Retaliatory Strikes

Untitled | 08:37 Sat 03rd Feb 2024 | News

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68189567

the US has bombed 85 targets in Iraq and Syria linked to Iranian proxies in retaliation after Iranian militias killed 3 US soldiers in Jordan...

President Biden said "if you harm an American we will respond"...

was this the right thing to do or will it only get worse?

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naomi24

Is it going to stop if they don't retaliate?

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we'll never know, because they have

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putting everything else aside for a moment it is quite astonishing that these raids were carried out via non-stop flights from the USA!! incredible.

naomi24

Do you think it was the right thing to do, untitled?

nicebloke1

So far they don't seem to be hitting the right targets, because they've not stopped the attacks on shipping in fact its increased. So wait and see the out come of this raid?

ToraToraTora

So what do you suggest the US do?

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on balance probably yes naomi... they have shown wisdom and restraint in counter attacking only those groups likely responsible for the jordan attack and i am relieved indeed that they left the iranian vessel in the red sea alone. i am definitely willing to hear the other side tho.

Old_Geezer

Iraq and Syria have made their obligatory condemnations of the strikes; but they really ought to be thanking the US for dealing with their rebels for them.

It is a measured response, although it won't have cleared away any spy ships. But maybe shipping attacks are seen as a different matter.

Old_Geezer

Itcan not reasonably be left alone indefinitely, untitled. The UK needs to warn it off and be prepared to act if it doesn't heed the warning.

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the UK cannot afford a war with iran so i'm not sure that's wise og

ToraToraTora

so you think the US/UK should just absorb Iran's attacks?

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i think the counter strikes against proxies are probably correct. i think that directly attacking the iranian navy will get us into yet another horrendous forever-war and absorb resources that should go to ukraine

nicebloke1

9.44. Hit the right targets would be helpful.

Old_Geezer

It is unlikely to start a war. Iran knows what it's doing and can't be keen to take us on. It would probably drag others in against them too.

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I hope you are right OG but i suspect the iranian regime is not as scared of the west as we like to suppose

New Judge

“putting everything else aside for a moment it is quite astonishing that these raids were carried out via non-stop flights from the USA!! incredible.”

I don’t know what aircraft were used but it’s highly likely B52s were involved. They have an unrefuelled range of almost 9,000 miles and their range with in-flight refuelling is only limited by crew endurance. Even from the eastern side of the USA, the distance to Syria is about 6,000 miles, so refuelling would be necessary. However, the B52s’ main base is in Barksdale, Louisiana. During Operation Desert Storm a number of raids were made on Baghdad by B52s from that base. This involved round trips of 16,000 miles taking around 34 hours. This somewhat eclipses the raids carried out under operation “Black Buck” during the Falklands War. These involved RAF Vulcans flying from Ascension Island in the Atlantic to Stanley. At the time these were the longest range bomber raids in history but they were a round trip of a mere 8,000 miles or so, taking over 16 hours. The missions required the Vulcans to be refuelled seven times on their way to Stanley and two of the six accompanying Victor tankers had themselves to be refuelled during the mission. Here’s the refuelling plan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck#/media/File:Refuelling.plan.black.buck.svg