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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by malcolmgreaves on Thursday July 09, 2026 @12:22PM (#48848439)
Iran is not David in this case. They’ve shown that their drone warfare is just a little bit under what the US military can provide. Remember that they destroyed a quarter of a trillion dollars radar installation. And the US has spent billions on munitions. The US can’t actually keep going in this war.
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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by Terr_ on Thursday July 09, 2026 @02:27PM (#48850380)
I once compared the historic GDP values, and IIRC if Iraq-vs-US in 2003 is 1x baseline, then Iran-vs-US today is 7x. Plus Iran (today) has 2x the population and 3x times the land area than Iraq (today).
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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by WillPostForFood on Friday July 10, 2026 @03:49AM (#48856990)
Without diminishing the huge cost Iran has been able to inflict on US radar, quarter of a trillion is off by more than two orders of magnitude, maybe three. There are 1-2 confirmed radar system confirmed hit, a couple more suspected hit or damaged. But that is going to be hundreds of millions in damage, nowhere close to 250 billion,
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