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Jokes aside, whatever it is (Another strike of some sort I'm guessing) probably isn't gonna live up to that hype right?
Honestly? I recall when Mirandi a while back (the last time Israel tried) said that Iran would hit back much harder, and frankly I would call what Iran's been doing recently exactly that; It's entirely possible it won't live up to the hype, but so far they've been living up to the hype.
That said, all they allegedly said was they would do something that would be remembered for centuries; maybe they'll reveal the KFC formula?
Futurama beat them to it.
Former KFC worker here, you can just check Wikipedia. It's mostly salt, pepper and celeriac.
When you defeat the Burgerreich by revealing all of its fast food formulas, causing the
economy to collapse.
Oh shit oh fuck
i bet it's just like creole seasoning with a little msg
It's the Colonel's ashes, a little bit goes a long way
What could actually be in history books and not just metabolized as yet more spectacle?
Actually, Iran striking US bases would be pretty historical. Or using some hypersonics, but I guess that'd fall under shut down or denial of iron dome. Or maybe just letting the leash go for the regional militias - apparently Iran has been a moderating force historically, they've wanted to jump in or retaliate or attack and its been Iran that's held them back.
Probably this or massive drone/paramilitary attacks all over US, and their proxies, bases in the middle east.
I thought they were already doing that?
Ballistic missiles do travel ar hypersonic speed, but when people (namely the US military) use the term "hypersonic missile" or similar, they usually mean a weapon that can manoeuvre in-atmosphere at hypersonic speeds using aerodynamic lift. Some of the Iranian missiles used so far can make some sort of maneuvres at these speeds and in-atmosphere (during terminal flight) but cannot handle sustained flight.
Some of these may be fired from a ballistic missile, but when the warhead enters the atmosphere they glide to the target at hypersonic speeds, making evasive maneuvres and approaching their target unpredictably. You can also get hypersonic cruise missiles (an insanely fast shahed) or artillery shells (eg. a railgun).
These weapons are significant because they are much harder to detect (radar waves cannot curve around the Earth, so flying low lets you hide under the "radar horizon") and much harder to intercept (you cannot predict their path mathematically, and most current ABM systems need a few KM of altitude to maneuvre themselves).
On the downside, they're harder to design and produce, namely because they need more advanced targeting, avionics, and materials to withstand the heat from air resistance for longer. Communication with these weapons is also hard as they generate a field of plasma at their tips that interferes with radio waves. By cruising at lower altitudes, they're also in range of other air defense systems such as cannon fire. Shahed drones in Russia recently changed tactics to fly higher to avoid 50cal. fire from Ukrainian defenders.
It's hard to imagine anything being remembered more than two weeks with our current hyperactive news cycles.
I for one am really learning what “fog of war” means between the ISSrael censorship and the understandable desire for the Iranians to hype up their attack capacity it is very hard to tell if the Iranians are really having a significant effect or if they’re more bark than bite
They recently launched 10 missiles with none of them intercepted. They also have a missile that is stealthy.