3 hours ago — Reports that circa 50 missiles hit Israel without interception. The strike represents the largest single barrage reported. Such footage has become increasingly rare since Monday.
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Those don't look like they're going that fast. I'm wondering if Iran has cheaper non-hypersonic long range missiles.
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@cjd Saw several statements by Iranian officials/pro-Iranian accounts that Iran waits for munition levels to drop on the enemy side before the big guns are used. Rumor is they plan to sink every reachable ship.
Naval vessels have C-RAM guns which will certainly shoot down some things - it's a big question how effective they are (if at all) against hypersonics.
My instinct is they probably have enough ammunition that they're not likely to become exhausted the way anti-missile rockets are.
The "big guns" comment is probably largely propaganda, because (IMO) the winning strategy has Iran using hypersonics early on for moral purposes (to land some punches) and also slow / cheap missiles & drones to exhaust anti-missile rockets. Then when anti-missile rockets are exhausted, they kind of want to do the same thing: Use some drones and slow missiles to exact heavy damages, while also using some hypersonics to hit high value targets which are still being defended...
My instinct is they probably have enough ammunition that they're not likely to become exhausted the way anti-missile rockets are.
The "big guns" comment is probably largely propaganda, because (IMO) the winning strategy has Iran using hypersonics early on for moral purposes (to land some punches) and also slow / cheap missiles & drones to exhaust anti-missile rockets. Then when anti-missile rockets are exhausted, they kind of want to do the same thing: Use some drones and slow missiles to exact heavy damages, while also using some hypersonics to hit high value targets which are still being defended...
@cjd the hyper speed often only becomes noticeable when the 'normal' speed of the anti air is seen next to them. But this is all guesswork obviously. What is not guesswork is the absent anti air.