US and Iran conflict thread. ( merged threads)

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

I haven't seen that yet, but they are ~60 years old.

Satire. Too soon?

 

[holdover]

I don't think their drones can hit the west coast. Unless they are launched from the west coast...

Obviously they dont have the range to hit us from Asia. But they sure can hit us . commercial , and fishing ships, drones purchased in the US and modified. Parts smuggled in from the southern border . suicide or modified Cessna planes loaded with explosives , drones fired from Canada or mexico . If they have the means, motive and opportunity they can do it

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

Satire. Too soon?

Wouldn't it be ironic if it ran out of fuel?

 

[holdover]

We might have saved them if we had a little more oil.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Satire. Too soon?

I'm not being the least bit sarcastic at all.

I was pointing out that they are old planes in case anyone didn't know. But aircraft also don't age like cars. They have a very long life span of properly maintained.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Obviously they dont have the range to hit us from Asia. But they sure can hit us . commercial , and fishing ships, drones purchased in the US and modified. Parts smuggled in from the southern border . suicide or modified Cessna planes loaded with explosives , drones fired from Canada or mexico . If they have the means, motive and opportunity they can do it

I know you know this stuff but bringing it into the discussion to prove your point.

Look at the club K missiles.
Look at what the ukranians did in Russia to the Russian bombers with operation spiderweb.

It doesn't take a genius to come up with an idea to load up some harmless looking containers on a ship and deploy them from off the coast...

 

[Tisto]

Planes and ships don't last forever no matter how well they're maintained. Critical structures weaken and eventually fail. Many of those failure points are in places that are impossible or nearly impossible to inspect. Metals of all types fatigue and either become soft or brittle leading to failure. Micro cracks can turn into structural instability very fast.

 

[Defilade]

Obviously they dont have the range to hit us from Asia. But they sure can hit us . commercial , and fishing ships, drones purchased in the US and modified. Parts smuggled in from the southern border . suicide or modified Cessna planes loaded with explosives , drones fired from Canada or mexico . If they have the means, motive and opportunity they can do it

Or maybe its the FBI. You know, like the ones that dressed up as Trump supporters during Jan 6.

 

[CaseHardened]

Accidents happen....

 

[spat]

TAMPA, Fla. -- U.S. Central Command is aware of the loss of a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft. The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing. Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely.

This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.

https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4432850/loss-of-us-kc-135-over-iraq/

Arial Refueling is dangerous. Accidents happen.

It's also something that is done continuously war or no war.

This is rhe airborne equivalent of a traffic accident, could have happened stateside just as easily.

 

[spat]

Obviously they dont have the range to hit us from Asia. But they sure can hit us . commercial , and fishing ships, drones purchased in the US and modified. Parts smuggled in from the southern border . suicide or modified Cessna planes loaded with explosives , drones fired from Canada or mexico . If they have the means, motive and opportunity they can do it

At that point it's just bog standard terrorism.

They could load up a truck full of fertilizer too. They've done it before, and the only way they won't do it again is if they're dead.

So far the only POTUS in 40 years that's worked on the only way to prevent that is Trump.