Iran the next war? This time nukes?

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US military strikes Iran-backed groups in Syria after American contractor dies in drone attack

The U.S. military on Thursday struck Iranian-funded groups in Syria after a drone strike on a U.S. base in the country killed an American contractor and injured six others, the Pentagon announced.&…

thehill.com

Iran can make fissile material for a bomb 'in about 12 days' - U.S. official

Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days," a top U.S. Defense Department official said on Tuesday, down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect.

www.reuters.com

 

[printcraft]

Second US base hit in Syria following retaliatory strikes | The Hill

 

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Saudi-Iran Deal: China Fills a Middle East Vacuum Left by the Biden Administration

China scored an unexpected diplomatic coup with the March 10 announcement that it had brokered an agreement between archrivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations, which had been ruptured for seven years.

www.heritage.org

 

[Pepi]

Makes you feel so warm and fuzzy inside with our Commander in Chief in charge SMFH

 

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Conflict in Syria Escalates Following Attack That Killed a U.S. Contractor

U.S. officials said the main air defense system at the coalition base was “not fully operational” at the time of Thursday’s attack, which killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans.

www.nytimes.com

...U.S. Air Defenses ‘Not Fully Operational’ Before Strike Killed American in Syria, Officials Say​

The United States launched retaliatory attacks in eastern Syria about 13 hours after the drone strike. Officials are also investigating what went wrong with the defense system.

March 24, 2023Updated 5:05 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The main air defense system at a coalition military base in northeast Syria was “not fully operational” when a suspected Iranian drone hit the installation, killing a U.S. contractor and injuring six other Americans, two U.S. officials said on Friday.
It was unclear why the system was not fully functional and what difference that made in defending the base from the attack on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, said on Friday that the air defense’s radar was working but he declined to discuss any other details of the system, citing operational security and an investigation by the military’s Central Command.
It was also unclear whether the attackers had detected that vulnerability and exploited it, or just happened to send the drone at that time, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation...

 

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[Cameramonkey]

Makes you feel so warm and fuzzy inside with our Commander in Chief in charge SMFH

Thank God he isnt REALLY in charge.

 

[BigRed]

Thank God he isnt REALLY in charge.

Don't get too excited.

hussein is...or whomever is controlling that piece of ****.

 

[dieselrealtor]

Conflict in Syria Escalates Following Attack That Killed a U.S. Contractor

U.S. officials said the main air defense system at the coalition base was “not fully operational” at the time of Thursday’s attack, which killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans.

www.nytimes.com

...U.S. Air Defenses ‘Not Fully Operational’ Before Strike Killed American in Syria, Officials Say​

The United States launched retaliatory attacks in eastern Syria about 13 hours after the drone strike. Officials are also investigating what went wrong with the defense system.

March 24, 2023Updated 5:05 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The main air defense system at a coalition military base in northeast Syria was “not fully operational” when a suspected Iranian drone hit the installation, killing a U.S. contractor and injuring six other Americans, two U.S. officials said on Friday.
It was unclear why the system was not fully functional and what difference that made in defending the base from the attack on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, said on Friday that the air defense’s radar was working but he declined to discuss any other details of the system, citing operational security and an investigation by the military’s Central Command.
It was also unclear whether the attackers had detected that vulnerability and exploited it, or just happened to send the drone at that time, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation...

It appears the gaps in our fences are being discovered.

 

[KellyinAvon]

It appears the gaps in our fences are being discovered.

Well ****, that's the same way we know where to send in our stealth aircraft and know where we need to jam the Radar.

WTAF are we in Syria?

 

[dieselrealtor]

Air defenses not fully operational in an area that is hostile toward the US, I don't understand how this could happen. Actually I do, we are spread too thin, extremely weak administration & focused on all the wrong things in our armed forces.

I understand how "some" involvement overseas can work in our best interest, need to work on getting our own backyard cleaned up before working on everyone elses though.

 

[JAL]

US military strikes Iran-backed groups in Syria after American contractor dies in drone attack

The U.S. military on Thursday struck Iranian-funded groups in Syria after a drone strike on a U.S. base in the country killed an American contractor and injured six others, the Pentagon announced.&…

thehill.com

Iran can make fissile material for a bomb 'in about 12 days' - U.S. official

Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days," a top U.S. Defense Department official said on Tuesday, down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect.

www.reuters.com

Just because they can create enough fissile material in 12 days doesn't mean they'll have a functioning and deliverable weapon in 12 days. There's a LOT more to it than a pile of fissile, weapons grade Plutonium, some of which I CANNOT discuss here (or anywhere else). Suffice that you've got to reliably turn that pile near instantaneously into a "critical mass", otherwise it just fizzles out, albeit spewing extremely dirty radioactive and exceptionally chemically poisonous stuff around. Plutonium is extremely lethal chemically, even without considering its nuclear radiation component. A minuscule amount kills. North Korea had the "critical mass" problem for some time plus a reliable delivery issue. Since been solved, for the most part, but it took a while. How fast Iran can get there would be speculation, but it's certainly a lot longer than two weeks.

 

[Route 45]

Some are saying attack "near" the US Consulate in Iraq, some are saying an attack "on" the US Consulate. If it was a direct attack from Iranian territory on the US Consulate, rather than by proxies, this seems like a significant escalation.

Explosions reported near US Consulate in Iraq; Iran claims responsibility

Several explosions were reported near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq, an Iraqi security source told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

 

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[smokingman]

It was planned long ago.

 

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[Leadeye]

Firing rockets at a neighboring Moslem country that does have nukes. Does not sound like a wise course of action.

 

[Kdf101]

Iran is like that kid in school who took three months of karate lessons and now wants to fight everybody. They should be careful, especially with Pakistan.

 

[jsx1043]

Remember when the press and democrats said that Trump would get us into WWIII? Yeah, about that…