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deminks

(11,519 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:17 PM 11 hrs ago

Sen. Chris Murphy: Iran destroys $300 mil radar crucial to missile defense

There have been some very bad developments today.

Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2026-03-07T01:03:50.990Z


There have been some very bad developments today.

Excerpt from Bloomberg on X says Iran destroyed radar system crucial to US for missile defense in the region.
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Sen. Chris Murphy: Iran destroys $300 mil radar crucial to missile defense (Original Post) deminks 11 hrs ago OP
That wasn't supposed to happen! Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #1
An unwanted war by incompetent boys with small dicks vapor2 11 hrs ago #2
That'll inflate to $30 billion in the next "defense" appropriation, yes? DJ Synikus Makisimus 11 hrs ago #3
Congress gets out its checkbook n/t leftstreet 11 hrs ago #4
Netanyahu and his nutters get a cut too. Their 'dogwalk the puppet Trump' fee. Celerity 5 hrs ago #12
Trump: "Terrible design. Biden should have hidden it underground" dalton99a 11 hrs ago #5
In a bunker with walls of concrete moniss 8 hrs ago #9
Serious shit. Several systems have been damaged. cachukis 10 hrs ago #6
Unlike Trump, Iran seems to have been learning some lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War. n/t Emrys 10 hrs ago #7
All happening while moniss 8 hrs ago #8
I fear that the DoD will announce Sunday that they're only doing weekly casualty announcements Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #10
Russia is providing targeting intelligence to Iran. SunSeeker 8 hrs ago #11
Not unexpected considering what the US has done in Ukraine Renew Deal 59 min ago #14
I think this is possibly how we end up with ground troops Renew Deal 1 hr ago #13
I think putting boots on the ground will be a big, huge mistake. Iran is not Iraq. Autumn 23 min ago #16
Agree Renew Deal 5 min ago #17
This entire war is a big mistake. yardwork 3 min ago #18
IDF says it can't guarantee it will send alert for missile before sirens sound womanofthehills 50 min ago #15

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,370 posts)
3. That'll inflate to $30 billion in the next "defense" appropriation, yes?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:19 PM
11 hrs ago

Just checking.

That's how you say "good business" in Republican.

Emrys

(9,059 posts)
7. Unlike Trump, Iran seems to have been learning some lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War. n/t
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:41 PM
10 hrs ago

moniss

(8,978 posts)
8. All happening while
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:26 AM
8 hrs ago

"Last Call" Hegseth shouts at everybody that the Iranians command and control is so damaged that they can't coordinate on targets etc.

Prairie Gates

(7,853 posts)
10. I fear that the DoD will announce Sunday that they're only doing weekly casualty announcements
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:29 AM
8 hrs ago

And it will be a bad number.

Renew Deal

(84,923 posts)
14. Not unexpected considering what the US has done in Ukraine
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:23 AM
59 min ago

That’s another reason why this war was a poor choice

Renew Deal

(84,923 posts)
13. I think this is possibly how we end up with ground troops
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:21 AM
1 hr ago

Last edited Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:15 AM - Edit history (1)

If Iran continues to hold out and stays mostly unified, it will be difficult for the US to achieve its objectives with air raids.

Renew Deal

(84,923 posts)
17. Agree
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:16 AM
5 min ago

That’s what makes most of this exercise pointless. To truly achieve “regime change” you have to reorder society. Iran is not Iraq or Venezuela.

yardwork

(69,248 posts)
18. This entire war is a big mistake.
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 09:19 AM
3 min ago

Iran is a very large country and it has all the secret information about us that Trump gave to Russia.

womanofthehills

(10,923 posts)
15. IDF says it can't guarantee it will send alert for missile before sirens sound
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:31 AM
50 min ago

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Commenting on Friday's short notices, the IDF said that it cannot commit to a specific number of minutes between the warning and the activation of sirens. Meanwhile, satellite images show Iran is attempting to "blind" the United States and its allies by targeting radar systems
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