General Discussion

deminks

(11,519 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:17 PM 10 hrs ago

Sen. Chris Murphy: Iran destroys $300 mil radar crucial to missile defense

There have been some very bad developments today.
— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2026-03-07T01:03:50.990Z

There have been some very bad developments today.

Excerpt from Bloomberg on X says Iran destroyed radar system crucial to US for missile defense in the region.

14 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Sen. Chris Murphy: Iran destroys $300 mil radar crucial to missile defense (Original Post) deminks 10 hrs ago OP

That wasn't supposed to happen! Klarkashton 10 hrs ago #1

An unwanted war by incompetent boys with small dicks vapor2 10 hrs ago #2

That'll inflate to $30 billion in the next "defense" appropriation, yes? DJ Synikus Makisimus 10 hrs ago #3

Congress gets out its checkbook n/t leftstreet 10 hrs ago #4

Netanyahu and his nutters get a cut too. Their 'dogwalk the puppet Trump' fee. Celerity 4 hrs ago #12

Trump: "Terrible design. Biden should have hidden it underground" dalton99a 10 hrs ago #5

In a bunker with walls of concrete moniss 7 hrs ago #9

Serious shit. Several systems have been damaged. cachukis 9 hrs ago #6

Unlike Trump, Iran seems to have been learning some lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War. n/t Emrys 9 hrs ago #7

All happening while moniss 7 hrs ago #8

I fear that the DoD will announce Sunday that they're only doing weekly casualty announcements Prairie Gates 7 hrs ago #10

Russia is providing targeting intelligence to Iran. SunSeeker 7 hrs ago #11

Not unexpected considering what the US has done in Ukraine Renew Deal 2 min ago #14

I think this is possibly how we end up with ground troops Renew Deal 4 min ago #13

Klarkashton

(5,205 posts)

1. That wasn't supposed to happen!

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:18 PM

10 hrs ago

But it did

vapor2

(4,320 posts)

2. An unwanted war by incompetent boys with small dicks

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:19 PM

10 hrs ago

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,370 posts)

3. That'll inflate to $30 billion in the next "defense" appropriation, yes?

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:19 PM

10 hrs ago

Just checking.

That's how you say "good business" in Republican.

leftstreet

(40,092 posts)

4. Congress gets out its checkbook n/t

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:21 PM

10 hrs ago

Celerity

(54,155 posts)

12. Netanyahu and his nutters get a cut too. Their 'dogwalk the puppet Trump' fee.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 03:49 AM

4 hrs ago

dalton99a

(93,599 posts)

5. Trump: "Terrible design. Biden should have hidden it underground"

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:21 PM

10 hrs ago

moniss

(8,978 posts)

9. In a bunker with walls of concrete

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:27 AM

7 hrs ago

6 feet thick with lead lining.

cachukis

(3,851 posts)

6. Serious shit. Several systems have been damaged.

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:26 PM

9 hrs ago

Iran seems to have a plan.

Emrys

(9,059 posts)

7. Unlike Trump, Iran seems to have been learning some lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War. n/t

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:41 PM

9 hrs ago

moniss

(8,978 posts)

8. All happening while

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:26 AM

7 hrs ago

"Last Call" Hegseth shouts at everybody that the Iranians command and control is so damaged that they can't coordinate on targets etc.

Prairie Gates

(7,851 posts)

10. I fear that the DoD will announce Sunday that they're only doing weekly casualty announcements

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:29 AM

7 hrs ago

And it will be a bad number.

SunSeeker

(58,165 posts)

11. Russia is providing targeting intelligence to Iran.

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:43 AM

7 hrs ago

But Trump still hearts Putin and wants to lift sanctions on Russian oil. Fucking traitor.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/russia-aiding-iran-targeting

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/bessent-says-trump-may-unsanction-russian-oil-to-try-to-bring-down-prices-amid-iran-war/

Renew Deal

(84,919 posts)

14. Not unexpected considering what the US has done in Ukraine

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #11)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:23 AM

2 min ago

That’s another reason why this war was a poor choice

Renew Deal

(84,919 posts)

13. I think this is possibly how we end up with ground troops

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 08:21 AM

4 min ago

If Iran continues to hold out and stays mostly unified, it will be difficult for the US to shelve its objectives with air raids.

Reply to this discussion