Russia doesn’t advertise the drones
by DBCooper (2024-04-14 12:12:37)

In reply to: The missiles and drones were not useless crap  posted by 88_92WSND

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And have them fly hours to their destination.

I don’t think the drones are useless, but this attack was done purely to save face and to allow Israel (and others) to easily shoot them out of the sky.

As Robert McNamara once said, when talking about the Cuban blockade, “This is language. A new vocabulary, the likes of which the world has never seen”.

And they are certainly expensive, but with all the oil they are selling to China, Irans economy is doing just fine

The expense was on the US, UK, and Isreali side
by 88_92WSND  (2024-04-14 12:33:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

using missiles to shoot down the drones, not with the drones.

As to flying time -- it's only about an hour more flying time from Iran to Israel as it is from Russian territory to key targets in Ukraine. Even if the move is telegraphed, it still requires 100% success on defense to keep hundreds of pounds of explosives from hitting or crashing in Israel. The link below shows pictures of what happens when a small Iranian drone hit a merchant vessel (killing the captain and a crew-member)
and thats pretty much what we got
by DBCooper  (2024-04-14 14:14:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

99% success rate.

As I said below, if Iran really wanted to maximize damage it is not that hard for them. Have Hezbollah send in a volley of rockets right before the drones and missiles from Iran are about to get close to Israel's airspace. Overwhelm the Iron Dome and you would have a much lower success rate (Hezbollah reportedly has enough rockets to get through the dome by themselves anyway).

The reason why they didn't do that is pretty telling in my mind. I'm hoping Israel recognizes this is just a response to save face, as I think it's clear our government does, and does not escalate this any further. Heck, Iran even said that it was a retaliation to the Israel attack last week and its now over.