Iran launch ballistic missiles at Israel

[Finty]

Typhoons would have played no part in this, its really not clear what part the UK would have played in last night's events.

I’m pretty sure the bbc said our jets had been involved and some sources still say they are such as this https://www.thenational.scot/news/24623 ... an-attack/

And the telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... -missiles/

However the BBC are now saying our jets weren’t involved, as you’ve said. Usually the phrase jets makes people think of fighters rather than other assets.

[Sparts99]

Announced on Sky News that two Typhoons and a Voyager were up acting as a deterrent (against what?) but played no active part.

[dotwatcher01]

"two Typhoons and a Voyager were up"
Without wishing to comment on R.A.F. active missions, two Typhoons and a Voyager tend to be up from Cyprus around three times each day. Would the world be less safe if they went home?

[Sparts99]

Exactly.

[C24]

What is the fastest air-to-air missile in the world?
R-37 (missile)
Vympel R-37M NATO reporting name: AA-13 Axehead
Warhead weight 60 kg (135 lb)
Propellant Boost-Sustain Solid Rocket
Operational range 150–400 km (93–249 mi) Up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) (RVV-BD)
Maximum speed Mach 6 (7,400 km/h; 4,600 mph) 2,500 kilometres per hour (1,600 mph) (RVV-BD)


Tehran's Emad and Ghadr missiles, used earlier this year, are estimated to travel at six times the speed of sound on impact or more, and take 12 minutes to fly from Iran. That would be more than 4,600mph. But Iran said it deployed the even faster, hypersonic Fatteh-2, with a maximum speed estimated at 10,000mph

[Thunder]

I suppose if you were at the wrong end of a multi missile attack you’d be grateful for any assets that could shoot down even just a couple of missiles, after all the couple that get shot down may have been the ones that landed on your house.

[Crusty]

Not much about Aviation in this thread!

Agree, the word 'airstrike' has nothing to do with military aviation obviously

on a much more serious note, a large scale war in the middle east will have untold effects on aircraft movements in the UK and other areas so I think you will find many members have a noted interest in a war between to nuclear backed countries.

Just sayin.

I presume you mean two nuclear backed countries?, are you implying Russia will back Iran will stand beside Iran to the extent of threatning it's nuclear deterrent?.
That wont happen.

[Crusty]

Yep Israel has succeeded in drawing Iran fully into the conflict.

[cat1]

Not much about Aviation in this thread!

Agree, the word 'airstrike' has nothing to do with military aviation obviously

on a much more serious note, a large scale war in the middle east will have untold effects on aircraft movements in the UK and other areas so I think you will find many members have a noted interest in a war between to nuclear backed countries.

Just sayin.

I presume you mean two nuclear backed countries?, are you implying Russia will back Iran will stand beside Iran to the extent of threatning it's nuclear deterrent?.
That wont happen.

Apologies, yes I did mean two.

Israel have nuclear warheads, and Iran currently have the ability to produce 8.

[Enobob]

Announced on Sky News that two Typhoons and a Voyager were up acting as a deterrent (against what?) but played no active part.

Against the possibility that Iran would also fire cruise missiles and drones, as they did in April when they were engaged and shot down by RAF Typhoons.

[Sparts99]

That makes sense.

[dotwatcher01]

Yep Israel has succeeded in drawing Iran fully into the conflict.

Now we are totally off topic unless damaging a sun shelter counts, so please confirm Israel has drawn Iran into the conflict by allowing the islamic republic to fully finance, train & arm every bunch of murderers in the region?

[C24]

Just another point of view, the US and Russia provide funding too.
One person’s terrorist is another one’s freedom fighter.
Unfortunately civilisation is not without greed for other peoples’ land and/or possessions. No one nation is blameless.

[raptor9]

Just waiting to hear that Donald Trump will stop that war in a day if he was President!!.

[Crusty]

Yep Israel has succeeded in drawing Iran fully into the conflict.

Now we are totally off topic unless damaging a sun shelter counts, so please confirm Israel has drawn Iran into the conflict by allowing the islamic republic to fully finance, train & arm every bunch of murderers in the region?

Every bunch of murderers?, not true as they obviously aren't funding the IDF.

[C24]

Yep Israel has succeeded in drawing Iran fully into the conflict.

Now we are totally off topic unless damaging a sun shelter counts, so please confirm Israel has drawn Iran into the conflict by allowing the islamic republic to fully finance, train & arm every bunch of murderers in the region?

Every bunch of murderers?, not true as they obviously aren't funding the IDF.

I’m not so sure Crusty. There are so many players involved in that part of the world all manipulating the many factions for their own ends. Black ops certainly plays a major part in what occurs.
Most of the people that I have met from that part of the world have only been concerned to get their family through the day without harm and with some hope of a better life. The wife of a Saudi friend certainly was not in favour of the Iranian regime; a South African Jewish friend was saddened by the conditions in the refugee camps and worked towards helping the people while the crew of an anti-aircraft gun that I spoke to in the outskirts of Beirut were shooting at IDF aircraft because their homes were being bombed.
At the time my company was supplying materials to IMI!
This world is crazy, let’s hope that the next one is better