US kills Iran's General Soleimani

Sankari · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:54

Iran is unlikely to do much damage. I don't rate her weapons technology. Her real strength is in ground forces.

TonyTurbo78 · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:54

dowie said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1214709074933243905

Didnt sound much like Missile fire that.

neckbeardthethird · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:55

CNN reckon Trump is about to give a televised national statement.

Rroff · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:56

Actually not sure if that is old video (though I'm 99% sure I've seen it before) - it is very similar to one I've seen before but not identical.

Thought it was this bit at first https://youtu.be/64RI38PLEL4?t=385

rxodium · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:57

neckbeardthethird said:
CNN reckon Trump is about to give a televised national statement.

The irony of a man that dodged the draft telling young men and women they've got to **** off to a desert **** hole and fight a war so he can be re-elected...

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:57

There is a big thread over on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/eljp1u/multiple_rockets_hit_taji_base_in_iraq/

Apparently there is noise Iran launched fighters and apparently the US has deployed them too from the UAE.

Rroff · 8 Jan 2020 at 00:58

TonyTurbo78 said:
Didnt sound much like Missile fire that.

Most of it is counter-artillery fire but there is a rocket/missile impact near the end.

Yadda · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:01

rxodium said:
The irony of a man that dodged the draft telling young men and women they've got to **** off to a desert **** hole and fight a war so he can be re-elected...

"Good morning, good morning!", the General said...

dowie · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:01

TonyTurbo78 said:
Didnt sound much like Missile fire that.

That burst was the response to missile fire....

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:01

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1214709400314765315

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1214710737043689474

StriderX · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:02

Guess we'll find out how trigger-happy Trump really is. Also while it's sordid in the extreme, it'd be interesting to see if the simulations of a US-IRAN war are accurate (though they were biased towards Iran).

teaboy5 · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:02

O it's all going down now. The US won't be used to actually getting fired at by an Army that can fight back.

Head onto twitter and it's loaded with new videos of missiles directly hitting the base.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:03

StriderX said:
Guess we'll find out how trigger-happy Trump really is. Also while it's morose to the extreme, it'd be interesting to see if the simulations of a US-IRAN war are accurate (though they were biased towards Iran).

Apparently its been reported the US has launched aircraft from a base in the UAE.

teaboy5 · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:04

By the time it's 9am it's going to be a full on war if we are not careful!

dowie · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:05

StriderX said:
Guess we'll find out how trigger-happy Trump really is.

No chance he's backing down now... expect more than the 52 targets too now... like it's clearly been heightened rather quickly. Gonna be a rather target rich environment if they're silly enough to get their airforce involved - feel sorry for the Iranian pilots if they do have to fight... they don't stand much chance.

Those B52s that moved across to Diego Garcia might get to see some action now!

Rroff · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:06

So far only confirmed casualties seem to be Iraqi not US/coalition troops.

StriderX · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:06

teaboy5 said:
By the time it's 9am it's going to be a full on war if we are not careful!

While i'm sure the Afgan-Iraq War veterans currently whispering in Trump's ear are masturbating themselves to death right now, so are practically everyone else interested in controlling the ME.

Seem's that only Europe is tired of this situation.

banbom44 · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:08

dowie said:
No chance he's backing down now... expect more than the 52 targets too now... like it's clearly been heightened rather quickly. Gonna be a rather target rich environment if they're silly enough to get their airforce involved - feel sorry for the Iranian pilots if they do have to fight... they don't stand much chance.

Those B52s that moved across to Diego Garcia might get to see some action now!

It depends does Iran have the S400 that is a lethal weapon system that could take down US aircraft.

TJM · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:09

Evangelion said:
Iranian citizens killed by... Iranian citizens. Because apparently nobody over there knows how to queue, or behave in an orderly fashion.

That must be it. There's no way that the actions of a few or mishandling of a massive crowd could trigger a surge.

StriderX · 8 Jan 2020 at 01:09

banbom44 said:
It depends does Iran have the S400 that is a lethal weapon system that could take down US aircraft.

Don't think they ever made any requests to buy any, I think the more pertinent question is... Is Iran alone?