| deskpro2k3 said: I'm hearing rumors Iran's missile strike on Israel airbase took out over 20 F-35 jets. That's like watching $2.18 billion USD disappear in a firework show. At $109 million per jet, you'd think they'd come with a better warranty. But hey, it could just be one of those wild internet rumors like the time people thought you could charge your iPhone in the microwave. |
That's the rumors I just talked about in the last post. Coming from the Hindustan Times.
They claim the empty parking spots suggest planes were hit / destroyed. There's no debris and flight operations have been ongoing. Of course planes are 'missing', they're on bombing runs...
Then they go on to claim some missiles hit near nuclear facilities according to the WSJ.
However the last time WSJ reported anything about missiles hitting near nuclear facilities was on Apr 19 when Israel retaliated for Iran's big fireworks show retaliation for the attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-activates-air-defenses-and-cancels-flights-27b6d416
Blasts reported near Isfahan, central city home to nuclear, military sites; Iranian state media plays down incident
NPR did some analysis
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5140058/satellite-images-dozens-iranian-missiles-struck-near-israeli-air-base
Researchers counted about 32 points where missiles landed around Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel. Israel says no fighter jets were destroyed and the base continues to operate.
The imagery, taken by the company Planet the day after the strike, shows damaged hangars, buildings, taxiways, and a crater on one of the runways at Nevatim Airbase. Videos posted to social media showed multiple warheads striking the base during the Oct. 1 attack by Iran.
A detail of satellite imagery from the company Planet shows damage on one of the runways.
Israel and the U.S. have downplayed the attack, which Israel says consisted of roughly 180 ballistic missiles. Israel said many were intercepted by its missile defenses. Two U.S. destroyers also fired about a dozen interceptors to try and blunt the strike.
Dmage to planes is possible, for example one could have been in the hangar which was struck. Yet the IDF remains tight lipped, no pictures from the actual damage, no reporters allowed on the bases.
It's standard operating procedure, play down damage, make it appear the attack has failed to keep up your image. Iran did the same as you can see in the WSJ article.
However, the intent was to show Israel can be hit, that the Iron Dome can be overwhelmed. Hence Iran calls it a success while Israel/US calls it a failure.
In the end, still one person died
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-overnight-deaths-school-1.7339849
Hundreds of mourners gathered in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday for the funeral of a Palestinian man from Gaza, who was the sole fatality in Iran's missile attack against Israel a day earlier.
Sameh Khadr Hassan Al-Asali, 38, had been staying in a Palestinian security forces compound in the West Bank when he was killed by falling missile debris during Tuesday's attack, which Israel said was largely thwarted by its air defence systems.
And Iran did attack a target embedded in civilian infrastructure (Mossad building). Even though there are bomb shelters, not everyone can reach them in time and it won't help you much if a building collapses on top of the shelter. The bomb shelters do help protect from falling debris (thousands of pounds of 'inert' missile falling down at terminal velocity) It's still a war crime. The GZ video does show civilian infrastructure was hit.
