2025 Israel - Iranian conflict

neutralobserver

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zyklon

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The USAF footprint at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia appears to have grown in recent days:


While USAF tankers and E-3s are consistently stationed at Prince Sultan, the presence of USAF fighter squadrons isn't so steady.

So the arrival of a significant number of non-KSA fighter aircraft could mean
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, despite reasonable fears that the Iranians may retaliate by striking targets within KSA.

If the Saudis are willing to put their own necks on the line against Iran, then there's a not unreasonable chance they will "join in on the fun" by conducting air and/or ballistic missile strikes against the Iranians, should they experience Iranian fire.

Could be very interesting to observe given where the Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force has been sourcing technical assistance for decades . . .
 

Weaasel

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This is the issue I have with these "accurate" strikes of Israel. I don't think they are doing the big substantial damage that they would hope for. If this was done by US or Russia, the whole complex facility would be demolished to rubble. The US using carpet bombing and Russia using massive thermobaric warheads. The Israeli air force is overstretching themselves doing these strikes.

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Israel does not possess the payload necessary to do great damage...Even WW2 strategic bombing hardly took out industrial capabilities of targetted countries. Israel is not using anything close to that...
 
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