I know this isn't new, but it needs to be repeated, this is naked admission to targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure as punishment for wartime losses. This is not the tactic of a winning side, but a desparate loser. They can't stop Iran militarily, so they are hoping to crush them entirely.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm honestly surprised they haven't dropped nukes yet. The only reason i can imagine they haven't is either ChatGPT is telling them it'd be politically untenable or Russia or China or both have said "no nukes"

Edit: unless... posadist-nuke

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It’s Russia bro, and probably to a lesser extent China.

Think about those decaying old counter-strike systems that are keyed to launch when American nukes are detected in-flight, from the Cold War era. Even our idiotic Dept of War knows better than to test those by firing nukes in Russia’s general direction, because there’s a very good chance we’d get bombarded and we already blew our missile defense stockpile protecting greater Israel.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Think about those decaying old counter-strike systems that are keyed to launch when American nukes are detected in-flight, from the Cold War era. Even our idiotic Dept of War knows better than to test those by firing nukes in Russia’s general direction, because there’s a very good chance we’d get bombarded and we already blew our missile defense stockpile protecting greater Israel.

presumably they'd use a submarine-launched nuke given the circumstances

[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

That or a B-2 since that's what it was designed to do

[–] Vanilla987654321@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Pakistan too, since they would not be receptive to nuclear fallout and millions of refugees.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

He's pretending people still care about what he says, after not following through on the last 80 threats.

Insurance prices will show how much the shipping industry believes that this tactic is working.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Also not new, but:

targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure as punishment for wartime losses

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