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Satellite images show MINOR but PINPOINT damage to US-Iraqi bases from Iranian missile attack, suggesting limited show of force
9 Jan, 2020 01:22

This satellite image released by Planet Labs Inc. reportedly shows damage to the Ain Al-Asad US airbase in western Iraq, after being hit by rockets from Iran, January 8, 2020. © AFP / Planet Labs Inc. Handout

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Commercial satellite imagery of military bases in Iraq targeted by Iranian missile strikes show only minor damage, bolstering theories that Tehran was aiming for a flashy show of force rather than to actually kill US troops.
The Ain Al-Asad military base in Iraq’s Anbar province, as well as another facility outside Erbil, in the Iraqi Kurdistan, found themselves under fire by two volleys of ballistic missiles, fired from inside Iran during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Satellite imagery released on Wednesday by the private US company Planet Labs shows only minor damage in both places, mostly to warehouses and equipment storage facilities rather than barracks.

© AFP / Planet Labs Inc. Handout
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched the missiles as revenge for the US drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, one of their top commanders, last week outside of Baghdad. Despite belligerent rhetoric that accompanied the missiles, Iran stood down after just two volleys, claiming its legitimate self-defense objectives were met.
ALSO ON RT.COMIran didn’t want to kill US troops with its strike, it wanted to make point to Trump about its missile tech & resolve. It did that
US President Donald Trump likewise declared “all is well,” declined to respond with force, and commended Tehran’s decision as “a good thing for all parties concerned.”
No US or Iraqi soldiers were killed in the strikes. The Pentagon claimed its early warning systems caught the launches, allowing US troops to seek shelter.

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The Iraqi government revealed on Wednesday that Iran actually called and warned them of the strike in advance, which they then passed on to Washington. Finland and Lithuania, which also have troops stationed at the two bases, also reportedly said they were informed of the strikes in advance.
ALSO ON RT.COMTop US general claims Iran was ‘shooting to kill’… by giving early warning to hide personnel & prepare air-defenses?
All of this has prompted speculation that the Iranian missile strikes were more of a symbolic act than a true escalation of the ongoing conflict between Tehran and Washington. Iran proved it had the capability to kill US troops if it so chose, but deliberately refrained from it, argued former US Marine and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter.

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The top US general, however, claimed on Wednesday that his “personal assessment” was that the IRGC was shooting to kill.
“I believe, based on what I saw and what I know, that [the strikes] were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft, and to kill personnel,” Army General Mark Milley told reporters.

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Iran didn’t want to kill US troops with its strike, it wanted to make point to Trump about its missile tech & resolve. It did that

Scott Ritter
is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer. He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
8 Jan, 2020 20:12 / Updated 9 hours ago

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Iran’s anticipated retaliation for the US assassination of Qassem Suleimani sent a clear signal to Donald Trump that while the current round of violence may be over, Iran stands ready to respond to any future US provocation.
Tehran warned Iraq to spare US soldiers
On Tuesday night, the Iranian nation buried the body of Qassem Soleimani, the charismatic senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer assassinated by the US this past week. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, that task completed, Soleimani’s IRGC comrades, acting on the orders of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, launched some 22 ballistic missiles from Iranian territory into neighboring Iraq, targeting the huge US air base Al Asad, in western Iraq, and the US consulate in the city of Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan.
In the hours following the announcement of these attacks, which were broadcast on Iranian television for the Iranian people, the world held its breath, waiting for the results. Shortly after the missiles were launched, Iran signaled its desire for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis through a tweet sent out by its Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, who described the attacks as “proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter.” Zarif concluded by noting that “We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.”
ALSO ON RT.COMWATCH 1st videos of ‘Iranian revenge’ strikes on US bases in Iraq
The ultimate decision to deescalate, however, was not Iran’s to make. War is not a one-way street, and the enemy always gets a vote. However, in launching its missile attack on US targets in Iraq, Iran appeared to go out of its way to signal that it considered the matter of retaliation for the assassination of Soleimani closed. First and foremost, Iran communicated its intent to strike US targets in Iraq directly to the Iraqi Prime Minister a full two hours prior to the missiles being launched; Iraq then shared this information with US military commanders, who were able to ensure all US troops were in hardened shelters at the time of the attack.
Showing off its new-gen ballistic missiles
But the most important aspect of Iran’s actions was the way its missiles were targeted. For years now, Iran has made significant strides in terms of the reliability, range and accuracy of its ballistic missile force. Gone are the days when Iran arsenal consisted solely of inaccurate Soviet-era SCUD missiles.
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The missile attack on the US incorporated new, advanced missiles—the Qaim 1 and Fahad-110—possessing advanced guidance and control capable of pinpoint precision. Iran had used these weapons previously, striking targets inside Syria affiliated with the Islamic State. But this was the first time these weapons had been used against the US. From the US perspective, the results were sobering. The Iranian missile attacks resulted in no casualties among US, Iraqi or coalition forces stationed in either Al Asad or Erbil. But the lack of lethality, however, is actually Tehran’s way of proving the accuracy of its ballistic missiles.
Commercial satellite images of the Al Asad air base taken after the attack show that the Iranian missiles struck buildings containing equipment with a precision previously only thought possible by advanced powers such as the US, NATO, Russia and China. Iran fired 17 missiles at Al Asad, and 15 hit their targets (two missiles failed to detonate).

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Satellite imagery on Al Asad air base from @PlanetLabs shows five impact points after being hit by Iranian missiles last night.#Iran deliberately avoided hitting populated areas.

I haven't seen any damage reports being released by the Pentagon.
Has anyone else?#NoWarWithIran


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Iran also fired five additional missiles at the US consulate in Erbil; US commanders on the ground said that it appeared Iran deliberately avoided striking the consulate, but in doing so sent a clear signal that had it wanted, the consulate would have been destroyed.
Trump had to back down
This was the reality that President Trump had to wrestle with when addressing the American people regarding the state of hostilities between the US and Iran.
Trump had previously promised a massive retaliation should Iran attack any US personnel or facilities. Surrounded by his national security team, Trump had to back down from that threat, knowing full well that if he were to attack Iran, the Iranian response would be devastating for both the US and its regional allies, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The US might be able to inflict unimaginable devastation on Iran, but the cost paid would be unacceptably high.
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Trump’s rhetoric was aggressive, however, and his message made it clear that the US still considered Iran to be a rogue state whose pursuit of nuclear technology, ballistic missiles, and regional dominance would be opposed by the US, with force if necessary. But the Iranian missile attack drove home the new reality that, when it came to Iran’s actions in the Persian Gulf, American Presidential rhetoric no longer held sway as it once did.
Ali Khamenei, the Iranian Supreme Leader, drove this point home in a series of tweets claiming to have “slapped” the US in the face for its assassination of Soleimani, emphasizing that the policies pursued by Soleimani seeking the withdrawal of the US from the Persian Gulf region were becoming a reality, citing the recent vote by the Iraqi parliament to evict all foreign troops, including those of the US, from its soil.
President Trump, in his address to the American people, certainly talked the talk when it came to articulating a strong anti-Iranian policy. The real question is whether Trump and the American people are prepared to walk the walk, especially in a world where Iranian missiles are capable of dealing death and destruction on a scope and scale previously unimaginable.
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[halsey02]

Trump will TRUMPet and say " My fart is much more accurate".

 

[war is best form of peace]

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现在随便一个中量级国家只要全力以赴不怕代价就可以扳倒美国让它万劫不复了。


Today's fragmented presidential clown in the United States is incompetent and stupid. Not in control. The country is severely divided. The army disobeyed the president. Military and economic allies spurned the United States to abandon non-cooperation and even turn hostility, such as Turkey. National debt broke the earth's historical record. Technology has fallen behind. Ballistic missile technology is even behind Iran.

Both the people and the army are taking drugs seriously, which is ten thousand times more serious than opium smoking in the Qing Dynasty. Low morale and discipline. The nuclear bullet commander has publicly stated that he will not obey the president's order to fire a nuclear bomb. Congress wants to limit the president's power to war. Fiscal deficits have repeatedly closed down and shut down the entire federal government. All civil servants are unpaid.

The nation is dying on the brink of its own destruction. There has been no cure since the niggas hit the parents.

Now any middleweight country can bring the United States to its knees as long as it goes all out without fear of cost.

 

[hofmann]

Cool heads prevailed all round. Except amongst the Democrats. America's worst enemy is always itself.

 

[Tony Tan]

As accurate at pinpointing a single military tent!

Impressive!

 

[zhihau]

Guided by GPS?

 

[ChanRasjid]

I too wondered how guided missiles work. From my reading, if there is no GPS, then the missile has either a camera, radar or some sort of laser-radar (reflects light back). So guidance always need a "loop-back" system, i.e. a cpu within the missile that can update its position (x-y-z coordinates) at interval. There is only one means to change the direction and path of the missile - through its fins. So it is still a miracle if such guided missiles could have pinpoint accuracy! Or is all these fakes!

The US drone that took out Soleimani is different; it has military GPS with a human controller doing the navigation with satellite view of the ground. I think it is like shooting in computer games. The Houthi also used drones for the attack on the Saudi oil facilities.

Chan Rasjid
"Chemical Analysis Of Plain Distilled Water May Refute Mass-Energy Equivalence Of E=mc²"
http://www.emc2fails.com

 

[war is best form of peace]

I too wondered how guided missiles work. From my reading, if there is no GPS, then the missile has either a camera, radar or some sort of laser-radar (reflects light back). So guidance always need a "loop-back" system, i.e. a cpu within the missile that can update its position (x-y-z coordinates) at interval. There is only one means to change the direction and path of the missile - through its fins. So it is still a miracle if such guided missiles could have pinpoint accuracy! Or is all these fakes!

The US drone that took out Soleimani is different; it has military GPS with a human controller doing the navigation with satellite view of the ground. I think it is like shooting in computer games. The Houthi also used drones for the attack on the Saudi oil facilities.

Chan Rasjid
"Chemical Analysis Of Plain Distilled Water May Refute Mass-Energy Equivalence Of E=mc²"
http://www.emc2fails.com

Today's missiles use MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS of various guidance to whack their targets, and depending on WHAT TYPE OF TARGETS they are supposed to whack.

• GPS BDS-3 - essentially only for non-moving targets (stationary) e.g. buildings, bridges, runway, radar / antenna, port jetty, power generation plants, factories, command and communication centers.
• Inertia Gyro - from mechanical to optical and very accurate e.g. Chinese optical gyro.
• Accelerometer - piezoelectric sensors. Pick up accelerations and vibrations.
• Cameras (optical IR & other bands)
• All the 4 aboves are within most smart phones & toy drones today.
• REMOTE COMMANDS by human and command center computers (also in some toy drones today)
• Laser aimed by forward observators or spy drone (like in smart bombs)
• Ground radio beacons usually military only
• Group / Peer assistant and commands (nuke ICBM warheads usually)
• Satellite fed target tracking commands (anti-ship usually to sink carriers)
• On board radar (usually anti-ship) (also anti-missiles and anti-satellites)
• Radar beam guided by warplane / AWAC (usually anti-aircraft anti-missile)
• LIDAR (laser radar similar with robotics and self-driven cars & drones)
• Acoustic (underwater to kill divers, submarines and water UAV)
• Wire & fiber optical cable guided (usually anti-tank and anti-bunker missiles)
• homing on enemies own radar source (usually anti-radar missiles)