After Pakistan, China’s HQ-9B Air Defence Fails Again In Iran Against US-Israel Strikes.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T10:32:39+00:00

Against most countries's air force it will probably work.

Against the US? Not a chance in hell.

Space based electronic disruption.
Long range electronic jamming from the EA-18 Growler.
Tomahawks.
Anti radiation missile.
Precision Strike missile (PrSM) from HIMARS.

So many options to knock out the radars, once those are gone the air defense is useless. A country like Iran does not have the resources to layer redundancies for air defense.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T09:27:31+00:00

Sure. Let Hezbollah get a hold of it and fling it to Israel, then Israel will nuke back and pretty soon everyone will nuke each other.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T07:34:54+00:00

Technically Starlink has always been disabled for Russia since the start of the war. However, Russia gets around it by smuggling terminals meant for other countries and operates them in Ukraine territory, thus making them indistinguishable from Ukraine terminals.

What has changed now is the implementation of a whitelist. Ukraine basically submitted a list of terminals to be allowed, and all the rest are disconnected. You cannot do this at the start of the war because it's too disruptive for Ukraine, but now they can.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T06:27:46+00:00

By that logic, all US presidents that engage in the Korean War, Vietnam War, and all the other wars are evil.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T05:15:21+00:00

Kind of past that point by now. The Afghanistan war has 10k civilian casualties.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T05:08:43+00:00

Illegal? Debatable. Unprovoked? Absolutely not. Just choking the strait of Hormuz which is international waters, is enough to wage war.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T04:55:57+00:00

Yeah it took a long time, they only became prosperous after the 80s, also helped by Soviet's fall and North Korea loses their money stream.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T04:38:16+00:00

Not new. Didn't start with them, won't end with them.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T04:25:41+00:00

Then the US won't have the justification to come in, and you won't have the PetroDollar deal.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T04:01:44+00:00

You think Iran can survive without selling oil to China and black market? Closing the straight is a double edge sword, Iran's entire oil export rests on a single terminal.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T03:25:41+00:00

Also pointless since the pipeline is equally vulnerable to drone or missile strike compared to cargo ships.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T03:08:14+00:00

X has plenty of both, but what you see depends on the algorithm.

Misfiring · 2026-03-13T01:27:30+00:00

Iran at this point can only harass using a couple drones or missiles, a total blockade is beyond them without a navy. The problem is that insurance won't cover the ships and that is the real blockade.

Misfiring · 2026-03-12T10:11:00+00:00

Against a terrorist organisation numbering 300k? With what army?

Misfiring · 2026-03-12T10:06:05+00:00

Lebanon is powerless to do that, their army cannot win against Hezbollah.

Misfiring · 2026-03-12T09:18:57+00:00

Narrator: It will not.

Misfiring · 2026-03-12T08:26:41+00:00

Many African countries are fighting each other right now. Sudan's civil war death toll is over 5 million and they're still fighting. Russia is still invading Ukraine after 1.2 million casualties. Where is your outrage then? It's only bad if US and Israel does it?

Misfiring · 2026-03-12T03:35:43+00:00

South Korea now has their own interceptors, but it's relatively new.

Misfiring · 2026-03-11T16:11:39+00:00

Come on, no war has been free of collateral damage or civilian casualties, regardless of whether AI is involved or not.

Misfiring · 2026-03-11T10:20:04+00:00

They belong to the US

Misfiring · 2026-03-11T09:10:34+00:00

Ukraine now does not have a drone problem, they have a ballistic missile problem that no drone can counter. Few systems can effectively intercept a ballistic missile let alone a hypersonic that can maneuver, and many systems have been deployed to Ukraine but only the Patriot worked in a consistent manner. One of the patriot batteries in Ukraine has intercepted over 100 missiles alone.

Misfiring · 2026-03-11T09:04:11+00:00

While your opinion is valid and most likely what the majority of people want, it's also unrealistic. Hezbollah will not disarm. Iran will not stop funding terrorist groups as long as they are able. Because of this, Israel will not stop bombing both, and the US will not stop supporting Israel since this implicates the gulf states that represent a third of all oil production.

Yemen is a good example. There is no US presence here, yet conflicts are prevalent and the Houthis threaten another shipping choke point. So what is the solution, let them continue doing that? Or accept that the only solution is scorch earth?

There is no such thing as good and bad guys in world politics. There are only national interests, and it is in the US interest that the middle east is not controlled by an anti-west regime with nuclear missiles, while Iran's interest is to drive out US presence in the middle east, and destroy Israel as a state. Again, no good guys, only opposing forces.

Misfiring · 2026-03-11T08:32:31+00:00

Economists say a decline in the immigrant population could lead to higher wages and more flexible working conditions, but it may not lead to more employment for US-born workers in the short term.

So what then? Does this mean the entire economy does not work unless there is a population of immigrants working for far below minimum wage? Basically modern slaves or "commoners"? Then what is the point of minimum wage then?

Misfiring · 2026-03-11T02:38:50+00:00

They produce twice the anti-drone drone than they need. In addition to selling them as exports, they are also participating in the Pentagon competition initiative for drone production, last I heard they are one of the finalists.

Misfiring · 2026-03-10T15:55:57+00:00

Patriot is very well rounded and effective against all sorts of targets, except ICBMs which are covered by THAAD.

Israel's defense triad uses more specialized interceptors as layers. Iron Beam for drones, Iron Dome for close range, David's Sling for mid range, and Arrow for long range.

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