***Iran [Military Action Thread]***[See Staff Note in OP]

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OK, I was watching on my phone and didn't see the F5. Thanks, gents!
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Who?mikejones! said:


HELIOS is badass, but that photo is old stock footage the military released a while back. The technology has been rumored for a long time and only officially acknowledged last year.
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Crazy what is available on the internet. Coordinates of Iranian air bases, complete with satellite imagery of military aircraft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranian_Air_Force_bases

If anyone out there important is reading this, this is the only one I've seen so far with camaflouged hangers:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/2713'05.0%22N+5622'40.0%22E/@27.2432514,56.3843061,591m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d27.2180556!4d56.3777778?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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In reply to Esteban du Plantier • 8:54a
Might be a stock photo but it has been used in this operation


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ErnestEndeavor said:


Anybody have an educated guess on what the munitions were cooking off?

I guess some short range missile but not my expertise.
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There is an f5 parked between the big boys. they hit the offensive aircraft and left the cargo guys for later


With the amount of shrapnel flying off that explosion I have doubts those cargo planes ever fly again and that's not even accounting for flames from burning jet fuel if that fighter was fully fueled.

Are those C-130's?


They look Russian to me but I watched it in my phone.


That F-5 that went poof is a cool plane too.
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In reply to Red Pear Realty • 9:20a
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Red Pear Realty said:
bonfarr said:
AgBQ-00 said:
There is an f5 parked between the big boys. they hit the offensive aircraft and left the cargo guys for later


With the amount of shrapnel flying off that explosion I have doubts those cargo planes ever fly again and that's not even accounting for flames from burning jet fuel if that fighter was fully fueled.

Are those C-130's?


No. Hercs are 4 engined. Those may be AN-24s or something similar. Russian built.
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In reply to USAFAg • 9:28a
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Red Pear Realty said:
bonfarr said:
AgBQ-00 said:
There is an f5 parked between the big boys. they hit the offensive aircraft and left the cargo guys for later


With the amount of shrapnel flying off that explosion I have doubts those cargo planes ever fly again and that's not even accounting for flames from burning jet fuel if that fighter was fully fueled.

Are those C-130's?


No. Hercs are 4 engined. Those may be AN-24s or something similar. Russian built.

Might be Fokker F27s which look similar to the AN-24.
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In reply to Who?mikejones! • 9:44a
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Who?mikejones! said:
Might be a stock photo but it has been used in this operation



Let's not leave out the best part!

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Yes, reports from NY Post, NDTV, WION & CENTCOM footage confirm HELIOS laser deployed on US Navy destroyer off Iran for Operation Epic Fury. Tested on 4 drones Feb 2026.

Not free to build (~$100M/unit per early Navy estimates; $150M contract for first two). But each shot costs basically electricity onlynear zero vs millions per missile.

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In reply to Tailgate88 • 9:47a
Wonder what the range on those things are
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Who?mikejones! said:
Wonder what the range on those things are
and if they can be shrunk? What is the rate of fire also?
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In reply to bonfarr • 10:15a
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Hard to believe the Iranians left their aircraft parked like that. Some Pearl Harbor/Philippine stupidity right there.
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In reply to Line Ate Member • 10:29a
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Who?mikejones! said:
Wonder what the range on those things are

and if they can be shrunk? What is the rate of fire also?

Power generation is probably the problem with scaling it's use to other assets. AFAIK turbines can provide a lot of power generation but radar systems probably consume quite a bit of that.
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Well we killed 80 of their supposed best and brightest at their council of experts meeting, so whoever was in charge of moving planes around probably wasn't that bright either. Assuming he's still alive. Also, remember they are a death cult and want to bring on the Mahdi by sparking Armageddon.
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In reply to Red Pear Realty • 10:56a
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And why the IRGC is trying to get retired officers to come back. They know logistics wins wars and their knowledge base is no longer breathing.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/bahrain-says-fire-at-bapco-energies-refinery-after-iranian-missile-strike-contained-operations-continue/

Bahrain oil facility hit but operation continue
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What do yall think is going on here? Air drop of arms for the Kurds?

What will the IRGC send to engage the Kurdish fighters? Will they send armor that we destroy quickly?
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In reply to bonfarr • 11:33a
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What do yall think is going on here? Air drop of arms for the Kurds?

What will the IRGC send to engage the Kurdish fighters? Will they send armor that we destroy quickly?


If the irgc mass men and armor, they will be destroyed quickly. The hanger ons will conduct gorilla warfare. Arming the Iranian people is the way that must be defeated imo.
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China condemns attacks and wants it stopped. Considering they provided military equipment and tech, we should tell them to piss off. Keep going full steam

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-israel-war-latest-march-5
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Now things get more interesting. If Iran targets and is successful at multiple attacks on regional O&G infrastructure this could really upend things.

Including targeting their own infrastructure as a FU to everyone as they cease to exist.
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In reply to 2026NCAggies • 11:50a
We should tell them: "No speaka…"
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In reply to bonfarr • 11:53a
I have been yelling for air dropping ammo and kalashnikovs into Iran for two months now!

no better time than today.

RPGs, Lion and Sun flags, AK47, ammo, helmets.

drop them near every major city and let the civilians (most of the men have had mandatory military service) take over from there.
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2026NCAggies said:
China condemns attacks and wants it stopped. Considering they provided military equipment and tech, we should tell them to piss off. Keep going full steam

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-israel-war-latest-march-5

They want the oil from the area. The decrease of tankers is hurting them.
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In reply to AlaskanAg99 • 11:54a
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Now things get more interesting. If Iran targets and is successful at multiple attacks on regional O&G infrastructure this could really upend things.

Including targeting their own infrastructure as a FU to everyone as they cease to exist.


Yep - definitely can see the Islamic leaders now pulling a Saddam and blowing up their own oil fields just to @#$#@ with the rest of the world's economy.

Greta Thunberg hardest hit!!
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Guess after seeing what happened to the Dena, this ship decided to sit this out.
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In reply to jabberwalkie09 • 11:57a
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Guess after seeing what happened to the Dena, this ship decided to sit this out.

Smartest thing any Iranian has done since it started.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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you can see Bibi talking with some American pilots at the Air Force base

(I am guessing it is Uvda near Eilat)

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Who?mikejones! said:
Might be a stock photo but it has been used in this operation




Maybe dumb question...
Could this have been being tested near El Paso?

Made for a good deflection news story while able to get a boots on the grind and easy to observe test with results...
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Guess after seeing what happened to the Dena, this ship decided to sit this out.


Seize it in port. "Come and take it!"

Or let the evacuation occur and then poke a big hole in it.
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In reply to jabberwalkie09 • 12:07p
NM. Already posted.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 12:14p
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Kenneth_2003 said:
Who?mikejones! said:
Might be a stock photo but it has been used in this operation




Maybe dumb question...
Could this have been being tested near El Paso?

Made for a good deflection news story while able to get a boots on the grind and easy to observe test with results...


HELIOS has been out there a while. The El Paso system likely similar tech but ground based.
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In reply to AgResearch • 12:15p
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AgResearch said:
jabberwalkie09 said:

Guess after seeing what happened to the Dena, this ship decided to sit this out.


Seize it in port. "Come and take it!"

Or let the evacuation occur and then poke a big hole in it.
UDT.
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