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To: Steven Tyler
Israel lost a lot of leverage this past weekend.

Iran lost more than leverage. They lost credibility and their most capable weapons, fear and intimidation.

There were 30 cruise missiles and 110 ballistic missiles by one estimate. Those weapons are not cheap drones. All but a few ballistic missiles were shot down. What is getting little discussion is how effective the Middle East Air Defense worked. Four countries shot down 300 missiles in eight hours over the 1,000 miles from Iran to Israel. Given all the complaints about western air defense since the Gulf Wars to Ukraine, it is surprising that this is not getting more attention.

Iran spent years and billions building up its missile forces. Their most feared attack was shot down in a night. Iran has no friends, and lots of enemies who just showed they can stand up to them. That has got to have the Iranian leadership worried about what comes next.

19 posted on 04/15/2024 6:17:24 AM PDT by Widget Jr (9/11 - 11/M - 10/7)
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To: Widget Jr
Okay, so other than Raytheon, who makes these air defense systems?

It sounds like they are pretty effective against everything except hyper sonic missiles. It would seem to me that Raytheon would be getting calls from some interested buyers.

FYI, I know a retried USAF officer would worked for Raytheon after retiring from the USAF. He and his wife spent two years living in Abu Dabu installing their system in the UAE.

23 posted on 04/15/2024 6:41:40 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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