Originally posted by Shinmen Takezo:
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Ceasefire lets opponents re-arm.Could be a ploy.
Can't tell. Is it war still? Or did they stop?
Of course Iran's missile factories are humming with their workers busy like beavers. Iran got a good last shot in right before the alleged ceasefire... they hit an apartment building and zotzed 5 Israeli citizens and wounded a bunch more.
I don't think Iran is going to bother to produce the older, cheaper missiles anymore as they are easily intercepted--they are going all in on the newer Shahab III and hypersonic jobs which cannot be countered by any means. Just 50 hyupersonics would have completely leveled Tel Avi.
Isreal is desperately attempting to coverup the immense damage done by the Iranian counter attacks. It's been devastating to them, their infrastructure and economy. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Israeli's who abandoned the country in this short war by sea--most likely never to return as the 'collapse' writing is on the wall for every one to see.
Israel was completely and totally gob-smacked by Iran's response, whom they though would take it up the ass once again. One too many times it seems was enough for Iran--who was waiting in the tall grass with this enormous missile capability. The psychological effect upon the Israeli public was devastating. For the first time in generations they got a taste of their own medicine on stuff they've been inflicting upon other groups and states--especially recently Gaza.