Israeli strikes on Iran (2024, 2025, etc.)

[OldSolduer]

Do those guys just sit under water for 6 months at a time waiting to end the world?

Three months I believe. And each boomer has two crews so the op tempo is pretty high.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Do those guys just sit under water for 6 months at a time waiting to end the world?

Yes, and then it’s Miller Time.

 

[Good2Golf]

Wouldn't even begin to guess at what kind of blast they get out of a 30,000 lb buster buster, which I'm assuming also does a directed blast with some kind of penetration fire, but probably less about shock hardening then being vapourized.

‘Notable’

AFX-757, ‘just’ 4,300lbs of it, isn’t insignificant…especially 200’ deep into hard rock.

Lets ask our friends at the People’s Liberation Army Engineering Research Institute in Bejing how the USAF’s GBU-57’s primary explosive performs…

*Assessment of the lethal effect of a 500 kg deep-earth penetrating warhead striking underground confined space

 

[Quirky]

Developing, it's definitely on now.

Iran says launched missiles to US airbase in Qatar, Iraq base on alert, sirens heard in Bahrain

Irans military is about to be wiped off the map.

 

[YZT580]

Irans military is about to be wiped off the map.

Certainly if they were on mobile launchers the drivers have got the peddle to the metal and the rear view mirrors looking skyward for little black dots

 

[Remius]

Irans military is about to be wiped off the map.

Looking like this was the typical symbolic retaliation. Likely a signal that Iran is looking to de-escalate.

 

[Good2Golf]

Looking like this was the typical symbolic retaliation. Likely a signal that Iran is looking to de-escalate.

IRN even said the 14 missiles were 1:1 for each bomb the U.S. dropped.

So, for now…they’re even.

Back to our regular programming…

 

[Navy_Pete]

‘Notable’

AFX-757, ‘just’ 4,300lbs of it, isn’t insignificant…especially 200’ deep into hard rock.

Lets ask our friends at the People’s Liberation Army Engineering Research Institute in Bejing how the USAF’s GBU-57’s primary explosive performs…

Radware Bot Manager Captcha

That's amazing, thanks. I'm not smart enough to follow the calculus behind the modeling, but the fun part of all that is that at some point you get to validate the model with experiments, which is where it's fun to do practical science with the big giant brain theorists.

There are also models where you can detonate things in a 3D model of a city and see what happens, which is useful for looking at vulnerabilities to different attacks, but on the flip side also means someone can use it to maximize an attack, and all generally on public record as it started out for earthquakes or something similar.

We use that on warship for vulnerability assesment (which is all public records) but would be curious if building people use it for bunkers, or if they just go full 1940s german engineer.

 

[OldSolduer]

‘Notable’

AFX-757, ‘just’ 4,300lbs of it, isn’t insignificant…especially 200’ deep into hard rock.

Lets ask our friends at the People’s Liberation Army Engineering Research Institute in Bejing how the USAF’s GBU-57’s primary explosive performs…

*Assessment of the lethal effect of a 500 kg deep-earth penetrating warhead striking underground confined space

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So what would a blast like that do to the rock etc in that area? Blow it to smithereens AND heat it so much it turns to glass?

 

[KevinB]

Odds are given how populist my President is - this is just the beginning.

Survey shows surge in support for US leadership in foreign affairs

Almost two-thirds of respondents in the Reagan Institute poll pushed for a bigger role for U.S. leaders on the global stage.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[lenaitch]

Odds are given how populist my President is - this is just the beginning.

Survey shows surge in support for US leadership in foreign affairs

Almost two-thirds of respondents in the Reagan Institute poll pushed for a bigger role for U.S. leaders on the global stage.

www.militarytimes.com

I'm not sure how reflective that is in relation to current events; the survey was pre-Dec 2024.

Then again, according to the poll, it seems there is little room to go except up:

Faith in the military easily outpaced trust in the White House (22%), the Supreme Court (21%) and Congress (9%).

 

[KevinB]

I'm not sure how reflective that is in relation to current events; the survey was pre-Dec 2024.

I missed that - thanks

Then again, according to the poll, it seems there is little room to go except up:

Fair.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Still found opportunity to glaze his boss in Moscow.

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Reads exactly like something written by a high schooler in the early Facebook days.

Medvedev (via x.com): I didn't say USSR 2.0 was going to offer nukes ....

 

[KevinB]

Medvedev (via x.com): I didn't say USSR 2.0 was going to offer nukes ....
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So he wants the US to keep going?

 

[The Bread Guy]

So he wants the US to keep going?

Anything other than a clear no, right? After all, his bosses won't bitch toooooooooo much as oil goes up in price (in spite of POTUS47's well-thought-out social post).

 

[Maxman1]

I have a better idea.

Gaza - with a pride multi color alphabet shirt on.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927703999223824502

 

[CBH99]

too true. The west's record of facilitating regime change from dictator to democracy isn't really very good. i.e. Libya, Afghanistan

The west's record of facilitating regime change from democracy to dictator on the other hand...

 

[Fabius]

Ceasefire?
No word from Israel or Iran yet…

'Do not drop those bombs,' Trump warns Israel after it vows 'powerful strikes' on Iran - live updates

Trump uses an expletive as he criticises Israel and Iran after both sides accuse each other of breaking the ceasefire.

www.bbc.com

 

[The Bread Guy]

MSM split for now .,,

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-iranian-official-confirms-tehran-agreeing-to-ceasefire/

Iranian official denies ceasefire, Trump announces end of Israel war | The Jerusalem Post

The comments came shortly before US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

www.jpost.com

… as per initial report caveats.

 

[brihard]

MSM split for now .,,

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-iranian-official-confirms-tehran-agreeing-to-ceasefire/

Iranian official denies ceasefire, Trump announces end of Israel war | The Jerusalem Post

The comments came shortly before US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

www.jpost.com

… as per initial report caveats.

Lots of ‘right now’ reports of heavy bombing in Tehran, and attacks on at least one base in Iraq. The ceasefire is supposed to take effect in minutes. We’ll have to see if all of the necessary stakeholders are actually on side with this plan.