they're still sending rockets. The rockets are all intercepted.
Among the U.S. forces that participated were the 494th Fighter Squadron, with headquarters in Britain; and the 335th Fighter Squadron, of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. Combined, the two squadrons used their F-15E Strike Eagles to take down about 70 attack drones heading to Israel, and received a phone call after from President Biden. The jets are designed for both air-to-air combat and deep interdiction, the Air Force says.
A senior military official, speaking on the same call, said that the USS Carney and USS Arleigh Burke, destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, shot down between four and six ballistic missiles in the attack. U.S. troops manning the Patriot missile defense system in Irbil, Iraq, took down another missile that had violated Iraqi airspace on its vector to Israel, the official said.
All told, Israeli and U.S. officials said that 99 percent of the incoming munitions were intercepted, suggesting just a few may have struck their intended targets in the Jewish state. At least one ballistic missile readied by Houthis in Yemen was destroyed on the launch pad, officials said, pointing to the coalition presence that has surveilled militant activity in the region in the last few months.
But the attack still imposed new challenges on Israel, Bendett suggested. To achieve a 99 percent interception rate required defenses that are probably “much costlier than the total number of threats arrayed against Israel,” he said.
https://wapo.st/3vWegTx
It's not unusual for Hamas and now Hezbollah, to send up to 50 rockets a day. Israel just intercepts them. It's a daily thing for them. Saturday's attack had a one hour warning, so most made it to bomb shelters. The girl who was seriously injured did not have access to a bomb shelter. A few other people had minor injuries.
The iron dome has been in place for quite awhile. Hamas and Hezbollah routinely fire rockets at Israel. It seems to be part of the daily routine.
Here is an article from 2019 JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas hurtled into their deadliest bout of fighting in nearly five years on Sunday as Palestinian militants launched a barrage of more than 600 rockets and Israel responded with airstrikes on more than 300 targets.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/death-toll-rises-as-gaza-militants-fire-more-than-400-rockets-into-israel-and-israel-responds-with-airstrikes/2019/05/05/e1a981be-6eee-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html
From 2021
Gaza militants have fired over 2,300 rockets at Israel since Monday in response to a bloody Israeli police action at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in annexed east Jerusalem.
The rockets, most of which targeted southern Israel, killed 10 people, including a child and a soldier, with more than 560 people wounded.
https://www.barrons.com/news/israeli-man-killed-by-rocket-from-gaza-medics-police-01621079412
From May 2023
Islamic Jihad has fired more than 600 rockets into Israel.
https://jweekly.com/2023/05/12/israel-gaza-conflict-israel-suffers-first-fatality-as-rocket-attacks-continue-palestinian-death-toll-hits-30/
Most rocket strikes don't even make the news, unless someone dies.
Democrats eating babies in the basements of pizza parlors everywhere and will get to the bottom of this too!
