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Reply #75 –
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Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls

Reply #76 –
The USA hard right want Hanson, are they indirectly funding campaigns? What churches or societal groups does One nation get cash from besides China backed miners? It would be a bit hypocritical for a bunch who will claim election tampering when they eventually lose back home!

Hanson falls in with US Hard Right Christian Fundamentalist ideology, time for a new crusade, bring on the rapture, slaughter the heathen hoard, etc., etc.. Her racist undertones fit right in! Remember, they are just Zionists once removed! ;)
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #77 –
I'm voting One Nation.
2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls

Reply #78 –
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I'm voting One Nation.
As you are free to do in a democracy.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls

Reply #79 –
It has been reported that Israel has told the USA that it is running dangerously low on anti-ballistic missile munitions.

That's despite Taco claiming that Iran is "essentially defeated".

Taco stated that he made the decision to attack Iran "based on what Steve [Witkoff] and Jared [Kushner], and Pete [Hegseth] and others were telling me ... Marco [Rubio] so involved, and that I thought they were going to attack us."

Apart from Iran not having the capacity to attack the USA, what makes Witkoff, Kushner, Hegseth and Rubio experts on military strategy and threat assessments?  It now seems clear that JD Vance advised against attacking Iran, as did the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine.

And then there's Chris Wright, the Administration's Energy Secretary, who announced that he was not concerned that the war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets.
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball

Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls

Reply #80 –
The asymmetry of modern warfare is a big deal, any country can knock up dozens or even hundreds of drones a day, in fact Australia has been a leader in this teaching Ukraine to manufacture cardboard drones that are virtually radar invisible and can be built for a few dollars each while delivering astounding lethality. All the fancy design and sleek carbon fibre lines are actually a hinderance. 

Int he meantime active defence systems are complicated and need calibration and tuning to be effective, if operated without calibration the defences become like deploying fly swatters versus a swarming hive.

Phalanx and such systems even need calibrated munitions t perform effectively, you just can't make enough of the stuff fast enough to sustain battles, so they put troops on the ground.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"
 

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Reply #81 –
It’s interesting that we supplied AMRAAMs to UAE along with the Wedgetail electronic warfare aircraft.

An AMRAAM costs $2.4M, a Shahed drone costs $20K.  That’s asymmetrical warfare.

Ukraine is leading the world in countering the Shahed drone threat with effective and relatively cheap weapons systems, including the Australian Slinger and Droneshield systems.

The USA expressed an interest in our Wedgetail but decided that their satellite system was better; it’s not!  Similarly, the USA determined that their high tech, expensive anti-aircraft missiles were the best anti-drone weapons; they’re not!
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball

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Reply #83 –
Let’s keep this thread to Iran and the Middle East.
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball

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Reply #84 –
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Let’s keep this thread to Iran and the Middle East.

It’s EB’s fault, I was referring to the excursion monger…
Let’s go BIG !

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Reply #85 –
There’s clearly some crossover with the Taco thread; who else would sell merchandise from the recent dignified transfer of war dead?

Then there’s the wearing of the campaign baseball cap when civilians are supposed to be bare headed and the salute that only military personnel may make.  Stolen valour and grifting!

Perhaps we could change Thry’s clever thread title to “I ran so far away from the Epstein files” but the seagulls are already flocking with evil intent outside the local takeaway 🙄
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball