Comment by wildzzz
2 days ago
Sure but neither side has a B-2 or F-35. Drones are great for blowing up a few conscripts or a parked plane but a stealth bomber carrying 80 JDAMs can level 5km^2.
2 days ago
Sure but neither side has a B-2 or F-35. Drones are great for blowing up a few conscripts or a parked plane but a stealth bomber carrying 80 JDAMs can level 5km^2.
Which is working so well against Iran, right?
Oh wait, no, the other thing.
Hilarious. You realize the US could nuke and flatten Iran tomorrow, right? Do you imagine that Trump was trying to conquer Iran and just couldn't do it with all the American military power? There is no scenario that Iran wins a war with the USA.
They were trying to overthrow the regime, for the second time in a year, and failed.
> There is no scenario that Iran wins a war with the USA.
It actually depends on what the you the outcome of the war to be: total conquest or regime change.
The US can probably achieve total conquest, but not regime change. They spent 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan and left there without winning anything, especially in Afghanistan. If they wanted to erase Iraq and Afghanistan, that would have a been a totally different thing.
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> There is no scenario that Iran wins a war with the USA.
My god man, Vietnam vets are still alive. You can talk with them today. There is no reason to forget all of the lessons of the past.
If the US would truly try to raze Iran, they would do so at immense cost, both financially and reputationally.
I have to wonder what your definition of "winning" is.
As Ukraine has shown, a truckload of drones takes out any number of planes, and large chunks of the airfields where those planes are parked.
Oh, and planes need fuel. And large production plants for parts, and huge maintenance hangars.