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2025-06-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by badanov 2025-06-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [186 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Trump weighs up whether to order US strikes on Iran as Israel pummels Tehran and tells people to evacuate... while Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issues a chilling cryptic warning

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-18 02:26|| 2025-06-18 02:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like the same old Middle Eastern story: Arab countries and Iran spend big bucks on Russian air defense systems and Israeli Air Force bombs those countries with impunity. Russia gets the gold and their clients get the shaft.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-06-18 12:48|| 2025-06-18 12:48|| Front Page Top

#3 We now have complete and total control over Iranian airspace.?????????

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-18 13:07|| 2025-06-18 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Keeping in mind that Iran is 3 times the size of Ukraine - and the number of airframes the Israeli's can put airborne over that space at any given time - that doesn't sound like a statement with 100% confidence.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2025-06-18 14:27|| 2025-06-18 14:27|| Front Page Top

#5 ....If the Israelis really have run a stake through the heart of the Iranian ADS, it's possible there may be some old but very capable C-135 variants making incursions...

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-06-18 16:14|| 2025-06-18 16:14|| Front Page Top

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