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Iran launched nearly three dozen ballistic missiles, including some of the latest in its arsenal, at Israel in three waves early on June 18.
The first wave, which included some 15 missiles, was carried out around 12:40 a.m local time. Just 40 minutes later, the second wave with at least ten missiles was launched. A third wave made up of just five missiles was reported around around 8:00 later in the morning.
Sirens sounded across a large swath of Israel amid the attacks, and dozens of interceptors were launched. Still, multiple impacts were reported in the center of the country, some close to the city of Tel Aviv. At least one of the impact was apparently caused by a failed Arrow interceptor. There were no reports of any casualties by Hebrew media, however.
The Arrow 2 and 3 anti-missile systems were designed to intercept ballistic missiles at altitudes of 50 and 100 kilometers, respectively. Both systems feature complex guidance systems combining infrared and radar homing. They are considered Israel’s first line of defense against ballistic missiles.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps later announced that hypersonic ballistic missiles were used in the early morning attacks.
“The 11th wave of the proud Operation Honest Promise 3 using Fattah-1 missiles” was carried out, the IRGC said in a statement carried by state television, claiming that Iranian forces “have gained complete control over the skies of the occupied territories.”
The Fattah can travel at 13 times the speed of sound and have a range of up to 1,400 kilometers. The missile features a satellite-aided inertial navigation system with a reported circular error probable of 10-25 meters.
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Hypersonic missiles like the Fattah reach their top speed at low altitudes in the atmosphere, which makes them extremely difficult to track and intercept.
Iran has so far launched hundreds of missiles at Israel in response to the ongoing attack on its nuclear program and military capabilities. The attacks, which claimed the lives of at least 24 people and left 500 others wounded, have begun to impact the defensive capabilities of Israel.
The Wall Street Journal reported on June 18, citing a United States official, that Israel was running low on Arrow missile interceptors.
The Arrow system is not however Israel’s only defense against Iranian missiles. The U.S. already has multiple Patriot and THAAD anti-missile systems, as well as Aegis-equipped destroyers deployed in the Middle East to aid in the defense of the country.
U.S. systems will likely take the lead in defending Israel in the coming days. This is not surprising considering that Washington is preparing to join the attack on Iran. It is unclear how the Islamic republic will respond to the U.S. growing involvement.
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it appears that israel’s decapitation strike did not accomplish its objectives, and now the country is facing an unsustainable war of attrition. the imposition of censorship and restrictions on citizens’ movement highlights the growing desperation of the israeli leadership.
the question now is what the usa will do, and how it will get involved.
imho they will. trump is raging and owes big deal to the zionist lobby. i expect the usa to mass bomb iran this very friday (they always choose fridays, even if it’s friday 13, just to annoy the muslims).
more probably friday is chosen to avoid strong reactions in the stocks markets, as they are closed for the week-end.
bombing is all they can do. they cannot do anything else. useless
exactly so that they will put shah reza pahlavi on the throne.
i advise iran to execute all israeli and us-american captured air-pirates/pilots which dared to bomb iran. use the old muslim method of vertical impaling as execution method (the one sultan mehmet but also romanian dracula used) for them. so that everybody from there (usrael) knows that they risk facing an undescribable painful death, the momemt they cross into iranian airspace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/impalement
iran needs to have reserve-government. israel openly declared that they believe that the moment ali khamenei is killed by precision strike, iran will stop all fighting. therefore i say, iran needs to prepare itself, that even if khamnei might get killed, there will still be replacement government for him, which will continue the fight. but beware of “president” pezeshkain, as he is a traitor and works for israel. better kill that guy before things go even worse.
iran have been prepared many hypersonic to wipe off netanyahu, last day he escape because he was visiting damage in buildings and civilians were serving as a human shields
videos of impacts and aftermath in air bases are not allowed, nevatim, ram david. maor and dimona facilies have been targeted and impact of missile have been seen
i believe the iranians have up to fattah 3 generation. they haven’t used all their power yet. they might wait till the americunts start attacking which is i think is going to happen tonight or the night between thursday and friday. hopefully these missiles would make huge casualties in the americunts bases and put pressure on them from their own people
iran has to only to sending missiles and be patient. time isn’t on the side of israhellis and the americunts. they only bomb and you can’t control a country as huge as iran by only bombing. americunts bases and ships would be under fire. i hope that iran can withstand the first few days of americunts bombing. this war isn’t just about iran, but the fate of the world. we don’t want to be slaves for the americunts or israhellis!
they should have scuttled a couple of tankers across the straits of hormuz. make all the maga retards pay $20 a gallon.
it proves beyond any shadow of doubt that iran using their latest missiles –are — reaching israeli strategic targets and the netanyahu has called for help from the usa ,the doubters here are shown to be wrong.
a fifth f-35 was shot down over varamin – iran said at the start they would use their older missiles to use up israeli missiles –now- they are using hypersonic missiles with much bigger payloads so dont need so many missiles to fire at israel and they are accurate to within 10-15 feet.
the iranians were wrong to not include the houthis and north korea in their system of building their nuclear bombs. the iranians were wrong not to seize part of lebanon and syria and place at least chinese air defense systems on it. in any case, the houthis should be much better armed by iran.
watch the sharp decline in launch from iran:
june 13 – 200 missiles
june 14 – 100 missiles
june 15 – 75 missiles
june 16- 50 missiles
june 17 – 30 missiles
keep up the awesome work israel
freepersia from islamic iran
again, a stupid fatass american having trouble understanding what a war of attrition is. 30 missiles just do the job to send every israeli to the shelters several times a day. and a lot of israeli now are thinking that their country is a marvellous place to raise their children. but first they have to make them, because they keep getting recalled in the army.
and the military targets still get hit just fine, as proved by yesterday hits on intelligence targets. there is a real reason why israel imposed stricter censorship and no citizens leaving, and it is certainly not damage assessment for iran. this second passport will seem tempting for a lot of people.
and that is without talking about the massive internal problems israel faces, that have nothing to do with the war, except the desperate need for some israeli politicians to drown them in a never ending war with everyone.
all the jooz are bugging out and fleeing to cyprus by sea in any old tub that will float.
they saving missiles for uncle schlomo…free yourself from talmudic terrorism and “gods chosen” bullshit
actually both the muslim headlobbing islamic pigs are scum, as are the hebrew globalist pediphile bankers.
let these idiots destroy each other…no one care..except the children and goats both of them like to rape.
they doing psychological warfare against the israhelli people. they are sending 10 at the time spread during the day to keep israhellis running back and forward to their racist bomb shelters that doesn’t allow thais or their biggest fans the hindu indians. how long you think they can live like this the israhellis. why you think americunts are coming to their aid. it is because they are getting tired already.
yes but what is important is to score strategically valuable targets. so better hit dimona npp with a volley of 60 from 100 rockets, that sending 10 , 10 , 10 over the day against a city. maybe iran can do botj. send 100 old rockets with some 15 better ones mixed in, over the whole day, while at the same time sending 100 high quality rocjets at dimona, or the ben gurion airport, some large weapons depots etc.
kike clip-tip boy, iran hits valuable targets in israel for which they don’t need salvos after they have already exhausted israhelli air defense as israel is a tiny sliver of eternaly cursed land. they are very well aware that this is us war fought over the corpses of kikes and the y save the ammo for the main prize- yanks and limeys.
yes, that s what i said. -iran should have struck dimona israeli nuclear plant immediately after israel bombed natanz. iran should have shot 200-800 rockets onto that dimona npp alone. that would have been the only appropriate response to the heinous israeli raid. moreover iran needs to keep up firing at least 250 -200 missiles daily in order to always overload/overextend israels iron dome.
shut up idiot,they can not use full attack strategy,they must have a strategic rezerve war with trump is coming
tiny israel….big trouble. they too arrogant. bit off more than they can chew. the jew chew too much
your right on the word “tiny ” israel is a sitting target it would not take a lot of missiles big enough to completely destroy israel – .
like many of those who write here, you are a dreamer who never learns. a child who doesn’t want to grow up.
israel is the united states of the middle east.
that’s why iran, like syria, iraq, and many others, cannot survive without the help of great powers like russia, pakistan, or china.
does any idiot believe that vietnam would have defeated the united states on its own?
maybe you should yourself learn that the usa is a declining and overextened empire, and a for it’s “enormous power”, it just lost to afghanistan, yemen, and russia. who was behind afghanistan ? who was behind yemen ? times have changed, as the only constant is change. vietnam was 50 years ago.
vietnam is still ruled by communists. afghanistan is still ruled by taliban. wow, so much winning. its almost like those wars undone themselves
israel is an appendage of the ussa. on its own, it cannot sustain long term conflict. that is why they take advntage of their “hosts”. ungrateful leeches
israel is just a jewish supremacist organized crime enclave that destabilizes the region. it’s not a great power by any measure beyond its capacity to surveil digital communications.
vietnam did win the united states on its own. it was won through attrition. they didn’t need the ussr, but their support helped them kick the fucking homosexual americans out of their country once and for all. you fucking disgusting jews are done. once “israel” is finished, the whole world will rise up against you child murdering rapist motherfuckers.
khazar russia betrayed syria and iran.have the traitorous rats and worms already rented accommodation for the ayatollah in moscow?
the trolls are back, already cheering the enemy’s downfall before the battle has even begun… sound familiar? don hasn’t been in the best spirits recently. seems like things aren’t unfolding as planned.
as soon as trump gives the order to attack, his mafia regime is finished. maga will be dead within seconds. all those idiots will be burning those stupid red hats. there is not a single legitimately heterosexual american who wants to see their children die in a war for a bunch of ungrateful, filthy rich child murdering rapist jews.
trump’s regime is about to be undone. the orange man’s days are numbered.
have the traitors putler and the ass ad already rented an apartment for the ayatollah in a city full of whores and jews? pedophile rapist trump accepted his jewishness from the clintons and epstein, and putler was born to a jewish woman.
once again, the trolls have returned, celebrating a victory over the enemy before the fight has started. haven’t we seen this kind of thing before? don’s mood hasn’t been great lately. i suspect the plan isn’t going smoothly.
iran’s weakest link is putin’s russia. (yeltsin’s bastard son.)
and if russia demands iran’s capitulation, it’s almost impossible for pakistan, china, or india to dare to help iran in the face of the enormous power of the united states.
zelensky and his gang are in the process of being dumped … why are you coming back to putin ? it does not make any sense. the real power behind iran will be china, because china is a strategic partner of iran at multiple levels. and china has real leverage against the us. look at a map and see that there is only pakistan between iran and china. jeez.
the big problem for the brics and multilateralism is a man who, while israel attacks an important partner, calls trump to wish him a happy birthday and then demands the capitulation of the attacked partner.
i used to think this man was stupid and cowardly; now he seems to me to be a true traitor, just like gorbachev.
there is no demand of capitulation from russia. that is bs propaganda of sub-20% approval rating countries leaders trying to smear putin. because he wins and the west is completely sinking and desperate. ukraine and iran are proofs that the west is desperate to stop the rise of the brics at any cost. and they are failing at that too.
yes- vietnam joined the brics 6 days or so ago the usa is losing the propaganda battle and the economic battle thats why its using sanctions it cannot operate legally using threats and wars – look at rome/greece etc empires come and go.
putin just laugh how thaad air defense missile cannot stop hypersonic missile…so imagine zircon, khinzal, oreshnik, avangard…hitting nato bases in eu.
usa failed againts houttis, homemade missile and drones were flying and even damage petrol vessel and provoked 3 f-18 losses, so imagine againts iran and the use of hypersonic long range antiship missile….
usa #1 had mulatto jizz launched in its anuz today
the joo blueprint to destroy iran was set out in 2009 in a document called “which path to persia?” this details the programme which is now being implemented. basically fake, bogus “hegotiations” as a cover for a joo attack on iran, with the jewsa feigning surprise and non involvement, then joining in directly to destroy the country. the ultimate desired outcome is to impose a gweedo type stooge such as pahlavi as puppet ruler of iran.
they seem to accept this might not be possible, and would settle for the country to be balkanised, broken up, and fought over by competing gangs of jewhadi proxy thugs like libya or like jewlani in syria. ideally they would like to rape and loot the country as they did under their puppet the shah, but they would accept its complete destrucrion like gaza. this is what the jooz do. they are a curse on humanity.
and there has been total consistency in this policy, regardless of which bought and paid for whore is larping as us president. bush, obomber, creepy joe, chumpo, it makes no difference whatever.
some of these ironic doom and david’s ding-a-ling missiles have obviously been hacked by the iranians. they go haywire immediately after take off and crash into tower blocks. so these missiles are doing the iranians’ job for them. heheheh.
ussa’s putrid zionazi albatross will take it to hell with the chosenite abomination. isn’t karma wonderful