Israel is not capable of being self-reliant [Israel just leeches on the willing Wankees]

 

Thanks 'MF':

Iran fires 181 missiles at Israel; PM: They made a ‘big mistake’ and ‘will pay for it’

Iran fired a massive salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night, sending almost 10 million people into bomb shelters as projectiles and interceptors exploded in the skies above.

Soon after the attack, which was largely unsuccessful, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran that it had made “a big mistake” and “will pay for it.”

Some 181 missiles were launched in the strike, according to Israeli officials. The Israel Defense Forces said that it intercepted “a large number” of them.

One Palestinian in the West Bank was reported killed and two Israelis were injured by falling shrapnel and debris that had caused damage and started fires in the area.

Explosions could be heard across much of Israel, from Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. Reporters on state television lay flat on the ground during live broadcasts. — Times of Israel

Our Take: In case you were wondering what hypersonic missiles look like in action, take a look:

Back in June 2023, when I first appeared on Badlands on Devolution Power Hour, and speculated that a Israel-Iran conflict could be on the horizon, I asserted that—despite all of the bellicose rhetoric from blowhards like Lindsay Graham about Iran getting a nuclear weapon—Iran does not need a nuclear weapon to "destroy" Israel, because they have a vast arsenal of hypersonic missiles that can easily penetrate the Iron Dome.

All it takes is a large enough barrage of these missiles, directed at the appropriate targets—such as power plants and other critical infrastructure—and Iran could easily render Israel uninhabitable.

It is important to realize that, as we have discussed on Breaking History with economic insights from our friend, Brady Fuchs (War_Hamster), Israel is not capable of being self-reliant. It does not have an agriculture industry substantial enough to sustain the population, nor does it have the manufacturing sector necessary to operate autonomously. And, as Hezbollah has publicly pointed out many times over the past several months, in veiled threats designed to discourage kinetic escalation, Israel's power grid is extremely vulnerable, and can be neutralized with relative ease.

The same can be said of Israel's only deep water port, Haifa, which has several large storehouses containing ammonium nitrate—a chemical used in fertilizer— as well as oil refineries that is vulnerable to explosions. (All of this has been highlighted by Hezbollah, who sent a drone to Haifa months ago that documented these targets on a video posted to the internet.)

Here is the Iranian president, in a post from the Iranian military, explaining that this attack was only a demonstration of their missile technology. The targets were obviously carefully chosen, as only 3 people were killed—one of which being a Palestinian in the West Bank—all from falling debris, and not the munitions, themselves. (Likely debris from the few missiles that were intercepted.)

The IDF can claim that they shot down many missiles, but the video evidence— which is extensively documented on social media—suggests otherwise. These hypersonic missiles did exactly what they were suppose to do: penetrate the Iron Dome.

Here is the Iranian military saying as much:

While Bibi Netanyahu is vowing revenge, here is a video (again, posted by Iran) that focuses on Bibi during his address following the strike. You can clearly see his hands visibly shaking.

It seems that Iran has shook Bibi Netanyahu. It would be foolish for Israel to now continue the escalation, especially considering that neither Russia nor China—critical allies of Iran—have gotten involved.

It would be even more foolish for the United States to follow Israel into the breach on this suicide mission. This is not a threat to our national security, and we have significant problems on the home front that need to be immediately addressed. — 

GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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kt comments: Sorry I can't bring the video clips across