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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,342 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:07 PM Mar 11

US 'cannot locate Iran's missile launchers'

US forces have been unable to locate all of Iran’s missile launch sites, officials have disclosed.

Donald Trump, the US president, told CBS News on Monday that the American-Israeli war with Iran was “very complete, pretty much”. He added: “We’re very far ahead of schedule”.

However, Iran’s missile attacks have continued, and two unnamed military officials have claimed that the Pentagon does not have “full clarity” on all of its enemy’s launch sites, according to The New York Times.

The sources said that Iran had “kept many missiles in reserve to strike at important battlefield targets like the American radars” designed to identify threats.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-cannot-locate-iran-missile-153630678.html

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AZJonnie

(3,780 posts)
2. Maybe their launchers are mobile, and they have bunkers to put them in except for the brief period they're fired
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:20 PM
Mar 11

They're also probably well-camouflaged.

So, bring 'em out, shoot for 2-3 mins, hide 'em back underground. Hell they might even have subterranean networks to move them around in entirely out of view. Can do the same with drone launching systems.

Just a guess but they've had a long time to prepare and the logic for doing so seems fairly obvious

Midnight Writer

(25,549 posts)
3. Can't Trump just claim he found all the launchers and destroyed them?
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:30 PM
Mar 11

That seems to be how this Administration works.

It is all about appearances: smoke, mirrors, lies, distortions, fantasies, bullshit, manipulations.

UpInArms

(55,075 posts)
4. Fantabulist
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:34 PM
Mar 11

A fantabulist is a person who tells fantastic stories or creates imaginative tales, often blending elements of fantasy and reality.

Midnight Writer

(25,549 posts)
6. I tried to put in fantabulist but my spellcheck red-flagged it over and over, so I gave up.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:28 PM
Mar 11

I should have stuck to my choice, but who am I to question a computer program?

UpInArms

(55,075 posts)
7. I understand
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:31 PM
Mar 11

There are many times when the program fights with the words that I know are correct

Believe in your own knowledge, it seems that AI is attempting to take even that from us

Prairie Gates

(8,304 posts)
5. Every day they come up with a new number for how destroyed the missiles are
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:36 PM
Mar 11

86% 80% 78% 82% 67%

What a farce.

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