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Hearkens back to the Blitz in WW2. Interestingly Hezbollah has not fired a single shot at Israel! The attack on the hospital may be a tipping point, pictures now show the Iranians used cluster munitions on the hospital.

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That’s because we mistakenly thought the Afghans could read… I mean TV signal is just TV signal. And it’s really easy to out broadcast your opponents propaganda source when your opponent signal tower is a bent pile of burnt metal and you are orbiting above their capital with impunity. It’s funny that people on the other side keep posting videos of Tehran like “the lights are still on!” Yeah… we wouldn’t want you to miss anything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pretty sure we did the same thing in the gulf wars with EC-130's

I don't. The Paks were terrible "allies" and the ISI did play both sides (US & AQ & even Taliban). I'd label Pakistan a passive adversary. But what Iran did was use state funded university engineers to design weapons specifically to increase IED lethality, then send IRGC commandos into Iraq to train/advise/assist Shia militia employing those weapons against us. They killed hundreds of our guys, we knew it & could prove it, and on a tactical level guys made valiant efforts to fight it. But at a senior level, we let it happen because decisive reprisal was a bridge to far for the feckless Bush administration. Lawman is right about events since then shaping the present battle space advantageously. But those things left an impression on me and it stuck. What do you think? Do you think Pakistan was a more disruptive influence than Iran? I didn't play in OEF till 09, it was all OIF 04-08 so there's a lot I don't know about Pak influence.

We just drop leaflets

Jesus… This is like a Master level course on how to conduct multi domain warfare https://x.com/i/web/status/1935406006344822975 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What it should do it remind a lot of our Intel people, and more importantly “Theirs” that Air Supremacy is still achievable and our quiver of options may be just as brutally effective. 96 hours to full and total disintegration… if I’m a Red commander I’m not thinking how quickly and how much can you do across a body of water under that kind of a time table. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Concur. But don’t think D-SEAD (didn’t we use to just call that DEAD) nor EA has been the game changer. If I had to guess, there is some serious non-kinetics/cyber employed that have allowed Israel to so quickly degrade Iranian IADS. Whatever it is - good on em’!

Gotcha, tactical retreat vs turned into twisted parts. I was surprised the Russians didn’t push them or kinda make it a deal or no deal offer for their MiG-35. They need / want to keep MiG in business and as they only operate them for one of their aero teams, I figured they would tell them after X number of drones delivered it’s this or nothing. As they already have 29s, seems like a way of telling them these are the planes you really want. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

E-7 doing cool shit https://www.twz.com/air/mq-28-ghost-bats-controlled-from-e-7-wedgetail-in-loyal-wingman-test Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Russia got their drones, Iran never got their ghost airframes they were promised. There were MIG-29's scrambling the first night but they all flew south from what i've seen.

Didn’t the Iranians get Flanker 35s in exchange for drones with Russians? Ran away or still being hidden? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think the day the F-35 has an actual airplane to its credit, they’ll wish more than anything that it hadn’t. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, persistent presence missions I agree will mostly be filled by unmanned systems but I’ll still argue for the need for some manned capabilities, particularly for dynamic/short term missions, what exactly that looks like is not my call but I see an overlapping of effects required in major future conflicts, a sensor-shooter-node in the link of systems, being optionally manned gives you the best of both worlds IMO.

I do. Fuck Pakistan; they’re right up there with Iran on the list of POS countries that deserve far worse than what they’ve actually received.

I dunno, maybe not post stupid policy stuff when you work at policy for JCS? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pentagon-removes-key-middle-east-officer-over-posts-blasting-israel-as-death-cult-and-america-s-worst-ally/ar-AA1GYF8b?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=33d1f0ceaf2c48ca8b023f6ba6a7f882&ei=191 We are entitled to our personal opinions. We are not entitled to post policy differences with our elected leaders while wearing the uniform. Resign. Or be fired/'voluntarily' retired. This guy, apparently, opted for the latter. Book deal and MSNBC TV hit likely inbound as well...

I could see this as well as other variants like Sea Guardian etc taking over for most manned platforms for surveillance utilized by CBP DHS and USCG. Especially as AI improves. I was watching American Made the other day and I'm sure Barry Seals would have had a much tougher time against a 24/7 integrated network of these platforms. As brabus said it's the world we live in.

Oh, I'm sorry. So this never happened?

Hey man, I'm in the process of applying to guard squadrons just like you, and I haven't been hired yet, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Apart from the flight hours, you seem to have a strong applicant profile. I can definitely relate to the struggle of paying for flight hours these days. It's not unheard of for people to get hired by a squadron with very limited flight experience, it just means you're going to have to compensate in other ways. I think your best bet would be to rush squadrons and show your face around as much as you can. Send emails, phone calls, make connections on forums like this, whatever you can. I know that going around the country and rushing squadrons can become expensive in and of itself, but I genuinely think having positive interactions with squadron members is more valuable than the equivalent cost in flight hours. I have rushed two squadrons so far and both went really well. Both squadrons are hosting hiring boards this summer, so I'll let you know if there are any positive developments after interview invites are sent out. Best of luck on your journey and let me know if you ever want to chat about anything.

Is anybody else secretly hoping the Iranians manage to get just 1x jet in the Air and have it square off with a 35. And then the 35 gets 1x more Air to Air kill than the Raptor…. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gabbard is off message, probably because of Middle East sympathies (imo). No idea why, just like no real idea why she visited Syria back then. She either has to shut up or resign or she'll get mean tweeted and fired.

just curious...do you feel the same about Pakistan?

Until the Hezbollah missile threat was gone this was never on the table. Lebanon being destroyed and Syria falling was a shaping operation to allow for this, otherwise things in Israel would be far uglier than right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They could sink some tankers and do quite a bit of damage. 25% of global crude passes through.