***** "Winter is Coming to Iran" [Military Action Thread]*****

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Dirty_Mike&the_boys
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 9:43a, 2/28/26
OnlyForNow said:
Any indication of what that was?

Looks like a Ballistic Missile that was likely partially disable by a defense system
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9:43a, 2/28/26
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9:45a, 2/28/26



At this point, too late. This should have been the effort months ago from them.
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9:46a, 2/28/26
"We're going to turn this red Prius into a soup kitchen!"
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In reply to 45-70Ag • 9:46a, 2/28/26
45-70Ag said:



At this point, too late. This should have been the effort months ago from them.


#3 has always been the issue. Rest of those are meaningless.
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9:47a, 2/28/26
I'm here for the regime change! Will be very interested to see how much of their air force made it into the air and which US air superiority platforms saw the most action. Did the F22 finally get to bust a nut in air-air combat?
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In reply to 45-70Ag • 9:47a, 2/28/26
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3. Iran will not give up their "right" to enrich uranium

Stopped reading right here...
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In reply to 45-70Ag • 9:49a, 2/28/26
lol. The response should be, we're just going to be sure you can't build any bombs reaching anything.
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In reply to agent-maroon • 9:50a, 2/28/26
agent-maroon said:
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3. Iran will not give up their "right" to enrich uranium

Stopped reading right here...
we are not asking now, just going to make it happen
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In reply to Dirty_Mike&the_boys • 9:53a, 2/28/26
Yes that is a booster or remnants of a ballistic. That's where we saw some civilian casualties last summer. They get intercepted high in the air but they have to come down somewhere. The warheads are typically destroyed but the boosters/ body of the missiles still carry a lot of kinetic force when they hit something on the ground.
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In reply to JFABNRGR • 9:54a, 2/28/26
JFABNRGR said:
Psycho Bunny said:


I suspect the strong support of the Iranian people for change was a significant factor in Trump ordering the operation.

God speed to our military, the IDF, and even the Iranians who want freedom from tyranny.


This

We don't want to occupy Iran

We want a strong pro-US civilian population ready to take the reigns and replace the Mullahs

There has never been a better time in terms of their civilians finally having enough and ready to topple the regime
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In reply to Dirty_Mike&the_boys • 9:56a, 2/28/26
So we're flying B2's in broad daylight without any particular fanfare. Let there be no doubt that we & the Israelis own their airspace.
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In reply to 45-70Ag • 9:56a, 2/28/26
45-70Ag said:



At this point, too late. This should have been the effort months ago from them.


LOL, I think the US military definitely knows how to "reach out" when they want something.
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9:57a, 2/28/26
The trick here is to watch and see if this is just a decapitation of the Iranian leadership, thus allowing a more democratic government to come forward.

We'll see.
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In reply to agent-maroon • 9:58a, 2/28/26
I don't know about B-52. We have several bunker buster munitions (as does Israel) that can be carried by smaller planes. I believe Israel used their F-15s against Hezbollah's leader last summer and just pounded the same spot with multiple bombs from multiple planes.

We also have the B-1.
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9:59a, 2/28/26
Iran has fired on everyone in the region, it's getting real and they have nowhere to hide. Iran launched ballistic missiles targeting US military bases in Gulf states like the UAE (Al Dhafra in Abu Dhabi), Bahrain (5th Fleet HQ), Qatar, and Kuwait. UAE defenses intercepted most; confirmed debris killed one civilian so far in Abu Dhabi.

This is the end of the regime
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9:59a, 2/28/26
It will not be possible for the Iranian regime to survive if they have already lost air superiority.
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9:59a, 2/28/26
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In reply to Aggie-Clausewitz • 10:00a, 2/28/26
Their naval bases have been taken out. Anything they try to do to intervene would be ground-based. They do have some ground to ship drone capability as we saw from their besties in Yemen.
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In reply to agent-maroon • 10:01a, 2/28/26
agent-maroon said:
So we're flying B2's in broad daylight without any particular fanfare. Let there be no doubt that we & the Israelis own their airspace.
I was gonna say - are we just flying totally uncontested in their airspace!?
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In reply to Aggie-Clausewitz • 10:01a, 2/28/26
Aggie-Clausewitz said:


Translation: we didn't really want to keep our navy anyways
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In reply to Aggie-Clausewitz • 10:02a, 2/28/26
Sounds like an expensive way to create artificial reefs for Iran.
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In reply to 45-70Ag • 10:02a, 2/28/26
lol it's a little late Iran
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10:03a, 2/28/26
Iran has no control over their airspace at this time.
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10:03a, 2/28/26


Zero chill from Israel

Translation:

They published this at the exact minute they were bombing the Ayatollah's house.

They play in a different league.
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In reply to YouBet • 10:03a, 2/28/26
YouBet said:
45-70Ag said:



At this point, too late. This should have been the effort months ago from them.


#3 has always been the issue. Rest of those are meaningless.

The time for diplomacy has passed.

We can't negotiate with terrorists.
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In reply to Maroon Dawn • 10:03a, 2/28/26
Maroon Dawn said:
JFABNRGR said:
Psycho Bunny said:


I suspect the strong support of the Iranian people for change was a significant factor in Trump ordering the operation.

God speed to our military, the IDF, and even the Iranians who want freedom from tyranny.


This

We don't want to occupy Iran

We want a strong pro-US civilian population ready to take the reigns and replace the Mullahs

There has never been a better time in terms of their civilians finally having enough and ready to topple the regime


This
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In reply to Dirty_Mike&the_boys • 10:03a, 2/28/26
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
Iran has fired on everyone in the region, it's getting real and they have no where to hide

This is the end of the regime

Yep. Sounds like a flailing, dying animal for sure.
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In reply to Fitch • 10:04a, 2/28/26
Some very early reports that Iran was able to scramble some Mig-29s but nothing confirmed. Good information coming out of Iran or anywhere else is difficult to find.

Israel had freedom of the skies after day one of their strikes over the summer. Iran has a lot of homegrown air defense systems that were basically copycats of Russian crap and they failed spectacularly last year.

I think the assumption was China had given them some stuff but Chinese anti-air assets have exactly been reliable either,
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10:04a, 2/28/26
In the bigger geo picture, this is about:

1) cutting off Iranian support to terrorists like Hamas and Hezbollah and Houthis that destabilize the region

2) Less military support to Russia

3) (Most important) Another major supplier of Chinese Oil (along with Venezuela) no longer available
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In reply to Fitch • 10:05a, 2/28/26
Fitch said:
Yeah, that's kinda big
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In reply to ErnestEndeavor • 10:05a, 2/28/26
ErnestEndeavor said:
I don't know about B-52. We have several bunker buster munitions (as does Israel) that can be carried by smaller planes. I believe Israel used their F-15s against Hezbollah's leader last summer and just pounded the same spot with multiple bombs from multiple planes.

We also have the B-1.


Based my comment on this search result:

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Other Aircraft Considerations: While the B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer have the payload capacity to carry the MOP and were used in testing, they are not currently configured for operational use with this weapon. The B-52 was used in early MOP drop tests, but neither it nor the B-1 is considered survivable in the high-threat environments where the MOP would likely be needed. The C-130 Hercules and other large transport aircraft have been theorized as potential platforms, but such modifications remain hypothetical and impractical for combat use.

But who knows what they're really capable of
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In reply to ErnestEndeavor • 10:06a, 2/28/26
ErnestEndeavor said:
Some very early reports that Iran was able to scramble some Mig-29s but nothing confirmed. Good information coming out of Iran or anywhere else is difficult to find.

Israel had freedom of the skies after day one of their strikes over the summer. Iran has a lot of homegrown air defense systems that were basically copycats of Russian crap and they failed spectacularly last year.

I think the assumption was China had given them some stuff but Chinese anti-air assets have exactly been reliable either,


F35 or f22 hunting opportunity
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10:06a, 2/28/26
Rockets incoming to Tel Aviv
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In reply to Maroon Dawn • 10:07a, 2/28/26
Maroon Dawn said:
In the bigger geo picture, this is about:

1) cutting off Iranian support to terrorists like Hamas and Hezbollah and Houthis that destabilize the region

2) Less military support to Russia

3) (Most important) Another major supplier of Chinese Oil (along with Venezuela) no longer available


point three is important.
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