Thread 508632301 - /pol/ [Archived: 836 hours ago]

Anonymous ID: Pm0gFRrrUnited States
6/25/2025, 12:43:52 AM No.508632301
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What’s the point of Russian air defense systems? The recent Iran bombing showed they don’t work. Iran had the world’s 3rd largest air defense network and it failed to defend anything at any level.

Is it just a way to scam gullible third world countries for money?
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Anonymous ID: MTvdHADCIceland
6/25/2025, 12:45:14 AM No.508632406
>>508632301 (OP)
Irans air defense doesn't have Russias integrated air defense system.
Anonymous ID: iJtSu82YIreland
6/25/2025, 12:45:23 AM No.508632422
>>508632301 (OP)
besides from their nukes the russian military is total dogshit
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Anonymous ID: 4HGgTsG3
6/25/2025, 12:46:53 AM No.508632555
most of Irans air defence is old shit and some s-300s
All of it doesn't stand a chance against the F-35
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Anonymous ID: d7x594FeAustralia
6/25/2025, 12:46:58 AM No.508632560
irans air defense is still stuck in 1984 lol
Anonymous ID: xVtHiHG2
6/25/2025, 12:47:45 AM No.508632629
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>>508632422
Fuck you nigger.
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Anonymous ID: iJtSu82YIreland
6/25/2025, 12:49:05 AM No.508632726
>>508632629
its true
show your real flag
Anonymous ID: 3zsl0T2+Poland
6/25/2025, 12:49:33 AM No.508632767
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They work just fine.
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Anonymous ID: hb1WniKvEgypt
6/25/2025, 12:50:29 AM No.508632860
>>508632301 (OP)
Why are you lying hohol diaspora? Get back to posting gore you subhuman.
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Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 12:50:48 AM No.508632888
>>508632555
/pol/ has been telling me the F-35 is garbage since before /pol/ even existed so that’s weird
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Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 12:51:48 AM No.508632963
>>508632860
That’s oddly defensive. I’m just asking why Iran didn’t defend its own airspace In Any way
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6/25/2025, 12:53:46 AM No.508633116
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What’s the point of Iron Dome systems? The recent Israeli bombing showed they don’t work. Israel had the world’s largest air defense network and it failed to defend anything at any level.

Is it just a way to scam gullible NATO countries for money?
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Anonymous ID: sM+JmmTqCanada
6/25/2025, 12:53:47 AM No.508633119
>>508632301 (OP)
We're we not told on day one as Iran was taken by surprise that Mossad agents disabled the air defense with ground fire via bomb detonation/anti tank missile fire? I know I heard that.
Anonymous ID: TieI8iB9Italy
6/25/2025, 12:54:27 AM No.508633174
>>508632963
>I’m just asking why Iran didn’t defend its own airspace In Any way
Because their shithole country was infiltrated by mossad and sabotaged for years before the attacks two weeks ago.
Nothing to do with the imaginary Russian defense systems that OP deluded himself into seeing in Iran.
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Anonymous ID: rqYG9TrLUnited States
6/25/2025, 12:55:33 AM No.508633256
>>508632301 (OP)
Russian air defense systems are excellent. Both Syria amd Iran were offered a more comprehensive defense pact and both rejected it.
Anonymous ID: 71uZJ2M/United States
6/25/2025, 12:56:19 AM No.508633312
>>508632301 (OP)
>Iran bombing showed they don’t work

It doesn't really matter. According to CNN, Pentagon leakers are saying DIA assessed the bombings as only setting Iran's nuclear program back a few weeks.
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Anonymous ID: REfC+eHvUnited States
6/25/2025, 12:57:31 AM No.508633402
Russian air defense system got BTFO in Armenia too
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Anonymous ID: iBf35eAPNetherlands
6/25/2025, 12:58:24 AM No.508633460
Zion Putin sold the Irians bad shit and/or disabled them for his jewish friends
Anonymous ID: eC9T6vpmIreland
6/25/2025, 12:58:50 AM No.508633506
How do air defenses target incoming missiles? Is it heat? Could you bypass them by going oldschool and slinging a nuke in with a trebuchet?
Anonymous ID: IF9s1N46Chile
6/25/2025, 1:00:13 AM No.508633637
israel lost though? russian's AA worked perfectly
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Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 1:01:02 AM No.508633707
>>508633116
This seems like deflection, I don’t think anyone expected Israel’s missile defenses to be 100% effective. However Iran spent many billions developing a large air defense network and it failed to inflict any losses on Israel or hinder their aerial activity in any way

>>508633174
So Israel just destroyed them all on the ground? That seems even worse…
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Anonymous ID: zxt+WTRJAustralia
6/25/2025, 1:01:07 AM No.508633710
>>508632301 (OP)
Mossad did a hit on it with hacking and drone strikes before the airstrike and then the good shit was targeted. No idea what they had, but it was mostly old shit. Iran has been cheap as fuck with buying new shit, they're only JUST upgrading their F-14s to Su-35s.
Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 1:01:55 AM No.508633778
>>508633312
If it didn’t matter why did Iran invest so much in air defense systems? It’s just no big deal they were bombed hundreds of times over 12 days?
Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 1:02:28 AM No.508633826
>>508633637
How many Israeli aircraft did Iran shoot down?
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Anonymous ID: GY36RjpOUnited Kingdom
6/25/2025, 1:06:22 AM No.508634153
Hang on one second? Iranian air defense was disabled, and far more attacks came from within Iran ,specifically targeting air defenses until air Israeli superiority.

The problem Iran had was a lack of any real satellite coverage. Combined into a lot of incompetent blind spots and a telecommunication network and systems that were repeatedly penetrated by multiple attacks.

We rewind it's always had this problem whether it was nuclear facilities disabled or the assassination of personnel inside Iran.

As far air defenses being penetrated it's the same story despite the system. Drones are faster undermining them and hypersonic flight. However they're still a lot better than not having them in any case.

Topically is that suggestion they're defective. No. But they can be breached.
Anonymous ID: ilvOjWpZUnited States
6/25/2025, 1:06:23 AM No.508634155
>>508632301 (OP)
Don’t forget Pakistan has them too and somehow the street shitters defeated those too.
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Anonymous ID: wHRJ8q9lNetherlands
6/25/2025, 1:06:29 AM No.508634165
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OP i know you're concern trolling but the real reason is that spotting f-35s is very hard and only russia's newer s400 and s500 are even capable of doing so in any real capacity.
plus Iran lacked the integrated defense network that was required, they simply had too few pieces of AA.
Anonymous ID: bGB+2wZzUnited States
6/25/2025, 1:06:54 AM No.508634210
>>508632888
A new garbage faguar will still outperform a cheap sedan from the 70s. Same same
Anonymous ID: M7le6i3BUnited States
6/25/2025, 1:13:17 AM No.508634741
>>508632767
No they don't. And I hope you get raped in the ass with a burning polish sausage.
Anonymous ID: xykYErzECanada
6/25/2025, 1:15:11 AM No.508634917
>>508634155
Iranian air defense is pretty effective, but Iran has a lot of support from other countries and can easily rebuild what they lose during US operations in the near future
Anonymous ID: GY36RjpOUnited Kingdom
6/25/2025, 1:17:04 AM No.508635071
>>508633707

Billions on its air defenses. Hahahaha. No.

It really didn't invest like Israel has into air defenses.

What were its systems s300, until recently very recently the s400 was purchased, and something Chinese dunno hos many of those, and it had been developing its own. Its own was virtually redundant. S300 is outdated. 1 or such s400 system isn't enough to stop over 100 aircraft bombing it while its radar stations were disabled.

S300 Israel had heaps of practice evading in Syria.
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Anonymous ID: PZYulmBDUnited States
6/25/2025, 1:17:38 AM No.508635128
>>508633707
What’s the alternative? You think they could buy American missiles when they’re fighting America and Israel? There’s also a shortage of Patriots thanks to Ukraine hogging them. Think with your brain you fucking retard.
Anonymous ID: 2AHNMkNEFinland
6/25/2025, 1:19:53 AM No.508635328
>>508632301 (OP)
>What’s the point of Russian air defense systems? The recent Iran bombing showed they don’t work.
Israel took out 7 iranian air defense batteries with commandos, I guess locating them all was the hard part for synchronized strike
Anonymous ID: ph0stZAR
6/25/2025, 1:20:08 AM No.508635355
>>508632888
garbage because cost/effectiveness ratio, they cost too much
Anonymous ID: 7otUiK60United Kingdom
6/25/2025, 1:21:02 AM No.508635432
>>508632301 (OP)
>What’s the point of american air defence systems? Iran bombing the fuck out of pissrael showed they don’t work. Israel had the world’s largest missile defense network and it failed to defend anything at any level.

>Is it just a way to scam gullible trannies like me out of money?

Yeah pretty much OP, pretty much
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Anonymous ID: zxt+WTRJAustralia
6/25/2025, 1:31:11 AM No.508636198
They need an integrated, layered air defense and much better counter intel units before they worry about nukes.
Anonymous ID: z8VKYf2wCanada
6/25/2025, 1:33:33 AM No.508636395
Iron dome and patriots were both defeated lol.
Anonymous ID: XNjXDOkvUnited States
6/25/2025, 1:38:46 AM No.508636810
This just shows that drones and missiles are the future of air warfare.

Also there is an asymmetry - it's much easier (and cheaper) to strike offensively with air weapons than it is to defend against them.

Both sides had similar problems defending against drones and missiles, although obviously Iran was hit much harder because their tech is old and they are up against the US which backstops Israel.

This shows that

A. For Iran, the logic of making a miniaturized nuke to put on an IRBM never made more sense, as they got slammed by the Israelis and their diplomacy did nothing.

2. For Israel, their missile defense worked okay I guess, but Israel has permanently lost its aura of invincibility, and it's been proven that Israel doesn't have the production capacity for interceptors to defend against a well equipped nation state for more than a couple of weeks without the USA.

Everyone watching this conflict who is resource constrained is gonna be building drones and missiles, not air defense, as they think about how nukes guarantee strategic safety.
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Anonymous ID: PRmxtdCUSpain
6/25/2025, 1:39:42 AM No.508636898
>>508632301 (OP)
Iran had no Russian air defense systems
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Anonymous ID: 2AHNMkNEFinland
6/25/2025, 1:43:31 AM No.508637211
>>508636898
>had no
has no*
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Anonymous ID: 6fVN/NJb
6/25/2025, 1:49:57 AM No.508637716
>>508632301 (OP)
they should've bought s400, place them on hills, covered by pantsirs for point defense, some telars buk-m3s and mig31s with r37s
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Anonymous ID: iBf35eAPNetherlands
6/25/2025, 1:52:45 AM No.508637944
>>508636810
Correct
Anonymous ID: 2AHNMkNEFinland
6/25/2025, 1:52:57 AM No.508637968
>>508637716
they had s-300 and pantsirs
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Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 1:54:51 AM No.508638108
>>508635071
Iran spends ~30 billion a year on its military (in the top 20 spenders which is rough for its poor economy) and after ballistic missiles they’ve spent the most on air defense. They have a whole independent air defense branch
Anonymous ID: Zxco1OnAUnited States
6/25/2025, 1:55:05 AM No.508638125
>>508632301 (OP)
>Is it just a way to scam gullible third world countries for money?
Duh? Rich people buy F-35s.
Anonymous ID: 3zsl0T2+Poland
6/25/2025, 1:55:27 AM No.508638163
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>>508637211
Kekked.
Anonymous ID: njDN4Ye8United States
6/25/2025, 1:55:46 AM No.508638185
>>508635432
I don’t see how deflection is meant to help. At least the Israeli systems intercepted some stuff though, irans achieved nothing and Israel had total air superiority over their own cities
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Anonymous ID: zxt+WTRJAustralia
6/25/2025, 1:57:14 AM No.508638306
>>508638185
Iran's shot down a lot of drones but they were obliterated in the opening hour by assets in Iran. They really need a total purge and much better intel agencies.
Anonymous ID: 6fVN/NJb
6/25/2025, 1:57:32 AM No.508638337
>>508637968
no pantsirs and only some s300 launchers with a bit of missiles
Anonymous ID: zxvLQ87hUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:14:58 AM No.508639661
>>508632301 (OP)
>Have F-14s
>Decades old but, Americans know they actually work so they stop selling you parts to discourage you from using them.

>Have Russian garbage.
>Russians told the Israelis how to beat it years ago.
>Russians continue scamming you by selling you parts to a system they know doesn’t work.
>Will send out their internet vranyo bots to insist it actually does work as your air defenses get blown apart in an unprecedented fashion .
>Will try to gaslight you into thinking you just needed the latest soviet rebadging kit in order to win.
KWAB
Anonymous ID: dwa9xY7lUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:15:42 AM No.508639724
>>508632301 (OP)
The iron dome of patriots failed completely too
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Anonymous ID: 9XdAo+iIUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:35:36 AM No.508641374
>>508632963
it did defend it a lot. it shot down 5 f35s and over 1000 drones....

why are you even here if you're lacking that much knowledge? this information is available anywhere you can see anything about the war coverage....
Anonymous ID: 9XdAo+iIUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:36:29 AM No.508641453
>>508632963 see here >>508633116
to cure a bit of your faggoty mental issue here
Anonymous ID: XNjXDOkvUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:38:36 AM No.508641641
>>508639724
Yeah agreed. that's what I meant by Israel's aura of invincibility is gone.

Anyone watching who is a nuclear power (ie Pakistan) is gonna think, "all we need here is a few secret awesome ballistic missiles that do terminal maneuvers or have other missile defense countermeasures. All we need is that we can threaten credible retaliation against anyone anywhere with our nukes"

Iran is probably thinking "We should have built the bomb anyway, because we got blasted even though we don't have one and weren't building one since 2003. Cancelling our nuke program for security assurances (JCPOA) was a grave mistake."

And Israel is thinking "Gaza is gonna make one sick beachfront resort"

I kid but really Israel is thinking, "We cannot let this Iran war end. This was our one opportunity, our one chance to finally destroy Iran as a regional power, and we cannot let this chance slip away. We'll restock interceptors, get Patriots, regroup, then find some way, no matter what it takes, to get the USA and Trump back into the full scale war with Iran".
Anonymous ID: r0MvW0UBCanada
6/25/2025, 2:38:56 AM No.508641663
>>508632301 (OP)
they shot down 4 F-35s u faggot
Anonymous ID: IqvzXBhyUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:41:59 AM No.508641893
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>>508638185
finally we can get back to farming
Anonymous ID: Qq+DHz5mUnited States
6/25/2025, 2:43:17 AM No.508641995
>>508633402
In russia too
Anonymous ID: WZjBIVPgGermany
6/25/2025, 2:46:14 AM No.508642241
>>508632301 (OP)
> The recent Iran bombing showed they don’t work
Iran doesn't have Russia's current or recent systems. They had some old S-300 and Israel destroyed them with F-35.
Anonymous ID: 0PEfn7ns
6/25/2025, 2:49:21 AM No.508642496
>>508632301 (OP)
Yet somehow Ukraine still can't hit anything with missiles even though they have them, it's always drones
Anonymous ID: WZjBIVPgGermany
6/25/2025, 2:49:52 AM No.508642537
>>508633826
About 70% of them. You need to watch more Iranian state TV and you would know.