Gerald of Hillwood@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoIran retaliates, fires missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraqwww.al-monitor.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1266arrow-down1external-linkIran retaliates, fires missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraqwww.al-monitor.comGerald of Hillwood@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down16·14 hours agoSame way the U.S. flew war planes all the way to Iran.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25·14 hours agoIran has no ability to do that.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours agoIran’s friends Russia and China certainly do.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·13 hours agoI’m not sure those two really do. Any Russian claims have been proven suspect, and China’s force protection has always been their Achilles heel.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoReally? https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/06/12/navy-deployed-3-destroyers-planes-monitor-russian-submarine-and-frigate-off-florida-coast.html https://nypost.com/2024/06/12/us-news/four-russian-warships-including-a-nuclear-sub-now-sitting-200-miles-off-the-coast-of-florida/ https://news.usni.org/2023/03/23/northcom-russia-close-to-persistent-nuclear-cruise-missile-attack-sub-presence-off-u-s-coasts https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2023-04-26/u-s-russian-subs-in-atlantic-more-active-than-weve-seen-them-in-years
minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 hours agoI can cont on 0 hands how many airbases Iran has access to near the US.
Same way the U.S. flew war planes all the way to Iran.
Iran has no ability to do that.
Iran’s friends Russia and China certainly do.
I’m not sure those two really do. Any Russian claims have been proven suspect, and China’s force protection has always been their Achilles heel.
Really?
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/06/12/navy-deployed-3-destroyers-planes-monitor-russian-submarine-and-frigate-off-florida-coast.html
https://nypost.com/2024/06/12/us-news/four-russian-warships-including-a-nuclear-sub-now-sitting-200-miles-off-the-coast-of-florida/
https://news.usni.org/2023/03/23/northcom-russia-close-to-persistent-nuclear-cruise-missile-attack-sub-presence-off-u-s-coasts
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2023-04-26/u-s-russian-subs-in-atlantic-more-active-than-weve-seen-them-in-years
I can cont on 0 hands how many airbases Iran has access to near the US.