In retaliation for the U.S. obliterating its nuclear weapons program, Iran has launched a missile attack on the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Iran said Monday it has launched an attack on U.S. forces stationed at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Iranian officials announced the attack on state television as martial music played. An on-screen caption called the attack a “mighty and successful response by the armed forces of Iran to America’s aggression.”
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported Monday that missiles had been launched at a base housing U.S. troops in Iraq.
There were no casualties from the attack in Qatar, according to Qatar Foreign Minister spokesman Majed al-Ansari, who said the country “condemns the attack that targeted Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”
“We reassure that Qatar’s air defenses successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles,” the statement added. The foreign ministry spokesman also said the base had been evacuated earlier, “following established security and precautionary measures, given the tensions in the region.”
And by “Qatar’s air defenses” they mean the U.S. Patriot battery stationed there, as shown in this Suchomimus video.
Six. Really.
Enjoy the goofiest free piece of clip art for the number 6 a 15 second Duck Duck Go search could find.
Six missiles, all intercepted, targeting an already empty air base. Either this was indeed a completely futile symbolic gesture, or Israel has so degraded Iran’s capabilities that this is the best they’re capable of.
Ironically, the only thing this will do is give President Trump more legal cover to expand American attacks against Iran’s remaining military capabilities, should he choose to do so. Suchomimus thinks it so minimal that Trump will ignore it, but if I’ve learned anything from the last decade, I’m not capable of predicting what Trump will do.
In any case, any Democrats blathering about impeaching Trump while Iran is literally attacking American bases just makes the optics all the worse for the Social Justice and Jihad Party…
Update: Trump’s just laughing.
Tags: Air Force, Al Udeid Air Base, Donald Trump, Foreign Policy, Iran, Military, missile strike, Patriot Missiles, Qatar, Suchomimus, video
“Ironically, the only thing this will do is give President Trump more legal cover to expand American attacks against Iran’s remaining military capabilities.”
It also offers a convincing demonstration of the superiority of American air defense systems compared to the woefully inadequate S-300 that is now defending Iran.
“It also offers a convincing demonstration of the superiority of American air defense systems compared to the woefully inadequate S-300 that is now defending Iran.”
You failed to mention that the Iranian air defense systems, including their few S-300s (8 batteries), were actually destroyed by FPV drones. They never fired a shot in anger.
The Israelis used drones on the Iranian radars and SAMs because the Iranian RADAR systems were able to lock on to F-35is during the 25/26 October attack at distances beyond their ROCKS missile range.
This is a deeply troubling development. Suggest you read the Warrior Maven post:
‘F-35 Stealth Defeated By Unknown Russian/Iranian RADAR’
By Cameron Curtis, November 5, 2024
Got it: Iran could see a stealth aircraft but only when it was beyond interception range. Their ability to see FPV vehicles was unimpaired though, resulting in their air defense being neutralized by these low-tech drones.
Being an S-300 operator must be as frustrating a job as trying to paint a rosy picture of Russia’s inferior air assets.
“Got it: Iran could see a stealth aircraft but only when it was beyond interception range. Their ability to see FPV vehicles was unimpaired though, resulting in their air defense being neutralized by these low-tech drones.”
You obviously didn’t get it. Some kind of Iranian RADAR locked on to F-35i’s outside the attack range of the Israeli countermeasure ROCS missile, which also happens to be outside the range of our AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile). Wasting million dollar S-300 interceptors on thousand dollar FPV drones is exactly the harebrained solution I have come to expect from you.
Another concern here is exactly whose RADAR technology locked on to the F-35i’s in October. You don’t remember, but Putin refused to supply Iran with S-300 batteries from 2010 to 2015. The Iranians turned to the PLA for air defense hardware during this period and continued purchasing PLA hardware afterwards. Why Iran had so few S-300 batteries, and why only four of their S-300 batteries were reasonably current technology.
Of course the talking points on the left are that Iran offered a “measured” and “rational” response, showing that they were in favor of peace all along, unlike the warmongering American President. 🙄