Gerald of Hillwood@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIran retaliates, fires missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraqwww.al-monitor.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1337arrow-down1external-linkIran retaliates, fires missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraqwww.al-monitor.comGerald of Hillwood@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down17·3 days agoSame way the U.S. flew war planes all the way to Iran.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 days agoIran has no ability to do that.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoIran’s friends Russia and China certainly do.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days 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-up4·3 days 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-up7·3 days 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.