• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    A land invasion is also not militarily feasible. Iran can hit pretty much any point in West Asia with tens of metres precision. If the US tried to land troops anywhere near the Iranian borders, they’d be droned in a matter of hours.

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      2 days ago

      Yeah. A typical strategy would be missiles to take out anti-air, bombing to soften them up, then the ground invasion.

      But Iran’s anti-air can be pulled back into mountain tunnels for safety. And the IRGC and irregulars would fight back hard. This wouldn’t be like rolling into Iraq, toppling Saddam, and seeing everyone drop their guns and uniforms and scatter.

      Now maybe if the US was capable of manufacturing millions of cheap drones it might be possible, but Raytheon will ensure that everything is as complicated and expensive as possible.