Re: Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel

On 10/4/2024 6:12 PM, JAB wrote:

On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:33:40 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
 

Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict
grows

  Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli
air base
...
...
Based on preliminary calculations of what happened at Nevatim, Lewis
believes a substantial number of Iranian missiles may have reached
their targets.
 "If Nevatim is representative, that would suggest that more than half
got through," he says.
...
..
"It may be that they just don't have that many Arrow 2 and Arrow 3
missiles," Lewis says. If that were true, then "the Iranians have
succeeded in overwhelming the system and the Israelis have had to pick
and choose."
 https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5140058/satellite-images-dozens-iranian-missiles-struck-near-israeli-air-base

Iran is not the Lebanese Army, Hezbollah, and certainly not Hamas; and the Israelis know it. American aircraft carriers don't enter the Gulf region for an enemy it knows Israel can handle. Sad, but American soldiers are going to die for Israel and that's not right.
--
Dr. Auric D. Hellman
adhellman1@gmail.com