US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

There's a suggestion that this was a key Iranian nuclear facility. If true, this is Israel forcing America to increase its strikes and role in this war

That makes Dimona a target.

Bushehr Nuclear reactor was also attacked by Israel yesterday with bombs hitting 350 meters away from the reactor, 163 Staff members had to evacuate yesterday after attacking them for the 2nd time. 300 remain there in the compound

IAEA reported that no leakage of radioactive material, but Kuwait put out a warning for it's citizens to take precautions.

Looks like Israel has gone off the rails.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-us-israel-news-updates/card/u-s-most-of-iran-s-missile-production-facilities-are-damaged-or-destroyed-Oyzz0XRYwy15jBlHtjlJ

Does that mean Iran has less drones for export to other conflict zones?

or have their any of the Iranian allies built their own facilities to bomb innocent children in other countries who don't count ?

#hope no one including any friends of Iranian regime or its allies are offended by this post

More confirmation of KC135's damaged or destroyed at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia.

The US are having their force multipliers and support aircraft hit.
The impact on strike missions, penetration depth and indeed even Israeli strikes reliant on US refuelling support will be felt.
It won't be huge, but it's certainly an effective means of reducing strike tempo and size.

it happened 10 days ago, and judging by the line of tankers shown in FR24, it hasnt impacted them.

Hence why the 1st 2 words of my post are "more confirmation".
If you read the thread linked there is further detail including the IR satellite track of the fires.

We know there are 5 damaged KC135s at a minimum and despite the line of tankers currently active?
The loss of 5 airframes impacts operational readiness, attrition and standby availability.
You more than most posters should be aware of that.

Cheerleading that there isn't a problem because there's a line of tankers orbiting?
It's a bit facile isn't it?
Even with the additional crews available from the 5 damaged airframes used to fly additional sorties on the undamaged airframes.
What impact will overuse of those 60yo airframes have on their fatigue life and maintenance requirements?

The US KC135 fleet is a vital force multiplier, but it is creaking at the seams and was long before this latest escapade.
The issues with the KC46 still cropping up and it's not yet being fully operational?
Only compound the fleets problems.

That’s an interesting thesis, there is a pipeline across Saudi and port on west coast where they are exporting about 3x more than Iran

Anyways these paratroopers and marines are about to be killed by Russian weapons, gonna be awkward one for Trump to keep sweeping under the carpet

That pipeline is buried for a reason, pipelines are cheap to fix, just ask the Russians, more likely pumping stations be targets

Best of luck to the Iranians then, especially when Saudis call their nuclear armed ally over on other side of Iran→ Pakistan (3x Irans population) into the war, there’s already reports of Saudis telling and probably soon paying US to bomb Iran back to the dark ages

I said it before, attacking all their neighbours was the worst strategic mistake Iranian regime could have made

They have plenty of dumb bombs to level power and more critically for Iran water infrastructure (nor do they care about laws and rules) due to complete air superiority where large/slow b52s and a10s are flying about the place without hassle, the switch already started two weeks back

Iran turning into a larger version of Syrian civil war is a distinct possibility now

Things can get worse, much much worse

All of them and their families deserve to be taken out. Actually the American and Israeli population deserve a good comeuppance too - unlike the poor Iranians, they actually voted in these evil ba*tards multiple times, they are complicit in the daily war crimes

In addition to strike 10 days ago, that honestly should've convinced the USAF that parking aircraft nose to nose and wingtip to wingtip on the ramp was a bad idea.
Another strike today destroyed at least 1 KC135 and damaged and multiple damaged.
Further attrition on the fleet, but I'm sure someone will be along shortly to say it's not an issue 😉

Basic operational security seems to have been abandoned.
While dispersal of tankers to revetments requires a lot of space and hard stands.
It's one of the big advantages of bases like Prince Sultan AB.
Huge amounts of space for dispersal.
The lesson dealt by Iran 2 weeks ago?
Completely ignored as America barrels on.
Dangerous hubris.

Israel doing everything to up the escalation ladder. It's always been Israels m.o. to hit much harder than they've been hit. The problem is trying that logic on a giant country like Iran is madness. The Iranians have already destroyed one water treatment plant so I wouldn't be shocked if a few more are put out of circulation in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Iranian steel plants.

This is a war Israel cannot win. Never mind the U.S. who have seen 13 bases rendered useless within a month of operations against Iran. Early talks of the Houthis entering the fray. As it is the IDF are overwhelmed with morale tanking. By all accounts Israel has lost 100 tanks trying to make headway in Lebanon. They never learn. They tried it on before with Hezbollah and were sent packing. They got hammered by Iran last year and came back for more this year. Absolutely puzzling.

It would probably take a ground invasion to remove the Israeli regime so that seems unlikely unless the people rise up against them. They have set Israel on a path to ruin.