Israeli air force has shown footage of an interception of an Iranian drone. In the video, an Israeli F-16, presumably using an AIM-9 missile, shoots down an Iranian kamikaze drone, the Shahed-136. The video was filmed over the city of Daraa, in southwestern Syria, not far from the border with Jordan. It is worth noting that the plane flew through a cloud of shrapnel, which is quite dangerous as it can end in disaster due to damage to the engines and skin. Earlier, a Ukrainian plane crashed because of this.
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Gotta be careful of the Westoids. They could be working together buy Israel time to rearm and/or the US to get into position. I'd say Iran should keep up maximum pressure with continuous missile strikes on Israel, as much as they would be doing if there where no talks and Israel were still as aggressive as day 1. Negotiations with the West never get better from your kindness or grace; they will only interpret it as weakness and use your own good will to harm you. Negotiations with the West only ever move in the right direction from putting them under pressure through your strength.
I have so much more respect for Iranian resilience than I did on the first night of Israel's terrorism; I'm really rooting for them with a lot of hope. If they fight their way out of this alone, delivering a bloody face to Israel, backing off NATO, and restoring peace through equal negotiations, it would be a miracle thought impossible from day 1. It would be such a shame if the fell in the end for this cheap trick and lost it all.
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Six US B-2A Spirit strategic bombers struck Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The strike used 12 GBU-57A/B bunker buster bombs. Thirty BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from submarines at a range of 600 km were also used. It is worth noting that Iran's nuclear facilities are located underground, at a depth of up to 90 meters, and it is quite difficult to destroy them. According to Iranian media, the facilities were not damaged. The GBU-57A/B bunker buster bomb was developed in the United States and weighs over 13.5 tons, is 6 meters long, and has a diameter of about 80 centimeters. The bomb contains almost 2.5 tons of explosives and is designed to destroy underground targets at a depth of up to 60 meters.
Iran used medium-range ballistic missiles Kheibar Shekan for the first time in a morning attack on Israel on June 22. The Kheibar missile is 11.4 meters long, weighs 6.3 tons, has a warhead of up to 550 kg, and has a range of up to 2,000 km. 30 missiles, including other types, were fired at the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. According to media reports, some of the missiles were shot down by air defense systems of Israel, the United States, and other countries. Iran did not report the targets it struck, but judging by the destruction, many objects were hit by the missiles. According to Israeli media reports, there are wounded and dead.
The Israeli Air Force has released footage of strikes on Iranian ballistic missile launchers. All Israeli aircraft, F-35I, F-16I and American-made F-15I are used in the strikes. The type of missiles used by the Israeli air force is not reported. Judging by the video, strikes were carried out on all types of Iranian missiles, including Qadr-H, Fateh-110, Fateh-313, Qassem and other types. It is worth noting that some missile strikes are simply shown from different angles. The question is often asked where Iran's air defense is. According to open data and judging by what is shown, Iran's air defense was disabled at the beginning of the war. This is the result of Israeli intelligence work. Drones launched by Iranian residents, including Afghans in Iran, were used to destroy the air defense. Also, Iranian residents, Afghans and sabotage groups deployed remotely controlled Spike ATGMs. It is currently unknown how many and what kind of air defense Iran has. Iran has several S-300 air defense batteries, an export variant, but these are early modifications from the 1980s. It has not been confirmed that it was destroyed. Rumors about Iran having S-400 air defense systems have not been confirmed. Russia has previously offered Iran joint air defense development projects, but this never took off.