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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:02
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Originally Posted by Deep Throat
The one thing we can be sure of now - there will be no nuclear retaliation tonight

There may be a price to pay but you can be sure the Saudis will be relieved that Israel has removed the nuclear threat for now
My concern with parsing the timeline for a strike down to weeks prior to possessing a nuke is that they were wrong and it was actually a few weeks ago and now Iran has a nuke in the basement.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:03
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F-35Is - stealth mode - no external stores

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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:06
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Iran is a country which could do with joining the rest of the World in the 21st Century and be nice to its neighbours - it would be good for all of us
Most certainly not an ambition of the current Iranian leadership.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:08
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Missile launches from Iran detected against Israel now

Targeting population areas - Trey Yingst & Fox News covering live from Tel Aviv

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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:25
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Multiple Iron Dome ABM launches - at least one Iranian TBM has got through and hit Tel Aviv

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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:28
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Pentagon - about 100 x TBM fired in this first wave against against Israel
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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:47
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7 x locations in Tel Aviv hit by mixture of TBMs and interception debris from first wave of 100+ - 2nd wave underway now

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Old 13th June 2025 | 18:57
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Iran claims to have shot down a F-35I and captured the female pilot - may be propaganda - IDF denying it at present

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Old 13th June 2025 | 19:30
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Old 13th June 2025 | 20:07
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About the only thing the strikes on Iran will guarantee is that they will now be going all out to manufacture a nuclear weapon.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 20:11
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About the only thing the strikes on Iran will guarantee is that they will now be going all out to manufacture a nuclear weapon.
No! They will try to go all out to manufacture a nuclear weapon. Their progress will be monitored and then again destroyed by Israel.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 20:12
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Originally Posted by Max Angle
About the only thing the strikes on Iran will guarantee is that they will now be going all out to manufacture a nuclear weapon.
Can you blame them, when's the last time North Korea got bombed. Gaddafi learnt the hard way
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Old 13th June 2025 | 20:49
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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09
F-15I carrying GBU-31(V) 2000-lb JDAMs

I don't think that's an F-15I. Looks like a single seat F-15C. Interesting that it has an air-to-surface capability.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 21:12
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Originally Posted by Gordon Brown
I don't think that's an F-15I. Looks like a single seat F-15C. Interesting that it has an air-to-surface capability.
You're right - it is a F-15A or F-15C - IDF has F-15A-D all upgraded to allow air to ground know as Baz (Falcon). I have amended my caption.
Described here: https://www.twz.com/these-are-the-be...weve-ever-seen
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Old 13th June 2025 | 21:16
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Originally Posted by Gordon Brown
I don't think that's an F-15I. Looks like a single seat F-15C. Interesting that it has an air-to-surface capability.
All F-15C’s have a limited A/G capability, the Israeli “Baz” have a slightly expanded A/G ability due to local upgrades.
Nowhere near F-15E abilities, but a bit more than USAF F-15C (hardly ever used) are capable of.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 21:21
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7 x locations in Tel Aviv hit by mixture of TBMs and interception debris from first wave of 100+ - 2nd wave underway now

Strikes me, that if the only response you can muster to sucessful attacks on multiple military installations, is to dump some ordinance on a major civilian centre, you're stuck neatly behind the 8 ball. One could make a similar observation about Russia's response to the recent Ukranian raids.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 21:28
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Yes. Reminiscent of a deranged and desperate Hitler's use of the V-weapons on London.
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Old 13th June 2025 | 21:35
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Using Saddam's tactics from 35 odd years ago.
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Old 14th June 2025 | 00:29
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Iranian MiG-29 and Su-24 base at Mehrabad hit


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Old 14th June 2025 | 00:31
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Iran will target the regional bases of any country that defends Israel - Senior Iranian official to CNN
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