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Omaha Steve

(99,800 posts)
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 10:01 AM Jan 2020

Exclusive: Supreme Leader's military adviser says Iran's response will be 'against military sites'

Source: CNN

By Fred Pleitgen and Schams Elwazer,

Tehran, Iran (CNN)The military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said Sunday that his country's response to the killing by the United States of one its most influential commanders will certainly be a military response "against military sites."

In an exclusive interview with CNN in Tehran, Hossein Dehghan, the military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, said: "The response for sure will be military and against military sites."

Dehghan, a former defense minister, is the main military adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is very close to the Supreme Leader.

"Let me tell you one thing: Our leadership has officially announced that we have never been seeking war and we will not be seeking war," Dehghan said.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/05/middleeast/iran-soleimani-khamenei-adviser-intl/index.html

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Exclusive: Supreme Leader's military adviser says Iran's response will be 'against military sites' (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP
Kick dalton99a Jan 2020 #1
Any American blood spilled will be on Trump's hands..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #2
Well we're kinda screwed, aren't we? Maxheader Jan 2020 #3
So, Trump put our soldiers in danger. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #4
How can you say that? Trump is the military's best friend...he built them up... Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #6
I thought the Iranians would go after his properties. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #5
Christ!!!! dware Jan 2020 #7
Yo Dware DENVERPOPS Jan 2020 #8
Thanks DENVERPOPS. dware Jan 2020 #9
Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon have Russian Yakhont anti-ship cruise missiles. roamer65 Jan 2020 #10
What makes you think that our Navy will even get close enough dware Jan 2020 #11
I have no doubt the US can win an air or naval war. roamer65 Jan 2020 #15
Who has said anything about a ground invasion or occupation? dware Jan 2020 #17
That is a gross mis-statement of anti-ship missile capability and US Navy countermeasures Calista241 Jan 2020 #12
I agree... heckles65 Jan 2020 #13
What psyops bullshit tenderfoot Jan 2020 #14
Guess that means Trump and his kids are safe. They want no part of being near actual military sites. Vinca Jan 2020 #16

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,828 posts)
2. Any American blood spilled will be on Trump's hands.....
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 10:20 AM
Jan 2020

And Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer , along with every Democrat in and running for office will BLAME Trump from now until the Election.

Maxheader

(4,374 posts)
3. Well we're kinda screwed, aren't we?
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 10:22 AM
Jan 2020


Intelligence agencies...possibly compromised..Idiot for a commander in chief..
The fundys will play the pentagon like a large mouth bass...

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
6. How can you say that? Trump is the military's best friend...he built them up...
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 10:54 AM
Jan 2020

He supports them 1000%...he said so!!!!

You don't believe him? Really?

dware

(12,449 posts)
7. Christ!!!!
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 11:13 AM
Jan 2020

If Iran opts for this, they will quickly lose, they are no match for the US military, their Navy is a joke, their Air Force is practically non existent, their infrastructure would be pummeled by drones and missiles.

Cooler heads in Iran need to re-think this and hopefully ratchet down the tension, because we all know the Mango Menace is just itching to strike Iran hard.

Please Iran, don't do this, you are a country full of rich history, don't give the Mango Menace any reason to wipe out your beautiful country and your wonderful citizens.

roamer65

(36,747 posts)
10. Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon have Russian Yakhont anti-ship cruise missiles.
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 12:52 PM
Jan 2020

Supersonic cruise missiles capable of mach 2.6

Our ships and carriers are no match for them.

Hassan Nazrallah in Lebanon was livid in his televised speech. I am expecting first action to come from them.

dware

(12,449 posts)
11. What makes you think that our Navy will even get close enough
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 01:53 PM
Jan 2020

for these missiles to hit.

Our Tomahawks can hit Iran from hundreds of miles away without putting our ships in reach.

You greatly underestimate the striking power of the US Navy, while I think Iran is under no illusion of what our Navy and Air Force can do to their country.

roamer65

(36,747 posts)
15. I have no doubt the US can win an air or naval war.
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 06:11 PM
Jan 2020

But it will lose a prolonged ground war if one starts.

Iraq on steroids. We lost the occupation of Iraq, just like Vietnam. We would lose in any attempt to maintain an occupation of Iran.

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
12. That is a gross mis-statement of anti-ship missile capability and US Navy countermeasures
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jan 2020

The Yakhont missile was introduced in 1987, over 30 years ago, and has since been replaced in the Russian inventory, while they still export it to their allies. The Russians themselves are investing heavily in a new sub-sonic anti-ship missile for their military going forward.

Because these missiles are so fast, their flight path is very predictable, and they are less capable of terminal evasive maneuvers right before impact. It's one reason the US has stuck with the sub-sonic Harpoon anti-ship missile.

If the Yakhont's are not decoyed by countermeasures, the US Navy can shoot down them down with the SeaRAM missile at medium distances, and the Phalanx CIWS system in the terminal approach phase. A naval unit with a carrier air wing has even more options to fell the incoming missiles. Another problem is quantity of these missiles deployed. These missiles were designed by the Russians to be launched in mass, with hundreds of missiles employed in an attack. Lebanon bough 72 of these missiles

These missiles are also huge. They weigh over 6,000 lbs and are 30 feet in length. That means we know exactly where they are at all times before they are launched.

heckles65

(549 posts)
13. I agree...
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 02:56 PM
Jan 2020

Iran may huff and puff, but they will be able to do nothing. I've been taking the we're-about-to-go-to-war postings with a BIG grain of salt.

tenderfoot

(8,438 posts)
14. What psyops bullshit
Sun Jan 5, 2020, 04:36 PM
Jan 2020

If they were to attack US sites, they'd just do it. Why give advanced notice? They're terrorists after all.

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