@humphrey ...is a waste of effort. They are relatively simple to repair and won't be out of operation for long. Better targets are fuel and ammo dumps, fuel trucks, associated with the airfield, the control tower, barracks, and other support structures, radars, air defense batteries and other electronic equipment associated with the runway, etc. imo. They can be replaced as well but it degrades the functioning of the airfield as a whole lot more than cutting the runway. I question whether this sort of missile attack can be done with that precision. Ideally, you would like to catch the fighter/bombers, tanker aircraft as well parked on or near the aprons, but they are probably bunkered to some extent.

I'm really questioning the value of such an attack as a whole. I think the distance from Iran proper is an issue affecting the survivability of the missiles, drones and cruise missiles. The long time enroute makes them easier to detect and intercept. In terms of ballistic missiles their ballistics are easier to calculate because of their necessarily higher apogees, for a fire control solution. I'm thinking cruise missiles and drones would operate enroute at higher altitudes for the extra mileage. This makes them vulnerable. When I saw the videos of the night time attack near Jerusalem or wherever it was, the altitude of their apparent approach seemed way too high for a terminal profile, unless they were all ballistic missiles which I doubt, again making them easier to detect and intercept. Another disadvantage of this sort of missile/drone attack is limited payload.

I think the reasons the Russians don't have this problem other than having already wiped out the air defense structure of Ukraine to a considerable degree is because of their close proximity to the target area. This allows lower altitude ingress through out the flight profile which makes detection a greater problem.

South Korea has an Iron Dome system integrated with US air defense missiles as far as I know. The problem for South Korea, and the US as well in South Korea, is that the short distance from North Korea to South Korean targets flattens the approach of shorter ranged ballistic missiles, and their maneuverable terminal phase makes them difficult to acquire in the short time allowed, and only allows a very brief window for fire control solutions.

An example of the advantage of low altitude ingress was the failure of South Korea to detect and successfully intercept four or five North Korean drones which entered their airspace at one time in December 2022. One of which entered the prohibited zone in Seoul over the presidential office building. My understanding is that the drones returned to North Korea without intercept.

Almost every time a medium range BM is tested by North Korea, the South Korean military and Japan both have difficulty projecting the last stages of the ballistic missiles approach, because of late detection, flattened double apogee, and maneuverable terminable phase. I don't think Israelis had this problem because of the duration of ingress and altitudes of ingress of Iranian missiles and drones. All imo only from my own unclassified sources and analysis. I could be completely wrong, there is little information to go on. One always would prefer to have precise flight and bda data. All in all, I regard the Iranian attack as largely ineffective unless it was launched primarily to collect emissions or other data for info to use in subsequent attacks. Perhaps Israel is concealing a lot of damage, we don't know.

SOTA missile and drone attack depicted in this graphic by South Korean military analyst Shin In-kyun. He's very conservative, but sometimes he gets into detail on tactical issues and arms acquisition.

The graphic is intended to reflect North Korean adoption of successful Russian offensive missile tactics recently observed in Ukraine. Shin raised the issue for two reasons. First, because of the lack of an effective response to the North Korean drone incursions into South Korea Dec. 26. So he's assuming a coordinated strike by North Korea could be similar to a coordinated Russian missile strike. Second because he's making a sales pitch to the ROK for an Israeli close in defense system, MADIS, that the USMC bought, in 2013, according to Shin. He's also recommending the Israeli Tamir missile in combination with the Iron Dome system.

Hamas beheaded babies and raped many female Israelis issue this statement.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-796882

At 7:15 am IDF Spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari said that 99% of the aerial threats were shot down, which he said was a strategic achievement.

Zero of the close to 200 drones and zero of the 30 cruise missiles got through to Israeli territory at all.

Twenty five of the 30 cruise missiles were shot down by Israel.

Oops they must have missed this one and there is no proof that the F-35 shown taxing was taken today.

The Israel Defense Force has released Footage showing Engineers of the Israeli Air Force in the process of Repairing a Hole in the Runway at Nevatim Airbase in the Negev Desert of Southern Israel; which was reported to have been the Primary Target of Large-Scale Iranian Attack… pic.twitter.com/Q0fkEEVANz

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 14, 2024

@humphrey
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the weakness of the UN is being exposed by playing favorites.
A loss of respect and an obvious lack of authority undermines
their mission.

Thanks for serving up this bit of exposure.

Russia at the UN: "What happened on the night of April 14 did not happen in a vacuum. Iran's steps were a response to the shameful inaction of the UN Security Council [and] a response to Israel's blatant attack on Damascus... by no means the first. Syria is constantly being… pic.twitter.com/5E8EuRySfX

— COMBATE (@upholdreality) April 14, 2024

@MrWebster

that connects Ogden to the freeway and is above 30 miles long. It took them 3-4 years to make the 2 lane a 4 lane with off ramps instead of stop lights. Even though the lanes shifted while it was being done there wasn’t must delay to traffic. Compare that to the added lane on I-15…lane changes were so drastic and confusing and hap hazard there were accidents daily.

And compare that to bridge work through a 5 mile canyon. It took over 5 years to complete and there miles of cones making it a single lane. I’d go through the canyon and never see one worker, but the lane was still closed. I traveled the canyon 2-3 times a month and the picture never changed. And of course there was always someone who would go 40 in the 55….
I guess fast lane hoggers are the same everywhere. But I wonder why there was such a difference in construction companies?

I was shocked at the state of the highway system...the roads were in bad condition.

We the US that is spends big money on infrastructure and nothing looks to done. WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO TO? What about the money that was spent on creating fast rail in Southern CA?? The bridge work between portland and vancouver washington? The list goes on. We the USA have become Ukraine before Ukr was known for the utter graft. Thing is, in the USA the graft is hidden with layers of regulations and laws to cover it upo.

Oh also, the thing in the Middle East. The death cult lunatics are in charge, and there will be war, big war.

@humphrey

So many pro rapture folks are going to be surprised when they see that they have been left behind after the rapture. Hagee has been dreaming of bringing it about that he has lost what the word of gawd means. I’d be lmao at him if it hit tomorrow, but I won’t be around to see it.

I did read the left behind series right before 9/11 and I certainly don’t want to be there after it happens. You think things are bad now? One thing that the books didn’t cover was how the supply chain would collapse.

BTW I couldn't be bothered to view the video considering both the speaker and the subject.

It has begun https://t.co/KKBPmjkqDK

— SIMPLICIUS (@simpatico771) April 15, 2024

@usefewersyllables
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RUS vs. UKR -- unprovoked
Hamas vs. Israel -- unprovoked
Iran vs. Israel -- unprovoked
maybe Yemen and Hezbollah vs. Israel
-- unprovoked?

Don't buy it.

again this morning. Coulda knocked me over with a feather.

Let's see how the rest of the week fares, after Israel responds to what the local press has the gall to call an "unprovoked attack by Iran". I nearly threw a shoe at the teevee.

"Unprovoked"? How the hell do they live with themselves, these uncritical stenographers?
The gaslighting is going to kill us all, by anoxia- as a result of displacing all the oxygen from the room.