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SandpitMedic

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I do not have a good feeling about this. Without getting political, no politician on either side of this Iran issue is known as a cool-handed mature statesman, and deescalation isn’t really in the Persian/Iranian or American national ethos. Assassinations, missile attacks and who knows what next are progressively harder to back away from, especially when a vocal and sizable portion of each population wants war.
 

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I do not have a good feeling about this. Without getting political, no politician on either side of this Iran issue is known as a cool-handed mature statesman, and deescalation isn’t really in the Persian/Iranian or American national ethos. Assassinations, missile attacks and who knows what next are progressively harder to back away from, especially when a vocal and sizable portion of each population wants war.
True. But a "retaliation" with no US causalities is the perfect way to let it die. We get the guy and they get the last word. I don't trust anyone to let it stay that way, but....
 

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True. But a "retaliation" with no US causalities is the perfect way to let it die. We get the guy and they get the last word. I don't trust anyone to let it stay that way, but....
This is not the last word from Iran. Iran's retaliation will be months or years away.
 

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They're already threatening to bomb Israel, because you know, Iran....
Smart... Attack the county not afraid to strike significant targets within your country.
 

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Threatening to bomb Israel is a typical Iranian rhetoric. Most likely they’ll escalate via their proxies in S.Lebanon, hopefully 2006 won’t happen again. And since Iran is not-so-discreetly backed by the Chinese, it’s the 80’s all over again.
 

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They just do it more often.

Especially since they’re not bound by any “supreme moral code” and all the panhandlers in the UN will automatically side with them. But since the current administration seems to be more decisive than the last 5 or so, there’s hope that they’ll greenlight the Israelis. Regardless of how loud the UN howls.
 

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Especially since they’re not bound by any “supreme moral code” and all the panhandlers in the UN will automatically side with them. But since the current administration seems to be more decisive than the last 5 or so, there’s hope that they’ll greenlight the Israelis. Regardless of how loud the UN howls.
The UN siding with Israel?! Ha! The UN hates Israel. The human rights council pretty much exclusively targets them, and looking at the countries that lead that council it is not suprising. But that is a different story.
 

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Neither are we.
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Damn right son.
 

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True. But a "retaliation" with no US causalities is the perfect way to let it die. We get the guy and they get the last word. I don't trust anyone to let it stay that way, but....

Agreed. The effectiveness of our Phalanx CIWS aside I bet the lack of US casualties was more deliberate than incompetence. (Without knowing what parts of the base were actually targeted).

I am in no way defending Iran however I do think in the grand scheme of international politics it was indeed a "proportionate" response in their eyes
 

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The UN siding with Israel?! Ha! The UN hates Israel. The human rights council pretty much exclusively targets them, and looking at the countries that lead that council it is not suprising. But that is a different story.

I thought it’s obvious that I was talking about the Iranians.
 

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The C-RAM is basically a CIWS mounted on a trailer. Its designed as a last ditch, close in weapon system, the last layer in a layered defense.

Perfectly capable against a lone rocket or two, but I doubt we have more than one or two actual C-RAM guns at the bases, and 10 incoming at once can probably oversaturate its capabilities.

So the radar systems probably calculated ballistic trajectories and impact points which the C-RAMs used to prioritize targets. Reportedly 4 Iranian rockets were intercepted, these were likely the ones projected to hit barracks or other populated targets, while the guns ignored/didn't waste ammo on rockets hitting nothing but desert.
 

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I thought it’s obvious that I was talking about the Iranians.
I'm running on 2 hours of sleep and teaching PALS. My brain is mush today. Oops
 

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Anyone have an idea on how to change your porch lights from a regular on/off switch to a programable timer? Is it as simple as I'd imagine (cutting/ splicing wires)?
 

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Anyone have an idea on how to change your porch lights from a regular on/off switch to a programable timer? Is it as simple as I'd imagine (cutting/ splicing wires)?
Or you can get photosensitive outlets that screw into the outlet and then you screw the lights into them. Then they'll come on when it gets dark and go off when the sun comes up.
 

DesertMedic66

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Or you could do a smart light like the Hue or Lifx and program it to whatever you want
 
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