US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

I think Iran but I might remember wrong had developed anti ship missiles. These don't seem to have materialised. Maybe the US focused on hitting these launch sites first. I also believe they took out the Iranian submarine. I used to believe ships in the age of ballistic missiles to be sitting ducks but it looks like I'm wrong for reasons you outlined plus a few others. Unless a nation has air dominance, submarine dominance or top class anti ship missiles it looks like the age of the ship continues.

As for Israel I believe they'd definitely run out of ADM if they just sat there and let Iran have free reign. But they seem to be faring much more favourable because they're on the attack along with the US.

Iran don't seem to be able to get too much of their long range stocks fired at Israel. Too many missiles and launchers are being destroyed and I would be surprised if they collapsed the entrances to the deep underground storage bunkers so that stocks are stuck underground.

Won't be long before these get involved in another middle east adventure at the behest of Daddy. Forget about a defensive alliance " Nato is also there for US to project power on the world stage "

I wonder if member states taxpayers know that they are supporting the US & Israel in it's illegal act of unprovoked aggression ?

Incredible double standards honestly.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-underground-missiles-59b3492c

Well it was nice of the regime to conveniently place most their missiles and missile launchers in central locations that are now buried

Yet another neutral country hit, Turkey yesterday, Azerbaijan today

Yes PAC-2 and PAC-3 can be operated simultaneously (and should be).
PAC-2 (GEM-T) in particular should be reserved where possible for air breathing threats such as Aircraft, Cruise Missiles and even in extremis, drones, but of course CRAM, VSHORAD, MANPADS and AA artillery are far better options for defence against Shaheds

I do think your reply misses the salient point made though regarding the manufacture date of the missile and the absence of any hardware overhaul data on the data plate.
As you know better than I, software and minor changes wouldn't be tracked on the data plate, rather paperwork and software will keep on top of those.
However, overhaul, motor change and LRU replacement would all be required at least once to date in the life of a 26 year old missile and, that level of overhaul is noted on a modified or replaced data plate.

The data plate shown in the post I shared, is unmodified and 26 years old.
That points to old and unreconditiined missiles and given that Qatar didn't sign for Patriots until 2014, and did buy a mix of PAC-3 and PAC-2 it seems a little odd that they are launching 26yo missiles from their 12yo stockpile.
Now certainly, FMS supplies equipment that nots always newly manufactured but again, the lack of any remanufacturing date on the plate for rocket motors and LRUs points to old stock that was supplied without overhaul as part of a pre attack surge of interceptors to the Gulf states.

The coverage of this in some media outlets is revealing :

Russia invades Ukraine

Israel crosses over into Lebanon

"Absolutely rubbish"? So why are the BBC reporting that Iran has attacked Kurdish groups in Iraq and Iran?

Iran's military has said it has targeted the headquarters of Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, stepping up strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq.

In a statement quoted by Iran's state media, the military said it attacked "Kurdish groups opposed to the revolution in Iraqi Kurdistan with three missiles".

Tehran is intensifying its attacks on Iranian Kurdish groups in Iraq amid speculation that US President Donald Trump wants them to join the fight against Iran, as US and Israeli strikes continue.

One person was killed and three injured in Iranian strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday on bases belonging to two separate Kurdish opposition groups, the BBC has confirmed.

The BBC has visited the scene of the attacks at these bases.

The reality is i'd say there is talks going on behind the scenes already. Bibi won't like that and will probably pick up the phone to Donnie to nip it in the bud

A warship is not non-combative.

Centcom is asking the Pentagon to send more military intelligence officers to its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days but likely through September.

Likely September now ! I am sure Trump said 3-5 weeks a couple of days ago. We will be lucky to have enough petrol to fill a Zippo lighter by then.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/evacuation-middle-east-iran-war-00812898

Yes they do. It's their job to show us this war. I don't watch news stations in general but I make sure to tune in at these times because they show plenty of footage.

Yeah, it seems like it is fine under international law for Iran to kill 30,000 of its own people, finance and supply terrorist armies across the region and then bomb 12 other countries who don't have an argument with them.

And all we should do in response is negotiate.

People can't see that the UN doesn't work. It hasn't worked since the 1980s.

It is obvious it was Israel/USA who slaughtered the school children in Iran

In fairness the job of the news is to show and tell you what's happening in the world and bring the reality of it to you.

If you don't want to see it, or find it upsetting, tune into the radio instead or a switch to a channel more to your liking. It's not mandatory to watch the news on TV.

Telling someone to go watch Rambo and accusing them of enjoying seeing people die for simply saying they've been intently following the conflict on the news is frankly unhinged.