Countering Iran's overnight attack costs Israel $1.35B: Israeli media

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/c...ttack-costs-israel-135b-israeli-media-3681234

These numbers are a good deal higher than I've heard elsewhere. This would be a cost of about $3.86 Million / incoming drone or missile. Of course, the cost of military equipment is notoriously complicated, and I'd guess this is not based on the incremental cost of producing additional units of the same missile design.

 

And this is why Israel can't simply take a defensive posture.

I'm sure Iran would be fine with firing $2,000 missiles that it costs the US and Israel $4,000,000 per to shoot down, especially if Bribed Joe keeps sending Iran $Billions.

 

Iranian notice of attack may have dampened escalation risks
WASHINGTON, BAGHDAD, DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters) - Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday Iran gave wide notice days before Saturday's drone and missile attack on Israel allowing mass casualties and rampant escalation to be averted, but a U.S. official denied this.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...ay-have-dampened-escalation-risks-2024-04-14/

 

Or, about $200 per capita. I doubt Israel can keep this up for long, with their population being only about 7 million, so it will have to be financed by the US.

 

This is just the excuse Israel needs to throw all rules of engagement down the toilet. They tried being extra careful with casualties but I think all bets are off now.

 

Israel didn't down all the drones. US alone downed 80 drones and 7 missiles, and Brits and Italians also participated.

 

Meanwhile a huge mob of Muslims in Dearborn Michigan just had a mass rally where they demanded "death to America". The organizer explained that they shouldn't have said that because it aids Islam's enemy (America). Talk about delusional, no other entity has been more effective at distributing Islam around the world than America.

What do you think these people will do if America gets even more involved in Israel's mess? We could be on the precipice of an escalation of Muslim terrorism in America.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...-death-to-america-chants-mistake/73285383007/

 

The iron dome was coordinated and brilliantly done. Iran's big attack which included launching 100 missiles at the same time, was the biggest missile strike dud in history. The only major injury was a little Muslim girl that was hit be falling scrap metal from a destroyed missile.

It was so inept that frankly they look weaker than ever, they would've been better to stick with their tough guy rhetoric, because their military strike capability is a dud lol.

 

Yes, the half assed effort combined with the heads-up warning before the attack tends to indicate it was mostly symbolic "save the face" strike rather than something designed to do real harm.

 

Since there are political overtones to the issue I would recommend adding salt to any numbers like these.

 

Yes as long as "mostly" is highlighted.

Iran hit the targets it had in mind by the few (around a dozen) more modern (Kheibar Shekan) missiles, tested a few dozen newer versions of Iranian drones against Israeli air defenses, and used a lot of older missiles and drones (the bulk of the projectiles fired) to create a nice show that they weren't cowed by the threats of what would happen if Iran struck from its own territory (while fully expecting these older systems would be shot down by the Americans and their side-kicks). I will even let you in on this scoop: the latter was a bone thrown to the US as part of an implicit quid pro quo in return for the US being able to claim it had "defended" Israel without having to go to war against Iran or getting involved in any offensive operations against Iran.

 

I agree. It was a retaliation for the Israeli consulate attack that was designed to avoid a widening of the conflict. I wonder whether Israel will retaliate. I think it is likely that they will.

 

Will be?! US tax payers have been subsidizing Israel since their inception.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/15/israel-hamas-war-iran-drone-attack-latest-news/
Israel plans ‘painful’ strike on Iran without casualties

IMO:
If Israel strikes inside Iranian territory from Israel itself (esp. via aircraft or missiles), regardless of casualties, Iran will immediately strike back. Not necessarily proportionally either.

A cyberattack, even if painful, will receive a reply in kind, even if Iran's cyberattack capabilities lag behind Israel's. But the latter is unlikely to escalate into war.

 

There isn't much to win by entering a cycle of retaliations. Both sides have taken their blows, so maybe they'll call it a game.

 

We can only hope.

 

I don't doubt it.

 

LOL the sent over 300 missiles, do you honestly think they thought none would get through lol. They showed how weak they are but don't fear, Biden still sending millions to help the cause.

 

Not sure this works but I wish it would. The problem, Iran financed and directed a direct attack by their proxies on innocent civilians, in Isreal. Isreal, killed the general that planned the attack in Syria, not Iran. Iran then launches another attack directly on Isreal. I'm afraid it's time for Iran to see they can be struck too, on their soil.

 

Iran fired a dozen of its better ballistic missiles, 30 cruise missiles, and a bunch of decoys consisting cheap drones, old missiles and such. Those state of the art ballistic missiles almost all got through and hit their targets 1,500 km away with precision. No amount of lies, propaganda, deflection or spin will change that. 4 bases were hit, even if Israeli censors have had a hard time admitting the facts, now admitting 2 bases were hit.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-n...c-missiles-iran-military-bases-nevatim-negev/
Israel admits Iranian ballistic missiles struck two military bases
A cargo plane, out-of-use runway and empty storage facilities hit at Nevatim airfield in the south after rockets were not intercepted

 

On the flip side, the attack didn’t cost Iran anything because Biden paid for it.

We did it, Joe.

 

Israel have regularly struct sites in Iran and also carried out assassinations

 

Given the time it takes for the drones to reach Israel, and the fact that they have to fly long distance over US controlled airspace in Iraq + Israel's top-notch air defenses, they must have assumed that chances of causing real damage was very low.

 

I lost interest at "cost Tel Aviv". Can't trust anything in that article after that.

 

So what are you saying? Do you think Iran sent those 300 missiles for fun? You think they wanted to look like fools when none got through? I mean you guys make excuses for this big flop is rather ridiculous, even brain dead biden called it an embarrassment after they defied his big "don't" statement.