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2026-03-21 Southeast Asia

Two Swings - Two Misses - Iranian Missiles Do Not Hit Diego Garcia

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Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-03-21 06:01|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1810 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

1 How many more do they have? 2500 miles/4000 kilometers is all of India, all of the Middle East, a large part of Europe & Africa.

Poland & Romania have Aegis ashore (SM-3). Of our Nato 'allies' only France & Italy (joint program) have a missile and that is only good for short or medium range ballistic missiles.

The SM-3 is also used by Japan and South Korea.

Source is Wikipedia, which is usually reasonably accurate for non-political information

Posted by Chantry 2026-03-21 08:58|| 2026-03-21 08:58|| Front Page Top

2 US launches 'longest field artillery strike in Army combat history' against Iran

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-21 10:16|| 2026-03-21 10:16|| Front Page Top

3 Two swings, two misses (or foul balls). Three strikes you are out, not two. Careful with these a-holes.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-03-21 17:39|| 2026-03-21 17:39|| Front Page Top

4 There's nothing like showing everybody that you could reach out and touch more targets.

Posted by Large Thesing5323 2026-03-21 22:29|| 2026-03-21 22:29|| Front Page Top

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