Iran has launched hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles. Iran says with this attack, it considers the matter concluded, and any Israeli response will be met with severe retaliation. Iran also tells the US to stay away and that if any regional nation is used to launch the Israeli response, they will be targeted, too.
Israel claims to have intercepted 99% of Iranian response, and the IDF says citizens no longer need to stay near shelters, suggesting the Iranian attack is over. They were helped by UK and US fighter jets in other countries. Israel says it will give “an unprecedented response”. Israel has told the US what their response will consist of.
UN Security Council to meet at 4 PM Eastern Time, Sunday. As of now, it seems all drones and missiles have been intercepted/hit their targets. The impact on Israel has been extremely minor, with minimal casualties and zero fatalities. A military target seems to have been hit. Now we wait for Israel’s response.
Hopefully, that too is similarly limited and the situation calms down.
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Per randos on Twitter, drones will reach in a few hours. It’s not missiles or anything more substantial…yet (and hopefully never).
Edit - Hopefully, this is the only response. I can’t stand the people cheering for this or wanting further escalation. Millions will die. I have no idea what Israel will do in retaliation for this retaliation. I don’t even have any hopes they’ll not respond. I just don’t know.
pretty cool footage here of iron dome failing to stop the Iranian attack https://x.com/revolutionaryem/status/1779336513274405047
i wonder how much more expensive each defensive missile is compared to the iranian ones.
That’s sort of a cool thing about a system like that even the missiles that are shot down are still a military success if they’re cheaper than what’s been used to shoot em down. You can fire off rockets without a warhead and still take a W.
The US supposedly spent like a billion on this.
https://nitter.poast.org/WarWatchs/status/1779320341933789239
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Very superficial internet search gives a wide range of prices for Israel’s stuff.
This source says each missile costs around $60,000US.
Wikipedia cites a different number of and phrases it as, “cost of interception” with a value in $100,000US or more per interception.
When trying to see if the internet had anything about the cost of Iran’s attack I came across this. “Countering Irans overnight attack cost Israel $1.35 Billion (US)”
Haven’t found any ready made “this is how much it cost Iran” articles though.