Donald plays a blinder

[wanton dwarf]

The Iran deal would have halted the work and facilitated inspections. Now we will be relying on intelligence from defectors. Iran is a big place so hardly difficult to hide parts of a weapons program.

They want a bomb mostly because the regime fears the Americans trying to remove it. Its North Korea all over again. How well did Trumps effort go there again?

I agree in part.

Iran will get the bomb .. the question is what are they likely to do with it ? I wouldn't be surprised to find out they already have one.

Trump is just the current president .. I know some don't like him, what really matters is the threat to the USA population and IMHO all the other states near Iran which I would include part if not most of Europe.

The USA will eventually look to remove the threat and given Trump has spent $1.5+ Trillion on arms I would expect the USA to be in prime position to do something about Iran now.

 

[br jones]

A hellfire missile costs around $120000 ,america has ordered 24000

 

[The Agrarian]

Wow. Nearly 3 billion dollars.

 

[beefandsleep]

What is their shelf life?

 

[beefandsleep]

Just asked google, it’s 20 years [emoji51]

 

[br jones]

Obama fired around 500

 

[beefandsleep]

From what I have read Obama ordered around 526 drone strikes between 2009 and 2015 in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, multiple missiles would have been used in some of those strikes, I don’t know wether they would all have been hell fires but it seems to be the missile of choice so Trump may have over ordered a bit but I don’t suppose they will all be delivered at once.

 

[Mr Jones]

He worked alongside Us special forces in Afghanistan from around 2001 onwards?

 

[Muck Spreader]

As Trump is targeting 52 sites of cultural importance to Iran. Does this mean the Iranians will be targeting all the Trump towers in reprisal?

 

[caveman]

As Trump is targeting 52 sites of cultural importance to Iran. Does this mean the Iranians will be targeting all the Trump towers in reprisal?

That's only a soundbite to give our Boris something pretty safe to moan about whilst the other issue fades away.

 

[le bon paysan]

Market outlook from the US
https://www.agprofessional.com/arti...3bmhidU9KXC8xY2pKSDZaY3JQZ0tUK3ozSytIVGpTTyJ9

 

[ollie989898]

The use of Hellfires for drone strikes is nonsensical really- they are anti-tank weapons and huge as a result, and have a directional blast warhead for penetrating armour. The size and weight of them is problematic because it means the carrying platform is limited in the number of hellfires it can carry as a result.

What you actually want is a laser guided version of the Hydra 70 folding fin aerial rocket. They are cheap, accurate and multiple rounds can be carried in a single pod. The smaller size of the weapon also means a smaller bang and less chance of collateral damage. A snip at 22,000 dollars each though of course manufactured by BAE and not the usual US companies.

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[The Agrarian]

Market outlook from the US
https://www.agprofessional.com/arti...3bmhidU9KXC8xY2pKSDZaY3JQZ0tUK3ozSytIVGpTTyJ9

Conventional wisdom says higher oil is a drag. But the last time oil fell to very low levels, it seemed to have the opposite effect.

 

[M-J-G]

 

[Highland Mule]

Seems like it’s all kicking off. The plane crash is either a horrid coincidence or else one of Iran’s enemies is escalating things further. I suspect American involvement, but I guess we will never know the truth.

 

[Daniel]

Seems like it’s all kicking off. The plane crash is either a horrid coincidence or else one of Iran’s enemies is escalating things further. I suspect American involvement, but I guess we will never know the truth.

Or the Iranians shot it down by mistake?

 

[Highland Mule]

Or the Iranians shot it down by mistake?

Possible - like I wrote, we will never know for sure.

 

[manhill]

They've had forty years to get that right; it's a combination of a few genuine believers, government employees, lot's of subsidised rent-a-mob types and plenty of coerced people - with a population of more than eighty millions, it's not that hard to drum up a fair sized crowd. It's even easier in the capital.

& Bolstered by gov. employees given the day off probably.

 

[Danllan]

& Bolstered by gov. employees given the day off probably.

Yes, I think so too, which was why I wrote it in the post you quoted.

 

[caveman]

& Bolstered by gov. employees given the day off probably.

Probably more like.....This is your job for the week. Do it or face the consequences.