Comments by "for fun" (@forfun5238) on "Iran's Ballistic Missile Capabilities" video.

@Nostalgiagate6392 man, there's no such technology/treaty to verify missile numbers. The missile bases are situated 500m deep under mountains with each base having hundreds of mobile launchers. There are hundreds of such bases spread all across Iran. Do you know Iran's ballistic missile arsenal is largest in the world?? Your figures are totally false. Iran doesn't have a large and capable airforce that's the reason it relies on missile power. How many missiles were launched during Syria strikes to destroy empty buildings claimed to be chemical weapons storage site?? 107 missiles. Do you think, just over 1000 missiles would be sufficient to strike target's in Israel, Saudi, UAE, and NATO bases surrounding Iran (incirlik in turkey and stealth airbase in qatar)?? To penetrate any missile defense layer you need at least a barrage of 50 or so missiles. Heavily defended US airbase alone would need 100+ ballistic missiles. Even after interception and missile failure, atleast 50+ missiles must hit airbase to shutdown all takeoffs and landings damaging aircraft shelters and underground fuel tanks. And in a counter strike from Israel, US and Saudi how many Iranian missile bases will get hit/damaged/destroyed?? Use your brain, with no major airforce, in what way you thin Iran will be able to fight Israel, Saudi, UAE and the US??
9
@Nostalgiagate6392 Iran has over 10000 ballistic and cruise missiles. It has world's largest ballistic missile arsenal.......Iran doesn't have any aircraft carriers/destroyers nor stealth fighters, so they employ asymmetric warfare tactics. They mass produced ballistic missiles as the technology involved is simple and cheaper
4
@Nostalgiagate6392 yeah Saudi Patriots didn't even detect incoming cruise missiles and drones fired by houthi rebels. One of the drones scored a direct hit on patriots radar transmitter. Do you even know what you're saying?? Your sources which you claim, didn't go inside Iran to verify/count the actual number of missiles. If you worked in military you'd understand what I'm saying. Iran has hundreds of target's and hence the need of larger missile arsenal (asymmetric warfare). Iran doesn't have strength to fight on its own?? You lost your mind. Saudi couldn't even fight houthis of Yemen. Do you know the actual capabilities of yemeni rebels?? When Iran rains down missiles on all major bases in Saudi Arabia, everything would turn into ash before those fighters get airborne. The missile fragments and submuntions would cover all over the runways/taxiways rendering the base unusable. What about Hezbollah of Lebanon and Iranian forces in Syria?? Hezbollah even operates antiship missiles able to strike sea based target's.
4
@Nostalgiagate6392 with out having any military background or knowledge of the subject you are just underestimating missile power. You need ballistic and cruise missiles 1) to strikes airbases in Israel, Saudi, UAE an NATO bases around Iran. 2) to attack ports/naval bases 3) for suppression of enemy air defenses 4) to hit oil refineries and power stations in Saudi, Israel and UAE 5) to strike bridges, railway links which are used for transportation of armored vehicles and troops 6) to strike military installations, and convoys 7) to hit underground weapons storage facilities, ammunition depots and fuel storage tanks. And many more targets. With just 1000 missiles iran can't even takeout airbases and military installations. And Iran can place missiles on container ships (antiship missiles and land attack missiles) to camouflage detection and to survive counter attacks.
4
@Nostalgiagate6392 did you search on Google why most of the news articles mentioned Iran has world's largest ballistic missile arsenal?? And you're saying Iran has 300 short range ballistic missiles. Do you have any idea how many major US airbases are in the middle East?? Just name them. And also major bases of Israel, Saudi and UAE. How many missiles you need to target each base? could you give me the numbers?? And next, point out naval bases/ports in the middle East. And next count major oil refineries in Saudi, UAE and of other Iranian rivals. Next count power plants/nuclear reactors/critical infrastructure and assign missiles for each target. Next count Bridges and railway links used to transport armored vehicles and troops. And count air/missile defense sites related to the US, isreal, Saudi and UAE. There are many more such target's. If Iran didn't allow outsiders to inspect their missile arsenal, how did they get that data??
3
@Nostalgiagate6392 You know only one side of the coin. The missile production per year or the missile output per year, purely depends on the number of missile production facilities and the components supply (gyros, altimeters, and onboard navigation and electronics). Iran has multiple underground secret missile production units. So the 1000 missile figure isn't correct. https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-unveils-new-ballistic-missile-in-secret-underground-city-facility/ Your claim of 20 missiles/year for IRBMs and 30-40 missiles per year production for MBRMs is true only for countries like China & India but not Iran. You know why?? Iran doesn't have any blue water navy or the capable airforce which has made them extremely dependent on missiles for both deterrence and war fighting. Iran got help with missile components and electronics from China, Russia and North Korea and most of the missile components they're now developing/manufacturing on their own. One more important point you forgot is that most of the Iranian target's (US bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq & Saudi) come with in range of it's short range missiles (300km to 1000km). Only target's in Israel, few places in Saudi and incirlik US base in turkey need medium to intermediate range missiles. Even this problem could be solved by supplying missiles to Iranian proxies in Syria , Yemen and Lebanon (Hezbollah) and that's what Iran has been doing this since long time
3
@Nostalgiagate6392 Iran earlier during 90's bought large quantity of ballistic missiles from China and North Korea. China sold up over 100 CCS-8 missiles in 1991 and North Korea supplied Iran with 6-12 Scud-B TELs and up to 200 missiles between 1987 and 1992. Iran has been developing ballistic missiles since the 1980s based on Soviet, North Korean and Chinese components. They have exported ballistic missiles & believed to have transferred missile technology to Syria, Hezbollah and hamas. Houthis created their own drones, which they used to hit delegation at the al-anad airforce base which killed several intelligence officers and another attack at abu dhabi airport. And the recent attack 800km inside Saudi hitting Saudi aramco refineries. Just verify defense spending of Saudi, UAE, Qatar and Iran. Saudi spent billions in buying expensive weapon systems from the US, UK and France while Iran spent it's defense budget on strengthening it's missile power and mostly developing their own indigenous weapon systems. Iran isn't importing billions of dollars worth weapons just like Saudi
3
@Nostalgiagate6392 did I say 10000 missiles are required to destroy only airfields?? You didn't read my comment. Your claim saying Saudi has more ballistic missiles than Iran is ridiculous. You work with military experts and are feeding me with bs that Patriots radars were facing Iran but not Yemen?? So which direction Patriots radars were facing when saudi intercepted ballistic missile attack from Yemen previously?? Just a month ago there were similar such attacks on Saudi military installations, but Patriot intercepted few and rest stuck their target's. Saudi Patriot interceptors crashed into civilian areas there's a video on YouTube. The real reason why Patriots didn't intercept yemeni ballistic attack on its refineries is cuz the Patriots interceptors can't fly below 50m. Drones and cruise missiles fly as low as 25m. So, according to you if Iran has only 300 short range missiles then why Israel and Saudi aren't attacking Iran?? Why the US didn't retaliate for airbase attacks?? Did you watch video clip of Iran's underground missile base?? Just a single base has over 70 or more launchers and hundreds of missiles. Iran has many such facilities spread all across iran
2
@alexanderrose1556 This website is claiming Patriot shot 3 ballistic missiles. https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2020/01/08/iran-says-fierce-attack-has-begun-as-rockets-hit-iraq-bases-with-american-troops/ https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-air-force-deploys-patriot-surface-to-air-missile-systems-to-middle-east.html
1
@michaelclasby6648 the real reason why Patriot didn't detect incoming drones and cruise missiles fired by yemeni houthis is cuz Patriot interceptor missile can't fly below 50m. While the drones and cruise missiles can fly as low as 25m. We call that minimum targetable altitude (MTA). Every air/missile defense has maximum and minimum targetable altitude.
1