Iran urged to strike Diego Garcia base ‘immediately’
Posted by LoosePersonality9372@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 212 comments
Posted by LoosePersonality9372@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 212 comments
Some_Seesaw4163@reddit
Signal chat group updated?
seg321@reddit
This subreddit is all about causing chaos and putting fear into everything. So sad.
Unfair_Bunch519@reddit
Even if Iran were to wipe out half of Americas B2 fleet in one go, there is still dozens of f35s which are just as stealthy.
AppalachanKommie@reddit
This is operating under the fact that Iran doesn’t have advanced anti air missile systems.
LoosePersonality9372@reddit (OP)
99.9% it cannot, but yeah us would just have to shoot their oil infr. Iran would probably fall in a few days maybe even hours.
Unfair_Bunch519@reddit
There is already people rioting in the streets of Iran, all the US has to do is bomb key strategic assets and then the color revolution will do most of the ground work.
scuttledclaw@reddit
Reading this gave me a flashback to 2003.
eriksrx@reddit
Yep. The USA can win wars but it can't seem to win hearts.
No_Menu_6533@reddit
It’s been a long long time since the USA won a war.
Crewmember169@reddit
We win the big ones and draw all the rest. Basically undefeated baby.
Dultsboi@reddit
282,000 dead Americans is hardly a draw. Let alone the millions of innocent Vietnamese killed
Fourarmies@reddit
Where the hell are you getting those numbers? American losses in Vietnam was 58,220 dead.
TheDude-ness@reddit
https://www.veterans.nd.gov/news/agent-orange-its-affecting-veterans-and-their-kids
According to the article linked above:
“Roughly 300-thousand veterans have died from Agent Orange exposure — that’s almost five times as many as the 58-thousand who died in combat.”
The article linked below has a detailed explanation of the afore mentioned agent for those that did not know.
https://www.britannica.com/science/Agent-Orange
Dultsboi@reddit
282,000 dead Americans is hardly a draw. Let alone the millions of innocent Vietnamese killed
Crewmember169@reddit
Now they make nice clothes for us. Definitely a draw.
ValiantBear@reddit
Nahhhh, the last war we fought was World War II, and we definitely won that one! Everything after that we have just been calling "conflicts" so we don't have to say we've lost a war.
ChallengingBullfrog8@reddit
Can’t remember the last time USA won a single war.
NewBid3235@reddit
Maybe that was the goal
PNWcog@reddit
Wars aren’t to be won; there to make a few people a lot of money.
It_is_me_Mike@reddit
PG I has entered the chat.
Radiatethe88@reddit
Because they are aholes.
SpaceMonkey_321@reddit
'Win wars' is a mischaracterization of sorts. Devastate, destroy or destabilize is more apt.
PlaceboJacksonMusic@reddit
points to brain can’t lose a war if we never declare a war
grahamfiend2@reddit
What war exactly have we won recently?
Outlaw_Josie_Snails@reddit
The Iranian youth want to see change.
/r/NewIran
eriksrx@reddit
Good but consider who is causing the change. Don't depend on the USA for help establishing a better system, any new government will have better PR but they'll be every bit as exploitative.
texteditorSI@reddit
They will greet us as liberators, part. 1000
Femveratu@reddit
Word
westmarchscout@reddit
The problem is you have to flip key groups like industrial workers and ideally parts of the military. The liberal protesters are mostly students and others who don’t have the ability to break the regime by themselves.
westmarchscout@reddit
Unfortunately one can’t handwave away a country three times the size of France and full of inhospitable terrain. There are other factors as well that make Iran far harder to hold than say Ukraine. The reality is the regime can only be toppled from within because invading Iran would require more land power projection than the US could realistically assemble in 2025.
AmaTxGuy@reddit
But there is enough unrest in Iran that I believe this would probably be the match to set it off. As long the US tries to mitigate civilian deaths. I dont see much down side.
Remember Iran was the major supplier for the unrest in Iraq and Afghanistan
noneck_noproblem@reddit
You sound like Russian propaganda before the invasion of Ukraine. Occupy Iran in 3 days too huh?
Gibbsy01@reddit
Oil prices would skyrocket, filling at petrol stations around 10 dollars
RedditProfileName69@reddit
They need to take off from somewhere though. Even though American retaliation would still be inevitable, making it more difficult and costly makes some sense strategically.
It’s all just grandstanding as negotiation tactics from my view. Trump wants a nuclear deal, Iran needs to show they can’t be bullied into submission by foreign adversaries.
unsurewhatiteration@reddit
The Marines have boats full of 'em. Plus, they can always just fly sorties from the US. Iran has zero capacity to determine US airpower, every square inch of their country could get bombed in sequence and the only reason no one does it is because its expensive and they don't want to.
RedditProfileName69@reddit
They could do mid-air refueling, take off from carriers, etc. but like I said, that starts getting very expensive, very quickly. Iran and its proxies also have anti-ship missile capabilities, so moving a carrier strike group into the area makes things a bit riskier. The cost of an anti-ship missile is a LOT lower than the cost to build a warship.
Don’t fall into the trap of underestimating an opponent. Iran has air defenses, and an Air Force. I’m not saying the US would lose such a conflict, or that it would even be close. It certainly would not be as easy as you claim it would be.
DontRememberOldPass@reddit
I don’t think you understand the scale of the US military or its budget. We spend $49 million dollars a year on viagra for soldiers.
We are literally building nuclear reactors to power machines that pull carbon out of the air and turn it into jet fuel just in case we run out of oil.
RedditProfileName69@reddit
If you think size is everything, then you were probably surprised when the war in Ukraine was not over in 3 days like Russian military intelligence predicted. Yes, I understand the US military has a massive budget, and incredible technological ability. That doesn’t mean that the US military is invincible, or unstoppable. They do not have infinite money.
DontRememberOldPass@reddit
The US military does have infinite money.
yeahbitchmagnet@reddit
But not infinite resources. While their power is seemingly limitless they do have real resources constraints, the problem is how that could change
DontRememberOldPass@reddit
What resources do you think it would take to completely dominate Iran that the US military does not have ten-fold?
Iran has roughly the same air defenses are Iraq did in the initial invasion and in less than 12 hours they had no military command structure or functional infrastructure - before a single US uniform crossed the border.
yeahbitchmagnet@reddit
You know the US did a mock war game against Iran and lost. It's not about resources alone. They have extremely defensable mountains and a very capable military and more weapons than Iraq did
DontRememberOldPass@reddit
The US does lots of war games. I’ve done OPFOR for war games. They are training exercises and always assume the worst case scenario because that is what provides the most training value.
We do not consider Iran a near-peer advisary.
RedditProfileName69@reddit
If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell ya.
DontRememberOldPass@reddit
If you don’t, you have no idea how global monetary supply works.
unsurewhatiteration@reddit
The thing is, Israel recently demonstrated that they can fly all over Iran and bomb whatever they want with total impunity. There's no particular reason to think the US couldn't do the same. The current Iranian regime still exists because its neighbors let it.
RedditProfileName69@reddit
The scope of the Israeli strikes was much smaller than the scenario of bombing every square inch of Iran. They very much did not “fly all over Iran.”
If Iran was truly being “let” to exist, why would that be in Israel’s interest? One would think that Israel would seek regime change in the country that very publicly seeks the destruction of the state of Israel. Don’t buy into propaganda so easily.
Suburbking@reddit
Because contrary to popular belief, Iran is the one that wants to totally wipe Israel off the map. Israel, on the other hand, just wants to be left alone. This is why Iran still exists.
Glad-Draw-5338@reddit
Israel wants to be left alone? Thats a funny joke
butt_huffer42069@reddit
Because Isreal can use them as a boogeyman. Duh.
BabaLalSalaam@reddit
I think we've also seen that Iran is really careful about how it responds to conflict-- like how they unleashed that drone storm and a few missiles and then called the "war" off the next day. Their reactions up to now have largely been performative-- but they have a top 20 military, some unique advantages like their drone program and self sufficiency, and could potentially have crude nuclear weapons. No serious person should be taking an actual war with them lightly.
--Muther--@reddit
I assure you the operational range of an F35 negates the claim that they can fly all over Iran and bomb what they want.
Air to air refueling is expensive and the geography of Iran and the political leanings of its neighbours mean even it cannot be used at will. Not to mention the relatively small ground strike capacity of the F35
No-Economist-2235@reddit
Israel loves its F15s. More band, speed.
AmaTxGuy@reddit
The US could negate the air defense capability of Iran probably within 24hrs at most 48. Then the b52s could operate with zero threat and it's over.
On air refueling.. it's not that expensive they do it every day over my city and I have a 14k foot runway. They land here all the time.. but they also refuel flying above
--Muther--@reddit
It get expensive when you start having to A2A refuel the refuelers
AmaTxGuy@reddit
It's not cheap.. but it's not a major cost consideration in the whole picture. Considering they drop bomb that cost over 100k by the thousands
AmaTxGuy@reddit
You mean the air defenses that couldn't see the Israeli f35s or they didn't turn on because of the harm missiles?
That's Israel, imagine that 100 fold.. that's the US just in the theater.
Plus the b2 has stand off ordinance that they can drop without even going into Iranian airspace.
TurboWalrus007@reddit
Iran would stand no chance against a full on US onslaught. We don't even have to be in their air space to take down their entire air defense network. Those anti ship missiles are cute. We spend more than Iran's pathetic GDP on missile defense systems for our Navy every year. Iran is only a threat to its nearest neighbors, which is the only reason they haven't been bulldozed into the ground in the name of "freedom" yet.
RedditProfileName69@reddit
Keep in mind that Russia thought the war in Ukraine would be over in 3 days after they would stroll right into Kyiv and topple the government. Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer. On the battlefield, don’t forget that the enemy gets a vote too.
TurboWalrus007@reddit
Russia is and has been for decades militarily incompetent. All bluster, with a side serving of nuclear weapons. Oligarchs siphon all the money for military contracts and the rest is all for show. The US does not have that problem.
The US can engage and destroy Iran's air defense network without ever entering Iranian airspace. It's not even a contest. In open conflict, Iran gets folded in a few hours. Command infrastructure destroyed, communications destroyed, military infrastructure destroyed. Holding ground in the country is another matter entirely. That would require the involvement of the Iranian people and the US has never really understood the whole "hearts and minds" deal. Given the difficult terrain I doubt US forces would be successful in taking Tehran in less than a few months, but without air support Iran's ground forces would be forced to fight a highly disadvantaged guerilla campaign while trying to hide amongst people who hate them.
--Muther--@reddit
Millennium Challenge always acts as a good reminder about not under estimating your foe.
RedditProfileName69@reddit
Fascinating read, thanks for the link and the insight.
Bullyfrogz@reddit
Yea they have air defenses, why don't you hear of the Israeli air force getting shot down when they bomb Iran every now and then?
RedditProfileName69@reddit
The Israeli air campaign in Iran was much smaller than the scope of the hypothetical operation in question.
Flashy_Ad_6345@reddit
If they've no capability to deter them anyway, why not strike now while they can? It makes a lot of sense to destroy the B2 while they still can, because they're going to get bombed anyway, right?
Appropriate-Lion9490@reddit
Well the article is actually answering your questions
navalseaman@reddit
F35 can’t carry the bunker busters that the B2 was theoretically brought over for
meshreplacer@reddit
Actually the F35 can [removed by Reddit]
navalseaman@reddit
I stand corrected merci
Fragrant_Car7736@reddit
You are an artillery Sgt?
navalseaman@reddit
No
Heavenclone@reddit
Are you a naval sea man then?
Fragrant_Car7736@reddit
You cracked the Case!!! He’s a naval cum dumpster :)
navalseaman@reddit
Maybe I am maybe I once was the joy of Reddit is a level of anonymity
Western-Balance9770@reddit
nahhhhhhhh what the fuck man said "[removed by Reddit]" that's insane what kind of lore did he drop😭😭
Jurgis-Rudkis@reddit
Nick Manning style loads.........ahhhhh, yeah!
lemaymayguy@reddit
I thought he was memeing but the comments suggest there was a gold nugget there. I've never seen a half deleted by reddit comment though
Western-Balance9770@reddit
literally. r/prepperintel monitored by the NSA confirmed???
BigManWAGun@reddit
Easy Pete, this isn’t Signal
besneprasiatko@reddit
That's true. But thing almost no one knows about F35 is that [ Removed by Reddit].
mountaindewisamazing@reddit
The massive ordnance penetrator can only be carried by the B2.
kevlar_dog@reddit
The Bone can’t house those?
AmaTxGuy@reddit
They aren't certified but they could possibly
Shinycardboardnerd@reddit
The B-52 would like to have a word.
OwnCrew6984@reddit
Although not designed for it the B1B could carry a few of them. Weight wise it could carry 4 of the 30,000lbs bombs and still be under capacity.
DontRememberOldPass@reddit
The MOP weighs the same as an F35 with no fuel.
Multinightsniper@reddit
Sick cheat code
SeatKindly@reddit
Oh that’s okay. The F-35 aren’t gonna be dropping those. They’ll just run SEAD until Iran has no air defenses then let ‘ole buff give them the Iraqi special again.
navalseaman@reddit
Didn’t Israel do that last year
SeatKindly@reddit
Referring to when they dropped those apartment buildings to kill HAMAS’ leader? Yeah, I think they ran that sortie with F-35s.
Iran has significantly more air defenses and I imagine significantly studier bunkers. They going to stop F-35s? Maybe a few. B-52s are more about the message. Also obliterating literally anything that could be utilized to maintain military resistance down to power transformers across the entire nation.
navalseaman@reddit
Nah it was one of the retaliatory strikes they hit the AD hard, not saying this to beat my chest for either side
SeatKindly@reddit
If they made a strike in Iran I must have missed it. Yeah, I’d prefer no conflict personally. From what I know of the people of Iran, a significant portion of them are good people, hell culturally not even far off from Western values overall.
US air superiority means Iran has nothing without a nuclear bargaining chip. Still would entail US casualties, and considering barely three years ago that could have been me… I’m not keen on people throwing my brothers and sisters into a fuckin’ meat grinder.
dustycanuck@reddit
If this were to happen, everyone would be shocked. Honestly, I can't imagine how they'd imagine that. We're their attacks on Israel just an impotent theatre show? They seemed totally ineffective then. I'm not sure how they'd do better against Diego Garcia.
It be like shooting themselves in the head, hoping that they'd hit someone with a ricochet.
noneck_noproblem@reddit
Not sure where you got your sources, because their 2nd attack was pretty damaging. One of the israeli airbases is still in repairs. They showed what they can do.
dustycanuck@reddit
I dunno. Israel is about half as far as Diego Garcia, for one. Most sources state that there was NOT extensive damage from the October strikes. The road outside my house has been under repairs since last August, but the reason is due to slow processes rather than catastrophic damage. I'd suggest the same may be true for the airbase you do not name.
I'd be happy to read your sources, if you like - always open to learning more.
noneck_noproblem@reddit
It is not about distance necessarily, Jordan and Saudi Arabia defense systems managed to shot down some of the missiles before it got to Israel. Diego Garcia is easy target compared to Israel because it is in the ocean. There were joint US, UK, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, French base in Jordan, and Israel defense systems at work against 180 Iranian missiles. The road outside your house is not fixed yet because bureaucracy or maybe corruption. The hangars to store f-35's are costly and it takes a while to fix/build. Until then the jets are easy target. https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/nx-s1-5140058/satellite-images-dozens-iranian-missiles-struck-near-israeli-air-base or. https://youtu.be/WvcLkbdKMgk?si=Q_F6bTlR6zP6wXVV
Buskbr@reddit
That is technically not true even in the slightest, the F35 is described as having the radar return of a bird while the much lager b2 is said to have the radar return of a bumblebee and it has a much greater selection of bombs and missiles, the f35 is a "mass produced" air dominance fighter while the b2 is a purpose built stealth bomber.
AlanHoliday@reddit
Only 1/5 of the fleet is there and those birds don’t mind flying from the US. That would be a very very very stupid plan
Scottamemnon@reddit
We also would detect the launches with satellites and just put them in the air...
Sst6214@reddit
With what? they have nothing that reaches there
Minimum-Ad-8056@reddit
I don't think people realize the power the US has when they're not playing the guerilla warfare or occupation game with civilians. Its an entitlely different ballgame when they have military targets to attack. If Iran attacked Diego, they would trade their entire military for that one base and I'd wager that attack would only be partially successful but the response would be so tremendous, so that the Iranians would punish those that made the decision. I'm talking less than two days of complete devastation of their force, crippling them for decades.
The US military has improved at guerilla warfare but they're exceptional at destroying hostile militaries. Conventional warfarw. They're not like Russia at all. They excel at logistics and precision, and they have a ton of quality equipment. It's overwhelming. I'm not even talking nuclear.
DueceVoyeur@reddit
You are missing the bigger picture of Russia telling Iran to hit DG.
DG is British territory. An attack on one is an attack on all .
Putin wants to test NATO Article V before land invasion on fortress Europe.
Minimum-Ad-8056@reddit
Nope. There's alot of US assets there that will be destroyed, and the US can respond without the article 5 or with it. They have the right either way.
Puzzleheaded_Chip2@reddit
What if we… this may seem controversial … didn’t antagonize as many countries as possible? Really feels like we’re doing Israel’s bidding here.
MrM1Garand25@reddit
If Iran attacks first they’re cooked
ElephantContent8835@reddit
Iran would get absolutely destroyed in any conflict with the west. However- how crazy are they? They could do a significant amount of damage and kill tens of thousands of American military personnel in a surprise attack.
ApprehensivePay1735@reddit
The war is the west's to lose. We couldn't even hold Afghanistan which was much smaller and similarly rugged. Iran has modern military hardware, a mostly ethnically homogenous society and home field advantage against a country that can barely hold itself together. If they slip enough missiles through to sink a carrier or two America straight up lost the war.
LordSouth@reddit
We could and did hold Afghanistan for 20 years. We only left because it was publicly popular to not be there, but realistically we could have occupied Afghanistan indefinitely.
PornoPaul@reddit
We never really had a long term plan beyond setting up a new government. I had an argument that we won and us leaving wasn't us losing. His argument was we didn't have the political will to hold it. No, we did. That's why we held it 20 years. We got as far as we were going to get, so it wasn't political will. There just wasn't any point.
LordSouth@reddit
The best overly simple description I've seen is, America got bored and left.
You are correct we never had a long term plan, but while we may have failed at nation building we did succeed in conquering both countries and we did succeed in holding them until we no longer felt like holding them.
Make no mistake if America wanted to we could have kept a small force there indefinitely. And imo we should have because Afghanistan is in a strategicly important position between China and russia, and the perfect location to launch strikes out of if there ever was a war with either. Essentially it would always force them to maintain a token force to protect their back door. Not to mention it curbed Chinese mineral ambitions in the region.
PornoPaul@reddit
I agree. We proved having a few thousand troops was all that was needed. A token force meant that any surprise attacks would be repelled and would be a foothold to throw in more troops if needed. And we had built up a core military group that actually did fight til the end. Had we stayed another 10 years there would have been a new generation that would have continued to build up and grow and replace the wash outs our military had to deal with.
ElephantContent8835@reddit
Could you imagine the orange fools tantrum if they managed to sink a couple carriers? Iran would basically cease to exist.
Mountain-Snow7858@reddit
I know Iran would have a very bad no good day if I was president and they managed to sink an aircraft carrier or bomb a US military base; they would face repercussions that would be the destruction of every military base and nuclear facility in Iran. Massive retaliation. No “proportional response” as so many people like to call for. No it would be massive retaliation as envisioned by Dwight Eisenhower; any attack on the United States would be cause for a targeted nuclear retaliatory strike against the attackers no matter who they are. No population centers (ie cities) would be targeted but military bases and nuclear research facilities would be destroyed with tactical nuclear weapons.
beflacktor@reddit
the moment u start prepping for nuclear wint..(well autumn anyway) trump being trump Iran would prob vanish in a series of fireballs
Mountain-Snow7858@reddit
Even if we did hit Iran with multiple nuclear weapons it wouldn’t have any impact on the climate. The US used to test nuclear weapons several times a month back in the late 1940’s to 1950’s and there was no impact on climate. Nuclear winter is only a theory and there is not much evidence to support it at that. When nuclear winter was proposed the US and Soviet nuclear stockpiles were at their highest with both nations having thousands upon thousands of nuclear weapons in every size and configuration you could imagine. The US and Russia have significantly decreased their nuclear arsenals with Russia having more than the US. In fact I think we have made our nuclear arsenal TOO small and with weapons that are old and need updating or replacing. Our ICBMs were made in the 1970’s and have been upgraded time after time instead of building new ICBMs. We thankfully are getting new strategic nuclear bombers to replace our aging B-2 stealth bombers.
ApprehensivePay1735@reddit
Genuinely don't think trump would care that much. Bunch of losers and dopes who weren't smart enough to be on a ship that wasn't sunk.
JonnyApplefag@reddit
The Iranians can’t do shit 💩
Nightowl11111@reddit
Has the ones making that suggestion even seen how far Diego Gracia is away from anything? Good luck trying to hit it without a carrier.
Ho_Advice_8483@reddit
They can’t even hit Israel. Iran’s weapons are trash and their fighter plans are 30+ years old. They will do absolutely nothing.
CarmineLTazzi@reddit
Iran doesn’t have the capability
Logical___Conclusion@reddit
They have an estimated QTY of over 3000 ballistic missiles, and have said that they would target US bases with over 50,000 US soldiers in them as a response to any action taken against them by Trump.
Parking-Iron6252@reddit
I have witnessed first hand how effective that is.
(It isn’t)
Logical___Conclusion@reddit
That was in one direction, but Iran would target a lot of different bases.
It could definitely result in thousands of US casualties, and Trump would definitely consider using nuclear weapons if that happened.
Also, China would use the situation to invade Taiwan.
Parking-Iron6252@reddit
Right 🤨
Ok-Yogurt-5552@reddit
They launched hundreds at Israel and barely damaged anything. They may have 3000 missiles but they don’t have 3000 missile launchers. And those 3000 missiles are not going to be launched in response to anything, because they’ll be destroyed before they even get a chance.
texteditorSI@reddit
Iran broadcast that attack days in advanced so the US could get assets in place to do interceptions, and aimed the shit they should might get through towards airfields and other mostly empty places that wouldn't invite full-on war.
Ok-Yogurt-5552@reddit
Iran did not broadcast anything. US intel picked it up and broadcast it. Iran deliberately sent cruise missiles first and then followed up with ballistic missiles to coincide with the cruise missiles in an attempt to overwhelm Israeli defense systems. This is a common tactic used by Russia in their invasion of Ukraine. The second attack was all ballistic missiles and was essentially as many missiles as they could realistically fire at one time. You really just don’t know what you’re talking about.
texteditorSI@reddit
Iran announced their intentions like 72 hours beforehand
Parking-Iron6252@reddit
No they didn’t
PlasticBreakfast6918@reddit
An attack that was warned about in detail by Iran ahead of the attack (because it was a political not military attack), which allowed Israel and US to get into position and ready to defend, and still fully overwhelmed the combined deterrent systems. Israel couldn’t have don’t that type of defense on its own or without warning and even then, it couldn’t have been repeated if Iran did so.
I’m not saying they can really harm US. I’m just saying your example is flawed.
Parking-Iron6252@reddit
That did not happen. You are conflating the most recent attack on Israel with the one they broadcast in retaliation for the killing of Qasem Soleimani
Ok-Yogurt-5552@reddit
Iran did not warn anyone in detail. US and Israeli intelligence did. And they will do the same for any major attacks on US bases.
And Iran’s second attack did not have much warning.
Your reasoning is flawed. Both of Iran’s attacks on Israel were sincere on the part of Iran that aimed to do maximum damage. Yes we should not fool ourselves into thinking Iran can do us no damage, it can. But we should be realistic about how much damage they can likely do, which is not a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.
texteditorSI@reddit
OK keep believing this I guess
Ok-Yogurt-5552@reddit
I will because all the evidence points to it. This narrative that Iran launching hundreds of missiles at Israel was “just theater” was a narrative cooked up by those who just wanted to pressure Israel to not respond because they don’t want their gas prices half a world away to rise by one cent.
noneck_noproblem@reddit
The reason it was theater is because they don't want to escalate to all out war. They know who is protecting Israel. They are more sane then Americans. They didn't aim toward densly populated area. They went after military bases. In their 2nd attack the Navatim airbase did get hit by dozens. So much that the Israeli went and blurred the satellite images. They arrested an American journalist because he was taking photos of damages outside the bases. You should also take into consideration that 4-5 countries were repelling the attack not just Israeli defense systems. The Israelis ordered more thaad system after those hits. There are unconfirmed opinions that at least one of the thaad systems got hit. So yes they can damage, but they didn't assasinate any high ranking officials unlike the Israeli/American side which would definitely cause big war. Therefore it was show of force and maintaining dignity while also aknowledging that they don't want war with US.
Capital-Membership18@reddit
They will still see them Launched And coming there way so really your example is flawed .
nixstyx@reddit
Agree. They were largely ineffective at striking Israel, and Diego Garcia is much further away.
cocobaltic@reddit
Sounds like they send over a drone tanker or two of ANFO
Spare_Selection4399@reddit
Why we need to start another war? Will that help to solve the inflation and mass layoff issues here?
LordSouth@reddit
It's because we don't want a terrorist state to become a nuclear power, and unlike the other pointless wars of the last several decades this is actually a major interest for most of the world.
Raddish3030@reddit
Lol, okay.
Saudi's (all Sunni's) and Israel would be so happy if this happened cause Iran is done.
China would be happy cause they would be able to make US bleed for every inch of Iran (while forcing them to keep doing it).
In fact, they probably be dancing in the streets as it happened.
LordSouth@reddit
The Chinese are incapable of moving enough equipment to Iran before the Iranian airdefence network is obliterated. Unlike Russia the US has invested heavily in sead and dead. Thus it would be futile, Iran would get the shit bombed out of it. Special forces would work with Iranian uprisings and support regional Arab forces That would do the leg work of any invasion or occupation.
This is all to say that Iran would be cooked.
KingaDuhNorf@reddit
if the US ground invasion happened id agree, but i would find it hard to believe the US would go that route. As other said, all they would have to do is bomb key things and the population will turn on the gov. Geographically Iran is not a place u want to invade
Artful_Dodger_1832@reddit
April fools!
Dry-Membership3867@reddit
Does Iran want to be nuked?
Known-Bowl-7732@reddit
Considering that the exact coordinates of DG are classified, they would have a hard time attacking a place they don't even know the exact location of.
Zvenigora@reddit
It's an island in the ocean. You cannot really hide that in this day and age.
IntelligentTarget49@reddit
after 5 whole minutes of research i see Iran's missle have a range of about 1300 miles, Diego Garcia is about 4000 miles.
i am no expert this is just what i found.
aequitssaint@reddit
How? They have no way to strike that far.
Or do they think their converted 30 year old cargo ship floating paper plane launcher has that reach?
ChallengingBullfrog8@reddit
Remember when the US military ran away with its tail between its legs back in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam? This would be worse.
jrgkgb@reddit
And yet I don’t see anyone signing up to be the next Afghanistan, Iraq, or Vietnam.
EulerIdentity@reddit
Does Iran even have the capability to reach that far? Do they even have an air force worth the name?
texas130ab@reddit
It's 2000 miles away. So yes they can. They sent missiles to Israel 1000 miles away.
travtastic3@reddit
Well, false flag incoming I guess.
DatHeavyStruc@reddit
This is false and Iran definitely doesn’t have the capability to strike Diego Garcia with their aging Air Force or Navy.
Tecumsehs_Revenge@reddit
B2s are cleanup/decoys, Raiders are going in my guess.
Adorable-Lie3475@reddit
There’s absolutely no shot they’d use Raiders on fucking Iran
theRealLevelZero@reddit
Yeah, they only have 3 airframes built and those are the test birds. As in flight test. It's going to be awhile before they even get to the operational test phase with production line aircraft.
Conscious_Avocado225@reddit
These specific B2s may be decoys. But they would be decoys for 4-5 B2s flying in from Whiteman. If we see rumors that the B2s based at Diego Garcia are all preparing to take off early morning, it probably means the planes from Whiteman are arriving within the hour.
smartobject@reddit
I thought buffs were only Minot ND or Barksdale LA and B2s were Whiteman?
IgnobleSpleen@reddit
Did anyone vote for war with Iran?
Reptilian_Brain_420@reddit
Iran also urged to build a time machine and kill Hitler when he is a baby.
You can urge them all you want. If they don't have the capability, it isn't going to happen.
midorikuma42@reddit
>Iran also urged to build a time machine and kill Hitler when he is a baby.
Watch out, Reddit might suspend your account for advocating violence with this. I wanted to suggest they target someone else if they develop such a time machine, but I'm sure Reddit would ban my account.
Reptilian_Brain_420@reddit
Would probably be a net benefit to my mental health to be honest.
NickVanDoom@reddit
this could create a kind of pearl harbour moment. would be a shame for trump & hegseth… for a sec a forgot, they’re shameless…
FishTacoAtTheTurn@reddit
I personally think Iran is foolish and intentionally negotiates from poor positions — they aren’t this foolish.
NotDinahShore@reddit
Oh please try. Oh please try. Oh please try. Would be the absolute end of Iran’s mullahs and military.
Capital-Membership18@reddit
For real people always underestimate our military and it's the most annoying thing ever We Made Iraq our Btch in less then 3 months God bless our Troops and keep them safe ♥️🇺🇸💪
EntrepreneurFunny469@reddit
What a moronic way to talk
Capital-Membership18@reddit
How so! It's nothing but the truth The middle eastern country's that chant for our nation to fall i have no respect for and if you support them I have absolutely no respect for you to I think you are a idoit for even coming to there defense even in the slightest Lil bro Also we all know you just have a issue with it because Trump's in office but you didn't care when Obama did it did you little man?
TheBoNix@reddit
In no form, has anyone in recent times, underestimated the US Military.
Bitter-Bluebird4285@reddit
Let me guess, Mehdi is coming out of the basement to destroy this military base
Wild-Lengthiness2695@reddit
Urged presumably by Iranian commanders with a deal to get US citizenship and flee Iran before the Armageddon retaliatory strikes begin if this were to happen?
The first submarine / ship launched cruise missiles would be in the air before the the Iranians had even seen their strike on the news…..
Bit like this famed “missile city” some media have been showing. It’s essentially one big explosive underground target. US planners will simply smash the exits , then drop more munitions to turn it into a fiery hellstorm. Iran is seemingly operating a WWI force concentration strategy.
Historical-Aide-2328@reddit
I was low key worried a nuke would go off while I slept last night. Like I was running scenarios in my head.
EntrepreneurFunny469@reddit
Literally not worth worrying about
USB-SOY@reddit
Why?
Sierra253@reddit
Lol okay.
LoosePersonality9372@reddit (OP)
Yeah i either see 0% of this happening (i highly doubt that they even have any capacity to reach it), or the biggest false flag in decades.
YautjaProtect@reddit
You either have to be really stupid to do this or be reallllly stupid.
Stohnghost@reddit
Hmmm, well the stated/claimed open source range of the Khorramshar-1 MRBM is 3000 km.
https://www.iranwatch.org/sites/default/files/khorramshahr-1-tasnim-2017-09-22.jpg
DG is nearly 5000 km from Iran, so it's unlikely but not impossible. Iran also has several space launch vehicles, like the Simorgh. There's a saying that no country pursues space launch without also having an interest in ICBMs.
I'm not saying the Simorgh is an ICBM, but maybe they have an ace up their sleeve with one of these weapons.
Atheios569@reddit
Worst false flag ever*
Unusual_Specialist@reddit
This president would just nuke Iran.
AcadiaWonderful1796@reddit
Problem is there’s a non zero chance that Pakistan nukes the US in response
KimboKneeSlice@reddit
With what missile? Pakistan is 7,600 miles away 🤣
Absurd
tiwanaldo5@reddit
In what world would Pakistan retaliate, or get involved in a conflict that doesn’t include them? Makes zero sense
Crewmember169@reddit
Just ignore. He obviously has no clue.
Storm_blessed946@reddit
I’m actually a 5 star general, would you like my opinion?
Dultsboi@reddit
Where’s the group chat
monochromeorc@reddit
they would literally need to develop an ICBM delivery system to do that, so no
No_Menu_6533@reddit
ICBM is only one way to transport a bomb
monochromeorc@reddit
cant see a pakistani bomber getting through and im not sure if they have sub launched capability, but if so I would imagine their subs wouldnt get close. terrorist attack probably most likely but id imagine the chances are low and would be difficult to pull off
No_Menu_6533@reddit
Container ship
SupplyChainGuy1@reddit
Maybe they meant through state sponsored terrorism.
A state could ship a nuke on a boat to shore and detonate in Port.
Shoddy-Childhood-511@reddit
"Pakistan's longest-range missile system is the Shaheen-III, which was first tested in 2015 and has an estimated range of 2,750 km."
That's just far enough for most of India, but actually not even far enough for Sri Lanka, so forget hitting the US. Asymmetric delivery would be possible of course, but..
Also, Pakistan was kinda a US ally, before Trump2. India is powerful nation, so the US always kinda disliked India. India was useful though since the US dislikes China more.
Pakistan would save their bombs & missiles for India.
IntoTheMirror@reddit
Anybody who uses nukes in 2025 is instantly and rightfully so a pariah state. And hopefully this administration of chucklefucks knows that.
Luckily, Iran doesn’t have the capability to go after Diego Garcia.
ShiningRayde@reddit
Oh wow, Diego Garcia in the news.
We could just give it back to the Chagossians and avoid the whole issue :)
IntoTheMirror@reddit
Can they reach? Do their ballistic missiles have the range? (I’ve heard max 1200 miles and Diego Garcia is like 5,000 miles away from Iran). Are they going to send their navy of retrofitted cargo ships? Or their air force of Vietnam era US and Soviet era planes?
StrudelCutie1@reddit
Maybe they could reach Diego Garcia if they replaced the warhead with a bigger fuel tank.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-31-2025
ktulu0@reddit
That seems like an extremely unwise course of action.
Chogo82@reddit
We can all dream about rainbows and unicorns but I guarantee you Iran’s not going to be able to pull this unicorn off.
Lucky_Shoe_8154@reddit
It’s the telegram, just propaganda from nazis
Expensive_Watch_435@reddit
I know it's a very very slim chance, but the thought of Iran wiping out 1/10th of a trillion worth of aircraft in one sweep is... definitely a thought
SkeltalSig@reddit
This sub is hilarious.
ElTito5@reddit
"In am attempt to deter...." If Iran attacks, then Trump will retaliate. Wouldn't be surprised if the bombers are there to entice Iran to attack.
RossaAquila@reddit
The administration has already decided, Israel is getting its way.
Ok_Maximum_5205@reddit
US would cripple Iran oil production capabilities for years to come. And they know it. No chance they strike first.
Key_Pace_2496@reddit
With what lmao?
Infinite_Question344@reddit
lol
Soulpatch7@reddit
Apparently Iran’s using Signal too.
makk73@reddit
How?
LoosePersonality9372@reddit (OP)
With angry statements.
makk73@reddit
Yeah, I don’t think they have the capability to effectively project meaningful power that far.