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yaesu

(9,444 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 05:36 PM Thursday

Iran's armed forces responded by attacking US military vessels, "reportedly inflicting significant damage on them,"

Iran targets three US destroyers near strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reports
Three US Navy destroyers near the strait of Hormuz have been targeted by the Iranian navy, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports.

It comes after an earlier report from Iran’s state broadcaster that “enemy units” operating in the area of the strait came under Iranian missile fire, following an attack by the US military on an Iranian oil tanker, forcing the units to retreat.

It follows a US jet disabling an Iranian oil tanker on Wednesday after it attempted to evade the US blockade.

Well, here we go again:

Air defences activated in Tehran and more explosions heard in southern Iran
Iran’s Mehr news agency reports that air defences have been activated in western Tehran “countering hostile targets”.

Mehr also said another explosion had been heard in Bandar Abbas, along with an explosion heard in Minab, to the east of Bandar Abbas. Both areas lie north of the strait of Hormuz. Guardian live feed

Take news from both sides with a grain of salt as I'm sure everyone already knows, bet there is some serious money being made with insider trading on the wall street epstein war today

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Iran's armed forces responded by attacking US military vessels, "reportedly inflicting significant damage on them," (Original Post) yaesu Thursday OP
Damn............... Lovie777 Thursday #1
The whole thing is insane. greatauntoftriplets Thursday #2
Kegseth said they didn't have a navy. doc03 Thursday #3
How many American Sailors have died FalloutShelter Thursday #4
I would wager approximately sarisataka 2 hrs ago #8
U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities (New York Times Gift Article) LetMyPeopleVote 3 hrs ago #5
And not a single international news source confirms the Iranian reports WarGamer 3 hrs ago #6
True. In other news, you still think they're going to rise up? BannonsLiver 2 hrs ago #10
Central Command already reported the Destroyers weren't hit EX500rider 2 hrs ago #7
Again? sarisataka 2 hrs ago #9

LetMyPeopleVote

(181,755 posts)
5. U.S. Intelligence Shows Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities (New York Times Gift Article)
Tue May 12, 2026, 08:37 PM
3 hrs ago

Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/iran-missiles-us-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.lLIv.YeCzsv8a1hFI&smid=tw-share

The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to classified assessments from early this month that show Iran has regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities.

Most alarming to some senior officials is evidence that Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway.

People with knowledge of the assessments said they show — to varying degrees, depending on the level of damage incurred at the different sites — that the Iranians can use mobile launchers that are inside the sites to move missiles to other locations. In some cases they can launch missiles directly from launchpads that are part of the facilities. Only three of the missile sites along the strait remain totally inaccessible, according to the assessments.

Iran still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, according to the assessments. That stockpile encompasses both ballistic missiles, which can target other nations in the region, and a smaller supply of cruise missiles, which can be used against shorter-range targets on land or at sea.

Military intelligence agencies have also reported, based on information from multiple collection streams including satellite imagery and other surveillance technologies, that Iran has regained access to roughly 90 percent of its underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide, which are now assessed to be “partially or fully operational,” the people with knowledge of the assessments said.....

The findings underscore the dilemma Mr. Trump would face if the fragile month-old cease-fire in the conflict collapses and full-scale fighting resumes. The U.S. military has already depleted its stocks of many critical munitions, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, Patriot interceptor missiles, and Precision Strike and ATACMS ground-based missiles, and yet the intelligence suggests that Iran retains considerable military capability, including around the vital Strait of Hormuz......

But Iran’s apparent ability to retain substantial military capacity has exacerbated concerns among U.S. allies about the wisdom of the war and generated criticism among Mr. Trump’s anti-interventionist supporters who opposed getting into the conflict in the first place.

Iran has the military capacity to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and if necessary destroy all of the petroleum and other infrastructure of our Gulf allies.

EX500rider

(12,746 posts)
7. Central Command already reported the Destroyers weren't hit
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:32 PM
2 hrs ago

And it's not like it's something you could hide, damaged destroyers have to go in for repair, the whole crew knows how it happened, someone would talk to the news, what's happened is Iran tells lies and some people believe it.

sarisataka

(22,797 posts)
9. Again?
Tue May 12, 2026, 09:42 PM
2 hrs ago

Iran:
-we sunk American ships
-well, we at least damaged them
-ok we fired at them and scared them away
-they were leaving anyway but might have turned around if we hadn't fired missiles at them which had a chance of hitting and could possibly maybe have sank one, if we hit them. But it was close, they were in the same ocean as our missiles.

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