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The majority of U.S. military positions in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian strikes, according to a CNN investigation released Friday.

At least 16 American installations across eight countries have been struck as part of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against the U.S. and Israeli military onslaught.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before.… These are rapid, targeted strikes, with [advanced] technology,” the source said.

The main targets appeared to be multimillion-dollar aircraft. At the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft, which provides surveillance, command, control, and communications to the U.S. military, was destroyed. That aircraft is worth nearly half a billion dollars, and is currently out of production.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Beginning to think war with Iran might have been a bad idea.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This will mean nothing to Magats unless they have someone directly involved. Gas prices however will get their attention.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

no it won't.

they'll just slap another "Biden did this" sticker on it and keep pushing.

On moral grounds, obviously, like all imperialist projects. Financially? It made a lot of money for the right people.