Neurolimal posted:

This is the important part; Iran managed to hit their targets even though:

- They warned the world a massive amount of time in advance
- A joint force of Israel, US, UK, and France worked to intercept the missiles
- Jordan made a surprise guest appearance on Israel's behalf
- They didn't use any of their newer missiles

We also know that Iran has significantly more missiles & drones than were used; if this attack was enough to overwhelm 4 nations' worth of air defense, then they absolutely have the means to level anything in Israel if they so pleased. The message is clear.

It's a huge ego blow for Israel; not only were their vaunted Iron Domes & Arrow interceptors not enough to handle the volley, they can't attack back without eating a successful retaliation. Repercussions are supposed to be alien to Israel, We're talking about a state that installs malware on the terminals of nuclear power plants for funsies.