The United States shot down more drones and missiles than Israel did on Saturday night during Iran’s attack, The Intercept can report.

More than half of Iran’s weapons were destroyed by U.S. aircraft and missiles before they ever reached Israel. In fact, by commanding a multinational air defense operation and scrambling American fighter jets, this was a U.S. military triumph.

The extent of the U.S. military operation is unbeknownst to the American public, but the Pentagon coordinated a multination, regionwide defense extending from northern Iraq to the southern Persian Gulf on Saturday. During the operation, the U.S., U.K., France, and Jordan all shot down the majority of Iranian drones and missiles. In fact, where U.S. aircraft originated from has not been officially announced, an omission that has been repeated by the mainstream media. Additionally, the role of Saudi Arabia is unclear, both as a base for the United States and in terms of any actions by the Saudi military.

“U.S. intelligence estimates that half of the weapons fired by Iran failed upon launch or in flight due to technical issues,” a U.S. Air Force senior officer told The Intercept. Of the remaining 160 or so, the U.S. shot down the majority, the officer said. The officer was granted anonymity to speak about sensitive operational matters.

  • @givesomefucks
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    -68 months ago

    So you think if Biden did the right thing and drops out, she wouldn’t run?

    Before you were saying she couldn’t, now you’re saying she wouldn’t…

    I know for a fact that 7 months isn’t long enough to run a presidential campaign

    So why do you think the DNC only gives 5?

    And if they’re making such obvious wrong choices and you’re so much better at this, why are they still running the only party against trump?

    Shouldn’t we have people as smart as you running the party if you’re so obviously right?

    • @Jimmyeatsausage
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      38 months ago

      If the bar for running a campaign is “knowing it’s hard to win the electoral college if you aren’t on the ballot” then yeah, I guess I’m qualified…but being so smart, I know there’s quite a bit more to it than that.

      I think that campaigns start during or before the primary…you know, when the media starts talking about who’s gonna run and what their positions are…then all the commercials start running…that all feels pretty campaigny to me. So I can’t really comment on why you think the DNC doesn’t let folks campaign before the convention. Feels like that’d make voting in all those primaries a lot harder.

      • @givesomefucks
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        -68 months ago

        . So I can’t really comment on why you think the DNC doesn’t let folks campaign before the convention.

        Oh ok, you don’t know what other people are saying…

        That’s why you can’t understand.

        Hope that helps. Best of luck in your future interactions

        • @[email protected]
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          28 months ago

          I’m not the other person, but that’s obviously not helpful and simply makes you look immature. Either explain where you think someone’s gone wrong or leave out the “hope that helps.” Or don’t, and everyone reading is reminded of that scene from the big Lebowski

          • @givesomefucks
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            -38 months ago

            Thanks for replying doing the thing you’re telling me not to do…

            Hope that helps!