Israel has now ceased airstikes on Iran as of 04:30 Tehran time.
MarmiteLover123
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He said that months ago lol, did he say it again?
Wait until you hear about Zarif...
Especially if reports about Khamenei not using electronic communications and communicating via a handful of aides though physical correspondence (notes) is true. How can a ceasefire be co ordinated like that?
4:25 in Tehran now, not sure what he's saying. He's literally describing a ceasefire with the details of an agreement while saying there's no agreement? Schrodinger's ceasefire.
Some radar in Camp Taji in Iraq hit.
Could be a breakdown in communications among the resistance factions? Would explain all the mixed reports so far. Some want to continue fighting or haven't received an order to stand down.
Old video that was posted at the start of the war, not an F-35. F-35s are a dark grey, the wing on that wreckage is tan coloured. To be honest I'm not even sure this is an aircraft.
If that's a nose gear as the video suggests, it's tiny and not from a manned aircraft. Here's the size of the nose gear on the F-35A compared to a person.
The rationale I can come up with as for why Iran would take a ceasefire now is because the missile force, the only way they can hit back at Israel directly, has taken severe blows. I go into detail on how that could be here
That's what Israel always does, intensify bombings before a ceasefire, it's standard practice for them. They killed hundreds in Beirut hours before the last ceasefire.
The war of attrition strategy relied on the US not entering the conflict offensively, which is why Iran didn't try attack any US military bases or assets until today. Israel were able to gain air superiority over western Iran and Tehran fairly quickly, along with some kind of corridor to Mashhad over the Caspian sea, but they couldn't fly over the rest of the country. Israel still tried to gain air superiority over the rest of Iran, but they were manually destroying air defence systems by firing Delilah air launched cruise missiles/loitering munitions at them, manually guided by the pilot in the second seat (called a WSO, weapons systems officer) via TV guidance. A slog fest. Israel don't have the aircraft designed specifically for this mission (to suppress and destroy air defences), the EA-18G Growler, which is why they were doing this. But the USA obviously do have this aircraft, and in one night they were able to accomplish what would've taken Israel weeks or months, to open up air corridors into the heart of Iran.
Any future adversary to the USA has to come up with a counter or equivalent to the EA-18G. While everyone's talking about the B-2s, the EA-18G might've played an even larger role here.
Apparently a one way attack drone, and it's a former coalition base. But could be Israel too.