“Massive Iranian Missile Strike ‘Completely Destroys’ Israeli F-35 Base Nevatim: Stealth Fighters Destroyed”

Writes John Leo Keenan:

The British media reports things the American media doesn’t.  It’s better. 

BBC:  “The semi-official Tasnim news agency said Iran had for the first time used Fattah hypersonic missiles that it claimed “cannot be intercepted”, as well as Emad and Qadr ballistic missiles. However, the IDF said the barrage did not include any hypersonic missiles, according to Israeli media.  Iranian state media cited the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as saying the missiles hit Nevatim, Hatzerim and Tel Nof airbases, as well as Israeli tanks in Netzarim – a reference to an Israeli military corridor in central Gaza – and gas installations in the southern city of Ashkelon.”

The video of the missiles hitting that gas rig are genuine.  Iran says it hit the Arrow defensive system with hypersonic weapons.  No wonder the Interceptors are in the short range and seemed too slow and too few for the incoming missiles.  Maybe it was mostly the iron dome in action but this dome is only for rockets and UAVs.  The Sun confirmed that witnesses said the Nevatim airbase was hit many times by missiles.  (One should watch the explosions in the sky more closely to see why some interceptors were exploding.)

If the following from Israel were true, they would win by showing the media how Iran failed.  They could show the minor damage with no pictures or films allowed.  The problem, though, is that there is nothing to stop authentic hypersonic missiles from knocking out the best defenses before the other missiles arrive.  Just an intuition, but I would bet the Iranian hypersonic missiles are better than the Russian ones.  (Iranians are something else!)    

BBC:  “On Wednesday, the IDF said several air force bases were damaged in the missile attack, but that no aircraft were damaged, according to Israeli media reports.

“Only administrative buildings and peripheral components were hit,” the IDF was quoted as saying, while adding that “upcoming missions remain unaffected”.

The IDF also reportedly said that damage to infrastructure and property in civilian areas was “only minor” and was likely to have been caused by shrapnel from intercepted missiles.”

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