Israel has detected several dozens of Iranian made “60’s Hippy” drones moving toward its territory. They are expected to reach Israel around 2:00 local time. Their average speed is abot 100 mph.
 
Jordan has closed its airspace and has declared it will intercept any Iranian aircraft that enters its airspace.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/british-milit...56588.html
 
This looks like two very smart boys playing with their toys while another even smarter boy with even bigger toys is watching.
 
I’m glad I kept my solar eclipse glasses from March 2006. I hope you didn’t throw away yours.

It’s clearly too soon  to tell, but I expect that this will turn out to be a massive mistake on the part of Iran.

Boru

It's Biden's fault. If Trump were president, none of this would be happening.

(April 13, 2024 at 5:21 pm)Angrboda Wrote: It's Biden's fault.  If Trump were president, none of this would be happening.

You forgot the "/s"

Well, good news: apparently, the missiles were all intercepted, with exactly four direct casualties. Three Jordanians were killed by debris from the intercepted missiles, and one Bedouin girl was wounded by shrapnel. 31 people were were either wounded while trying to get to protected areas or treated for anxiety.

Dafuq are Hippie drones? Are they tie-dyed?

(April 13, 2024 at 11:47 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, good news: apparently, the missiles were all intercepted, with exactly four direct casualties. Three Jordanians were killed by debris from the intercepted missiles, and one Bedouin girl was wounded by shrapnel. 31 people were were either wounded while trying to get to protected areas or treated for anxiety.

Iran must be breathing a collective sigh of relief, gratified that Israel is known far and wide for its embrace of the proportionate response. /s

Boru

(April 14, 2024 at 4:18 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(April 13, 2024 at 11:47 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, good news: apparently, the missiles were all intercepted, with exactly four direct casualties. Three Jordanians were killed by debris from the intercepted missiles, and one Bedouin girl was wounded by shrapnel. 31 people were were either wounded while trying to get to protected areas or treated for anxiety.

Iran must be breathing a collective sigh of relief, gratified that Israel is known far and wide for its embrace of the proportionate response. /s

Boru

Might not be over yet, they took an Israeli ship.

My son tells me his arty battalion is next up for deployment if it goes further. He's got a btn briefing on Monday for further word. Hopefully floating reserve and no duty in Syria or Jordan.

Hopefully nothing else will happen anytime soon. But they still sent more than 300 objects most of which were intercepted. Still a 7 year old is said to have been wounded in southern Israel.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-hails-...10128.html
 
This Iron Dome is said to be working so fine because there is a limited number of routes incoming objects can enter the Israeli airspace. It’s a rather small area after all. The length of the Ukrainian frontline being 1200-1300 miles, it is not possible to have the same efficiency there.
 
This is a job well done for Israeli air-defense (and for Jordanian + British pilots who also seem to have shot down a dozen of these aircrafts each) . It could also be the beginning of the end for the IRI regime